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giore, ultimo prsecedente vix latiore, clava nigricante ; prothorace fere 

 quadrato sed latitiidine paulo longiore, granulatim rugoso, vage uigro- 

 setoso ; elytris ovatis, seriatim punctatis, punctis remotis, interstitiis 

 elevatis, tertio a sutura tuberculo fusco elongate fasciculato instructo, 

 basi incurvatis, prothoraci baud contiguo, lateribus coneinne aureo- 

 viridulis ; unguiculis solis nigris, nitidis. Long. 4-5 lin. 

 Hab. Penang. 



Platyomicus pedestris. (PI. VI. fig. 8.) P. subovatus, omnino 

 dense squamosus, supra pallide cervino-fuscus, albido varius ; rostro 

 paulo longiore quarn latiore ; protborace transverso, utrinque angu- 

 lato, medio nigro profunde sulcato, basi ad latera excavato ; scutello 

 elevato; elytris oblongo-cordatis, remotius striato-punctatis, postice 

 singulatim tuberculo parvo instructis, ante medium plaga fasciiformi 

 saturate fusca, pone medium et extrorsum ampliata fascia albida, 

 decoratis, apice etiam albidis ; corpore infra albido, lateribus pedibus- 

 que pallide fusco lavatis^ bis sat inornatis. Long. 6 lin. (rost. 

 incl.). 



Hab. West Africa (Fernando Vaz). 



Platyomicus coRDiPENNis. P. subovatus, omnino dense grisco- 

 squamosus, supra fusco varius; rostro longiore, medio cum capite 

 longitudinaliter sulcato ; oculis parvis, ovalibus j scapo clavaque 

 fuscis, funiculo griseo ; prothorace subtransverso, utrinque leviter ro- 

 tundato, medio excavato ct sat fortiter sulcato, ad latera inacquali, 

 vittis duabus fuscis notato; scutello inconspicuo; elytris cordatis, 

 striato-punctatis, interstitiis angustis, alternis elevatis, fasciis duabus 

 obscuris notatis, una ante, altera pone medium, ilia postice sensim 

 evanescente; femoribus subannulatis. Long. 4| lin. (rost. incl.). 

 Hab. N'Gami. 



The first of these species is distinguished from P. echinus, Eab., 

 by the absence of the larger tubercles. The second is a some- 

 what aberrant species, having tlie scrobes straighter, less limited 

 behind, a smaller oval eye less coarsely facetted, and prothorax 

 not tuberculated at the sides. 



Cycheotonus. 



(Otiorhynchina).) 



nostrum breve, capite angustius, basi transversim sulcatum ; 

 scrohes arcuatse, infra oculos exeuntes. Scaptis tenuatus, ocu- 

 lum superans ; funiculus ^li^ormia, 7-articulatus, articulis tribus 

 basalibus breviusculis, cajteria brevioribus ; clava distincta. 

 Oculi prominuli. Prothorax transveraus, utriuque rotundatus, 

 basi apiceque truncatus. Elytra basi prothorace baud latiora, 



