Mn, F. p. PASOOE ON THE CURCTJLIONIDiE. 447 



CniROZETES. 



(Zygopiuaa.) 



Rostrum mediocre, sat robustum, arcuatum, antice depressum ; 

 basi subquadrangulare ; scrohes abbreviat£e, postice sensim eva- 

 nescenfces, fere in medio rostri site. Oculi magni, oblongi, 

 supra contigui. Aiitennce breves ; scapo tenuiter claviformi ; 

 funiculo 6-articulato, art. secuudo quam primus longiore, caiteris 

 distiiictis, sequalibus, brevioribus ; clava articulo basali elou- 

 gato, caeteris conum brevem formantibus. Prothorax oblongus, 

 parum couvexus, antice augustior, lateraliter modice rotun- 

 datus, apice sinuatus, basi late lobatus. Scutellicm parvum, 

 subquadratum. Elytra in medio subplanata, lateribus sensim 

 angustiora, apicibus rotuudata. Pedes antici elongati ; femora 

 in medio paulo incrassata, infra dontata, postica apices ely- 

 trorum baud superantia, intermedia breviora ; tihice compressge, 

 uncinatae ; tarsi antici elongati, depressi, longe ciliati, inter- 

 medii et postici modice elongati, sequales ; coxcd anticse di- 

 stantcs. Propectus latum, profunde et anguste excavatum, bi- 

 cornutum. Mesosternum latum. Metasternum elougatum. Ab- 

 domen ut in Mecopode. 



The remarkable cavity in tbe breast is evidently a modification 

 of tlie pectoral canal, but, as it is limited at both extremities, it 

 is incapable of receiving in any way tbe rostrum. The compa- 

 ratively wide separation of the anterior coxae is one of the most 

 essential characters distinguishing this genus from Mecopus. 



CiiiROZETES pECTOROsus. (PL XVII. fig. 9.) C. fuscus, iiitcrrupte 

 fulvo-squaniosus ; rostro basi lineatim squamoso, antice crebre punc- 

 tate, infra bifariara tuberculato ; protliorace basi elytris paulo latiore, 

 in medio linea elevata, maculis nigris glabiis et punctatis dispersis ; 

 elytris fortiter seriatim punctatis, interstitiis alternis elevatis^ singulo 

 plagis fuscis duabus, una ad latera et altera pone medium, juxta 

 suturam, prope bumerum, corpore infra pedibusque griseo-squamosis ; 

 tibiis apice, tarsisque art. penultimo, intermediis et posticis fuscis ; 

 tarsis anticis rufo-griseis ; cornibus pectoralibus curvatis, apicem 

 versus eompressis, fuscis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hob. Cambodia. 



Salcus. 

 ( Cry ptorhy ncbinae. ) 

 Postrum tenuiusculum, subarcuatum, basi crassiore ; scrohes rectre, 

 infra oculos desiueutes. Oculi baud prominuli, laterales, di- 



