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Hab. Waigiou ; Amboyna. 



At once differeBtiated by the eyes and the sculpture of the 

 elj'tra. 



Seleuca. 

 (Ilylobiiuae.) 



Bostrum validiusculum, arcuatum, supra tricarinulatum, setulis 

 transversis munitum, utrinque ante oculum stria abbreviata 

 notatum ; scrohes subtorminalcs, obliqua), infra marginem infe- 

 riorem oculorum currentes. Scapus oculum attingens ; ficni- 

 culus 7-articulatus, art. duobus basalibus breviter obconicis, 

 primo crassiore, cseteris transversis, gradatim latioribus ; clava 

 ovata, pubescens. Oculi grosse granulati. Prothorax ob- 

 longus, lobis ocularibus distinctis. Elytra ampla, oblonga, 

 subdepressa, humeris rotundatis. Pedes validi ; femora incras- 

 sata, subtus uni- tridentata ; tibice sulcata, antics flexnos®, re- 

 liquis arcuatia, apice uncinatse; tarsi subtus spongiosi, art. 

 basali triangulari, tertio bilobo, ultimo elongato ; unguiculi 

 liberi, divergentes. Coxcd anticae baud contiguse. Abdomen 

 normale. 



Among the Rylobiince this genus and Pis'sodes are the only ones 

 with the anterior coxae not contiguous ; in the latter there are no 

 ocular lobes, and the tarsi are only partially spongy beneath. 

 According to Mr. "Wallace's note, S. leucospila is found on 

 leaves. • 



Seleuca amicta. (PI. IX. fig. 7.) S. nigra, squaniis ovatis albis 

 interrupte vestita; rostro basi latiore et antice valJe arcuato; an- 

 teniiis piceis ; prothovace utrinque antice rotundato, apice fortiter tu- 

 bulato, lateribus parallelis, supra in medio depresso, vage punctate, 

 lateraliter niveo-figurato ; scutello parvo ; elytris subparallelis, striato- 

 punctatis, dense albo-squamosis, regione suturali lateribusque ma- 

 culis denudatis nigris interruptis, praccipue una communi mediana 

 cordiformi, una obliqua laterali pone medium ; corpore infra fusea 

 subnitida; fcmoribus dente valido instructis, dimidio apicali supra 

 dense nivco-squamosis; tarsis ferrugineis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab, Singapore. 



Seleuca leucospila. S. nigrescens, squamis elongatis niveis in 

 raaculas condensatis ; capite rostroque castaneis, sparse niveo-squa- 

 mosis, hoc fere sequilato, modice arcuate ; antennis piceis ; protho- 

 race utrinque antice retundato, pone medium subparallelo, sufna 

 vage punctate, lateraliter niveo-maculato ; scutello oblengo ; elytris 

 subparallelis, striato-punctatis, maculis niveis ernatis ; corpere infra 



