462 Mil. F. p. PASCOE ON THE CUKCULTONTD.'E. 



puuctis oblongis, sat parvis, interstitiis planatis, sutura basi albo- 

 squamulosa, utrinque pone medium macula inconspicua albida (squa- 

 mularum rararum) notatis; pectoris medio squamositate densa si- 

 lacea tecto, abdomine squamulis pallidioribus dispersis ; pedibus ni- 

 tidis, pilis subtilissimis vnlde remotia instructis ; femoribus tibiisque 

 anticis elongatis, his arcuatis, fortiter dentatis. Long. 4-51 lin. 



Hab. Batchian ; Gilolo. 



A nearly glabrous, very glossy, black species. 



Alcides Sempbri. a. modice ovatus, niger, Itevissimus, lateribus 

 corpora infra pedibusque splendide chalybeatis, nitidis, annulis pi- 

 losis albo-cserulescentibus ornatus ; rostro valido, paullo curvato, 

 basi subtiliter punctato ; inter oculos fovea elongata ; prothoi'acc 

 valde transverso, antice fortiter tubulato, supra subtilissime vage 

 punctulato, utrinque annulis tribus, lobo scutellari albo-notato ; scu- 

 tello rotundato ; elytris basi prothorace paulo latioribus postice sensim 

 angustioribus, singulatim annulis octo decoratis ; femoribus anticis 

 elongatis, in medio crassis, valide dentatis ; tibiis modice elongatis. 

 Long. 7^ lin- 

 Hab. Philippine Islands. 



A handsome species, which we owe to the researches of Dr. 

 Semper. It has an extraordinary resemblance to some of the 

 Pachyrhynchi, inhabiting the same rich group of islands. 



Pantobeites. 

 (Gonipteriuse.) 

 Jiosfrtim robustum, subteres, capite angustius et paulo longius ; 

 scrobes profundjo, curvata), infra oculuin oxcurrontoa. Ocidi 

 subovati, laterales. Antennte mediocres, submcdianai ; scapo 

 hvQv\,c\a.\'\^0Ym.i; fimiculo 7-articulato, art. basali crasso, secundo 

 tertioque longioribus, cseteris brevioribus, suba?qualibus ; clava 

 oblongo-ovata. Protliorax subconicus, cylindricus, apice paulo 

 productus, basi bisinuatus. Elytra convexa, oblonga, apicem 

 versus gradatim angustiora. Pedes mediocres ; femora vix in- 

 crassata ; tihicB antics9 arcuatae, iutus denticulatje, apice unco 

 minuto instructo ; tarsi lati, art. ultimo elongate ; unguiculi 

 liberi. Metasternum%sA,e\onga,tvLm. Mesosternum ])voA\\civim, 

 vel declive. Abdomen segmento secundo amplo, duobus se- 

 quentibus conjunctim longiore ; sutura prima arcuata. 



In the Hopean collection, at Oxford, amongst a crowd of 

 species beai-ing the square little pieces of red paper which denote 

 their having being examined by Schonherr, and all labelled new 

 genera, an example of the type of this genus occui's under 



