196 MK. F. r. PASCOE ON THE CUllCULIONID^. 



ininiitis notatis j corpore infra pedibusque ut in praecetJente, sed 

 abdomine segmentis tertio quartoque paulo punctatis. Long. 

 If lin. 

 Hab. Aru. 



Apries. 



(Cryptorhyuchinao.) 



Rostrum mediocre, paulo arcuatum, squamosum, basi utrinque 

 ante oculos transverse sulcatum ; scrohes prajmedianje, obliquae ; 

 Scopus oQulum baud attingens ; funiculus 7-articulatus, arti- 

 culis duobus basalibus parum longiusculis, caeteris gradatim 

 brevioribus et latioribua, ultimis transversia ; clava parva, ovata, 

 distincta. Oculi laterales, grosse granulati. Prothorax tratis- 

 versus, antice subito constrictus, apice productua. Scutellum 

 elevatum. • Elytra convexa, protborace multo latiora, postice 

 declivia. Pedes breviusculi ; femora sublinearia, valida, infra 

 dentata ; tibicd extus incurvatse, intus bisinuatse ; tarsi breves, 

 articulo quarto squamis erectis munito. Hima pectoralis ad 

 coxas intermedias extensa, apice cavernosa. Abdomen seg- 

 mentis duobus basalibus valde ampliatis. 



The groove immediately before the eye, the peculiar character 

 of this genus, terminates in the scrobe, both running out be- 

 neath. The two species here described differ somewhat in appear- 

 rance, owing to the outline, but they conform to the above for- 

 mula. The genus is allied to Cliaitevtetorus, Schon. 



Apkies eremita. (PI. IX. fig. 6.) A. oblongus, squamositate 

 grisea ubique densissime tectus, supra pedibusque squamis elongatis 

 erectis interjectis ; capite antice profunde excavato, inter oculos gib- 

 boso ; rostro in medio sat subito arcuato, apicem versus paulo latiore, 

 basi longitudinaliter sulcato ; antennis subtestaceis ; protborace pos- 

 tice parallelo, supra fortiter trisulcato, interstitiis duobus validis tuber- 

 culisque fasciculatis quatuor munitis, 2 apicalibus, 2 medianis, tuber- 

 culo minore utrinque in medio notato ; elytris subcylindricis, striato- 

 punctatis, punctis linearibus, interstitiis angulato-convexis, alternis 

 magis elevatis, sparse fasciculatis, fasciculis pluriniis, prsesertim in- 

 terstitio tertio et parte declivi squama elongata instructis ; abdo- 

 mine segmentis duobus basalibus vage punctato-impressis. Long. 

 5 1iu. 



Hab. Batchian. 



Apkies palliatus. A. breviusculus, subovatus, squamis vel squa- 

 mositate sordide grisea, dorso umbrino exeepto, ubique tectus ; capite 

 antice baud excavato, rostro longiusciilo, apicem versus gradatim 



