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discreta. Prothorax basi apiceque truncatus. Scutellum nullum. Elytra 

 pi'othorace paulo latiora, parum convexa. Pedes tnediocres ; femora in 

 media crassa ; tibise rectae, intus ad apicem breviter mucronatse ; tarsi arti- 

 culo penultimo late bilobo ; unguiculi basi connati. Abdomen segmentis 

 duobus basalibus ampliatis. 



I place this genus near the " Celeuthetides " of Lacordaire not- 

 withstanding the connate claws, and that the " group e " is almost 

 exclusively confined to the Malaysian and Polynesian islands *. 



DicASTicus QTJADEiNUS. (Plate XLI. fig. 2.) 



D. oblongo-ovalis, niger opaeus ; prothorace suboblongo ; elytris in 

 medio tubereulis quatuor ( : : ) rufo-nitentibus instructis. Long. 7 lin. 

 (rostr. incl.). 



Hob. Momboia. 



Oblong-oval, black opaque ; rostrum slightly bisulcate, nar- 

 rower behind the scrobes, the latter confined to a somewhat 

 triangular but slightly curved excavation and seen from above ; 

 anteunge black, with numerous curved setse ; scape extending to 

 near the middle of the prothorax ; first two joints of the funicle 

 equal, the rest shorter and subequal ; club elliptic ; prothorax 

 scarcely louger than broad, depressed above, with two diverging 

 rows of nearly obsolete tubercles ; elytra narrowest at the base, 

 the humeral angles acute, the sides rounded, broadest before 

 the middle, gradually declining behind, the apex broadly rounded; 

 four well-marked glossy reddish tubercles on the back, and two 

 or three nearly obsolete at the sides, the scutellar region with 

 two oblong similar tubercles, seriate-punctate, the intervals with 

 very minute scales. 



DiCASTICUS LATICOLLIS. 



D. oblongo-ovatus, niger opaeus ; prothorace lato ; elytris supra inse- 

 qualibus, basi tubereulis (circa sex) nitide-nigris instructis. Long. 6 lin. 



Sab. Momboia. 



Oblong-ovate, black opaque ; rostrum flat anteriorly, the 

 scrobes curved ; antennse blackish, with numerous grey setae ; 

 first two joints of the funicle equal in length, but the basal 

 rather thicker ; prothorax much broader than long, finely punc- 

 tured, the middle of the disk with a well-limited impression : 

 elytra at the base not broader than the prothorax, the humeral 

 angles not produced, the surface irregular and somewhat tuber- 

 culate, with small round scales and short black setse between the 

 punctures, close to the suture at the base about six small glossy 

 * Schonherr's three species of Siteutes are said to be from the Cape. 



