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Ilylohms and its ally Aclees appear to be among the com- 

 monest genera of the Malayan archipelago ; and this is one of the 

 finest species ; the others described are very distinct, and have a 

 much more decided look than any of their North-American or 

 European congeners that I have seen. 



Hylobius notatus. H. oblongus, niger, opacus; capitecrebre pun- 

 ctato J rostro subtenuato, fortiter punctato, punctis unisquamigeris, 

 lineis longitudinalibus elevatis munito, transversira sparse setosulo ; 

 antennis piceis ; prothorace obloiigo, sat crebre rugoso-punctato, in- 

 terstitiis granuliformibus, vage albo-setosulis ; elytris protborace 

 multo latioribus, obloiigis, subparallelis, apicera versus sensim an- 

 gustatis, apicibus acuminatis, supra striato-punctatis, punctis fovei- 

 formibus, approximatis, interstitiis subtuberculatis, tuberculis setula 

 alba instructis, singulo elytro fasciis niveis abbreviatis duabus vel 

 tribus ornato, una laterali ante medium, altera postica, abquando 

 tertia apicali; eorpore infra pedibusque setulis exiguis valde di- 

 spersis. Long. 4-5 lin. 



Hab. Java ; Sarawak. 



Hylobius scrofa. H. oblongo-ovatus, niger, squamulis minutis 

 silaceis dispersus ; capita inter oculos fovea parva impresso ; rostro 

 longitudine prothoracis, in medio tricarinulato, carinuhs punctis 

 interruptis impressis, squamis filiformibus transversim sitis fere 

 omnino tecto ; funiculo art. ultimo valde transverse ; clava brevi 

 pubescente ; prothorace oblongo subconico, rugoso-punctato, punctis 

 singulis squamas unicam — tres gerentibus ; scutello subcordiformi, 

 dense albido-squamoso ; elytris basi latioribus, utrinque gradatim 

 angustioribus, apicibus rotundatis, sulcato-punctatis, punctis oblongo- 

 quadratis, approximatis, interstitiis angustis, parce squamosis, in sin- 

 gulo elytro maculis duabus albis, una ante, altera pone medium, e 

 squamis formatis ; eorpore infra pedibusque nigris nitidis, illo squamis 

 silaceis, bis squamis griseis dispersis. Long. 7 hu. 

 Hab. Sarawak. 



Hylobius rubious. H. oblongus, obscure rufus, supra fere denu- 

 datus ; capite rostroque basi irregulariter punctulato, vage flave- 

 scenti-squamosis, hoc subtenuato, prothorace manifeste longiore; 

 funiculo articulo ultimo transverso; protborace subconico, rugoso- 

 punctato, punctis unisquamigeris, interstitiis granuliformibus, in medio 

 magis rugoso ; scutello subtriangulari ; elytris prothorace multo la- 

 tioribus, striato-punctatis, punctis nudis, interstitiis latis subplanatis, 

 basi paulo elevatis, apicem versus coarctatis, compressis, apicibus an- 

 guste rotundatis J plagis septem nigris decoratis, — una communi ba- 

 sali, tribus in singulo elytro pone medium, quarum una dorsali, — 

 maculisque duabus lateralibus e squamis ochraceis formatis ; eorpore 



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