62 MB. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CURCULIONID^. 



last species is an aberrant form, but there is nothing to warrant 

 its separation generically except the smaller tarsi. 



AcYTHOPEUS TRiSTis. (PI. III. fig. 11.) A. obovatus, obscure fuscus, 

 opacus ; rostro crassiore, basi manifeste magis curvato, leviter gibbo- 

 sulo et confertim punctate, versus apicem punctis gradatim minoribus 

 at magis adspersis ; scrobibus medianis ; antennis ferrugineis ; pro- 

 thorace in medio valde ampliato, ubique crebre reticulato-punctato ; 

 elytris lineatim sulcatis, interstitiis planatis, transversitn rude puncta- 

 tis ; pygidio nigro, transverse ; corpore infra pedibusque fuscis, punc- 

 tis, singulis seta minuta alba instructis, adspersis. Long. 2^ lin. 

 JIab. New Guinea (Saylee). 



AcYTHOPEUS TENUiRosTRis. A. obovatus, obscurc fuscus, opacus; 

 rostro tenuiore, basi supra leviter gibbosulo, punctis vix confertis 

 minus impresso, reliquo fere impunctato ; antennis fuscis ; protborace 

 subsequilaterali, apice subito tubulate, confertim punctulato; elytris 

 subcordiformibus, lineatim sulcatis, interstitiis planatis, transversim 

 punctatis ; pygidio nigro ; corpore infra pedibusque nitide nigris, 

 leviter sparse punctulato. Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Tondano. 



This species may be readily recognized by its slender rostrum, 

 at least in the female. 



AcYTHOPEUS PALMARis. A. nigcr, nitidus, rostrum conferte rude 

 punctatum ; scrobibus prsemedianis ; antennis nigris, scape longiuscule, 

 clava elongata magna; protborace ampliato, crebre fortiter punctate ; 

 elytris lineatim sulcatis, interstitiis planatis, transversim leviter im- 

 presse-punctatis, uniseriatim subtiliter setulosis ; pectore utrinque 

 coxas proxime dente obtuse instructo ; pedibus anticis multo majori- 

 bus, tarsis ipsis majusculis, articulo tertio profunde bilobo. Long. 

 21 lin. 

 Hab. Amboyna. 



The length of the fore legs with their broader tarsi and the 

 large tomentose club are at once distinctive of this species. My 

 specimen is, I think, a female, notwithstanding the length of the 

 fore legs. 



AcYTHOPEUS CURVIROSTRIS. A. nigcr, subnitidus, rostro piceo, 

 basi valde arcuate, incrassato, crebre rude punctate, ( $ ) dimidio api- 

 cali tenuato, Isevigato ; scrobibus postmedianis ; antennis piceis, clava 

 late ovata ; protborace vix ampliato, confertissirae rude punctate ; 

 elytris lineatim sulcatis, interstitiis planatis, transversim uni- vel bi- 

 seriatim punctatis ; pectore squamis ochraceis adsperse ; epipleura 

 metatheracis segmenteque prime abdominis utrinque dense ochraceo- 

 squamosis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Gilolo; Batchian. 



