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granulate; scutello punctiformi; elytris prothorace baud latioribus, 

 fortiter seriatim punctatis, punctis magnis quadratis, squamositate 

 sparsa silacea mimitis, interstitiis angustis, transversis elevatis ; cor- 

 pore infra pedibusque ruguloso-punctatis, sparse squamosis; coxis 

 anticis manifeste sejunctis ; tibiis intermediis et praesertim posticis 

 brevibus, intus obsolete bisinuatis. Long. 4 lin. 

 Hab. China. 

 Probably most nearly allied to A. lacunosus, but difFerentiated 



by tlie unicoloro^is elytra and tbe woolly sides of tbe protliorax. 



Mr. Arthur Adams has also found this species in one of the islands 



of the Jaj)anese seas. 



Alcides micronychus. a. ovatus, niger, lineatim grisescenti-squa- 

 mosus ; capite verticali ; rostro valido, prothorace breviore, sat crebre 

 punctato ; antennis nigris, fere nudis ; funiculo articulis bi'evibus, 

 ultimis transversis; oculis ovatis; prothorace transverso, apice 

 raulto angustiore, utrinque rotundato, rude punctato, fascia mediana, 

 nd latera ampliata, vittaquc postice pallide griseo-squamosis ; scutello 

 nigro ; elytris prothorace latioribus, antice valde productis, sulcato- 

 punctatis, intersti^jis rugosis, fascia arcuata pone medium vittisque 

 quatuor anticis griseis ; corpore infra sejuncte griseo-squamoso ; abdo- 

 mine segmentis tribus intermediis subjiequalibus ; pedibus rude con- 

 fertim punctatis, punctis unisquamigeris ; tibiis intus baud angulatis ; 

 tarsis articulo tertio ampliato-rotundato, quarto brevi. Long. 2| lin. 



Hah. Cochinchina. 



E-emarkable for the large round penultimate joint of the tarsi, 

 the claw-joint inserted on the middle and barely extending be- 

 yond it. 



Alcides frontalis. A. elongatus, cylindricus, ferruginous postice 

 pallidior, tenuiter parce pilosus ; capitis fronte rostroque supra dense 

 albido-squamosis et pilosis, hoc breviusculo, valido ; antennis subfer- 

 rugineis, funiculo articulo secundo longiore ; cseteris transversis ; clava 

 breviter ovata ; oculis ovalibus ; prothorace oblongo, fortiter punctato- 

 impresso, lobis ocularibus obsoletis ; scutello rotundato ; elytris pro- 

 thorace paulo latioribus, parallelis, postice sat subito declivibus, seri- 

 atim punctatis, punctis ampliatis, oblongis, interstitiis (praesertim an- 

 tice) subtuberculatis, elevatis ; pedibus fulvo-brunneis, tenuatis ; tibiis 

 intus integris ; unguiculis connatis, baud biiidis ; coxis anticis conti- 

 guis. Long. 4-7 lin. 

 Hab. Morty; Batchian. 



An odd-looking species, quite sui generis in Alcides, but having 

 some resemblance to Hypermetra analis (ante p. 167), although 

 with the habit of Pcepalosomus, to the neiglibourhood of which I 

 am almost tempted to refer it, notwithstanding its G-jointed 



