74 ME. r. p. PA8C0E ON THE CUECULIONID^. 



nigro-punctato ; corpore infra subeburneo, puiictis setuligeris nume- 

 rosis instructo ; tibiis compressis, liueatim setulosis, anticis intus pilis 

 longis, reliquis brevibus, dense instructis ; tarsis articulo quarto un- 

 guiculisque nigris. Long. 71 liQ- 

 Hab. Penang. 



A short, stout, handsome species. 



Cercidocerus effetus. C. ellipticus, pallide ochraceus, opacus; 

 rostro minus arciiato, apice nigro, infi-a leviter barbato ; antennis ut 

 in prsec. ; prothorace irregulariter punctate, vittis angustis saturati- 

 oribus notato, lateribus impresso-areolato-punctato ; scutello oblongo- 

 scutiformi ; elytris subcordatis, tenuiter striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 planatis, uniseriatim vage subtilissime setulosis ; pygidio fortiter 

 carinato, vage punctato ; corpore infra pedibusque subeburneis, 

 punctis setigeris, nonnullis areolatis, numerosis instructis; tibiis 

 lineatim setulosis, intus breviter pilosis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Singapore. 



This species has a slight resemblance to the last ; but, inter alia, 

 the upper surface is not setulose, and the sides of the prothorax, 

 metasternum, and its episterna are differently punctured. 



Cercidocerus saturatus. C. robustus, fusco-umbrinus, subvittatim 

 dilutiore notatis ; rostro modice arcuato, indistincte lineatim punctato ; 

 antennis totis umbrinis ; prothorace ampliato, irregulariter vage 

 punctato; scutello elongato-scutiforrai ; elytris subcordatis, tenuiter 

 striatis, interstitiis planatis, obsolete punctatis; pygidio minusculo, 

 subcai'inato, rude punctato ; corpoi'e infra pedibusque fusco-variis, 

 setulis numerosis adspersis ; tibiis lineatim setulosis, intus, prsesertim 

 anticis pilis longis dense instructis. Long. 8 lin. 



ITab. Penang. 



A dark brown species, with pale intermediate stripes. 



Cercidocerus nervosus. (PL IV. fig. 6, ^ .) C. subellipticus, 

 grisescenti-niger, supra lineis eburneis ornatus ; rostro, sat fortiter 

 arcuato, capiteque supra oculos eburneis, et squamositate granulifero 

 sat confertim vestitis, illo basi linea longitudinali inciso ; antennis 

 eburneis ; clava magna, albido-tomentosa ; prothorace oblongo, areo- 

 lato-silaceo-guttato, lineis sex, duabus dorsalibus, duabus utrinque, 

 obsito ; scutello angusto ; elytris oblongis, striato-punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis duobus suturalibus quartoque planatis, reliquis parum convexis 

 et uniseriatim plus minus conjunctim areolato-silaceo-guttatis, lateri- 

 bus punctis in striis magis validis, sutura singulatim linea basali 

 guttisque duabus parvis ornatis; pygidio earinis tribus eburneis 

 instructo ; corpore infra pedibusque eburneis, setis numerosis adsper- 

 sis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Java. 



