MR. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CUEOULIONID^. 67 



I have adopted the following genera, under -which I have arranged 

 them as well as the variability of the characters will allow me : — 



1. Elytra broader than the prothorax. 

 Splienocorynus, Schon. Rostrum short, stout. 

 Prodioctes, u. g. Eostrum slender, curved ; femora clavate. 

 Tyndides, n. g. Eostrum slender, straight ; femora sublinear. 



2, Elytra not broader, or only very slightly, than the pro- 



thorax. 

 Ilegaproctus, Schon. Elytra narrowed from the base to the 



apex. 

 Periphemus, n. g. Elytra with parallel sides ; anterior femora 



stout ; club with the spongy part obsolete. 

 Zetheus, n. g. Elytra with parallel sides ; femora long, 

 slender ; club with the spongy part produced. 

 Under Prodioctes I place Spliejiopliorus Dehaani, Gryll., a species 

 with ascending mesothoracic epimera, and select the following for 

 description as best illustrative of the genus. Other species are 

 from the Philippine Islands, Borneo, Ceram, Amboyna, and New 

 Guinea. 



Prodioctes auiNARius. (PI. IV. fig. 2.) P. eliipticus, umbrinus; 

 rostro prothorace longiore, basi confertim squamigero-punetato, reliquo 

 capiteque nudis, nitide castaneis ; scapo funiculo cum clava longiore ; 

 prothorace oblongo, pone medium incurvato, basi valde rotundato ; 

 scutello minute ; elytris brevibus, pone basin latioribus, baud striatis, 

 maculis majusculis nigro-velutinis, pallide marginatis, decoratis, soil, 

 una communi pone scutellum, et duabus lateralibus, una humerali 

 altera ante apicem, obsitis ; pygidio modice elongato, sparse setigero- 

 punctato; corpore infra obscui'e umbrino-punctato ; pedibus vage 

 setigero-punctatis. Long. 8 lin. 



Hab. Borneo (Muruk). 



Prodioctes pavoninus. P. eUipticus, rufo-ferrugineis, supra indu- 

 mento flavescente guttatim notatus ; rostro prothorace breviore, supra 

 ad apicem guttato-punctato ; antennis indumento paUido vestitis ; fu- 

 niculo articulo secundo quam prime longiore; prothorace oblongo, 

 guttis numerosis, nonnullis contiguis, dorso lineaque laterali ornato ; 

 scutello indumento tecto ; elytris latitudine plus sesquilongioribus, 

 seriatim punctatis, interstitiis guttatis, singulis maculis duabus nigris, 

 concinne flavo- marginatis, una humerali, altera ante apicem, ornatis; 

 pygidio apice bifido, utrinque llavescenti-vittato ; corpore infra fusco, 

 obscure guttato ; femoribus supra indumento albido tectis ; tibiis 

 anticis intus fortiter bisinuatis, interraediis et posticis setulis ferrugi- 

 neis intus dense ciliatis. Long. 63 lin. 



Hab. Sarawak. 



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