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The rostrum is more abruptly curved at the base in this tban 

 in any other of the species bere described ; in the male the ros- 

 trum is punctured througbout, and the scrobes commence a little 

 nearer the middle. Tbere is a little patcb of white scales at the 

 base of the protborai on each side in two of my specimens. 



AcYTHOPEus BiGEMiNATUS. A. oblongus, atei', subnitidus, elytris 

 albo-quadrimaculatis ; rostro ferrugineo, minus elongate, basi pro- 

 funde inciso et valde gibboso, confertim punctate, punctis apicera 

 versus minutis ; antennis subferrugineis ; funiculo brevi, articulo prime 

 quam secundo triple lengiei-e ; protborace baud cenfertim punctate, 

 lateribus leviter retundatis ; elytris elengato-cordatis, lineatim sul- 

 catis, interstitiis subrugosis, tertie maculis duabus albis — una basali, 

 altera prasapicali — e squamis cendensatis, notato ; pectore sternisque 

 punctis majoribus, abdomine mineribus, punctis albo-setigeris, ad- 

 spersis ; tarsis minusculis. Long. l§-25 lin. 



Hab. Batchian ; Aru. 



Laodia. 



(Baridinae.) 



Caput sphsericum ; rostrum elongatum, cylindricum, apice dilata- 

 tum ; scrohes antemediauEe. Scaptcs ab oculo remotus ; funi- 

 culus in clavam continuatus. Oculi ovati, tenuiter granulati, 

 protborace baud contigui. Trotliorax suboblongus, utrinque 

 rotundatus, apice angustus, truncatus. Scutellum parvum. 

 Elytra obovata, protborace vix latiora. Pedes longiusculi, 

 femora vis incrassata, mutica ; tibice arcuatae ; tarsis articulo 

 ultimo minuscule. Pectus ampliatum. Coxcb anticse modice 

 distantes. Prosternum postice latum, truncatum. Abdomen 

 segmentis duobus basalibus ampliatis, connatis. 



The characters in this genus are nearly the same as in Myctides ; 

 but the dilated apex of the rostrum, the eye not in contact with 

 the prothorax, the small claw-joint, and the different contour are 

 sufficiently diverse. Although the anterior femora are not den- 

 tate, there are two or three very small points beneath, probably 

 not always present. My specimens of the two species here de- 

 scribed appear to be females. 



Laodia niveopicta. (PL IIL fig. 8.) L. anguste evalis, nitidis- 

 sima, picea, elytris atris, maculis niveis, e squamis cendensatis, nota- 

 tis, scil. duabus basi protboracis, duabus singulo elytro — una basali, 

 altera praeapicali ; rostro piceo, protborace plus duple longiore, lineis 



