36 ME. F. P. PASCOE OK THE CUECULIONID-il. 



Chilian Empleurus dentipes ; but from the form of the mesosternum 

 it should be placed nest to the New-Zealand Oreda, Wh. This is 

 another example showing that Laeordaire's subtribes do not always 

 form natural groups. The mesosternum, however, is constructed 

 differently from that of Oreda ; in the latter it is projected for- 

 ward, hiding the point of the rostrum in repose, while in Ze- 

 neudes it is sloped backwards, with a sort of wing on each side to- 

 wards the coxse and the apex of the canal, therefore, open and 

 indefinitely limited. One of the most marked characters of the 

 genus is that the scape only extends about halfway to tlie eye 

 from the point of its insertion ; another remarkable character is 

 that the second joint of the funicle is larger than the first. The 

 insect is one of Mr. Masters's recent discoveries, and is found on 

 decaying bottle-trees {Sterctdia rupestris). 



Zeneudes sterculi^. Z. oblongus, subcylindricus^ fuscus, squamis 

 concoloribus ochraceisque maculatim sejunctim vestitus ; rostro capite 

 duplo longiore, nitidissime nigro, basi subgibboso et utrinque sulcato ; 

 antennis piceis, rarissime setulosis, clava excepta ; prothorace longi- 

 tudine latitudini sequali, pone apicem valde constricto, lateribus rotun- 

 dato, disco carinulato ; scutello minuto ; elytris striato-punetatis, in- 

 terstitiis latis convexis, apice rotundatis ; femoribus tibiisque sparse 

 squamosis. Long. 4-5 lin. 



Hab. Queensland (Gayndah), 



Cyamobolus bicinctus, C ovalis, niger, squamulis silaceis valde 

 adspersus, lineis dense albido-squaniosis ornatus ; rostro dimidio 

 apicali nitidissimo ; antennis ferrugineis, funiculo articulo seeundo 

 quaiu primo quadruple longiore ; prothorace insequaliter sat vage 

 punctate, dorso antice versus latera lineis duabus notato ; scutello 

 rotundato ; elytris substriato-punctatis, punctis profundis oblongis, 

 interstitiis subangustis, remote punctulatis, fascia basali alteraque 

 pone medium suturaque versus apicem dense albido-squamosis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque squamis albidis adspersis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Malacca. 



Compared with C. Sturmii, Boh., this species is less rugosely 

 "punctured, the striae on the elytra nearly obsolete, and the dispo- 

 sition of the white lines different. 



Cyamobolus subsellatus. (PI. L fig. 12.) C. ovalis, niger, albo 

 varius ; rostro crassiore, basi rugoso-punctato, apice vix nitido ; 

 antennis piceis, funiculo articulo seeundo quam primo triplo longiore ; 

 prothorace subampliato, ina;qualiter tenuiter punctate, punctis albo- 

 squamosis, interspatiis IjEvigatis ; scutello dense silaceo; elytris 



