MU. r. r. PASCOE on TIIK CURCIILTONIDyV,. 453 



Cechtdes. 

 (IlylobiiujB.) 



nostrum brcvc, crasaum, capitc continuatum ; scrohes arcuate, 

 subtransverssp, ab oculis rcmoti. AnfenncB breves ; funiculus 

 quasi sex-, sed vere 7-arl,iculatus, articulo ultimo ad clavam arete 

 apjilicato. Oculi rotundati, a prothorace vakle distantes. Pro- 

 thorax oblougus, subcylindricus, basi truucatus. Scufellum 

 parvuni, triaugulare. Elytra prothorace muito latiora, ob- 

 longa, parallela. Pedes mediocres ; femora modice iucrassata, 

 • mutica; tibm arcuata3, margine interiors dentes spiniformes 

 gerente, apice unco transverso armatae ; tarsi normales ; ungui- 

 culi divergentes. Coxcb 'antiese contiguse, intermedin approxi- 

 matjB, Pectus longiusculum, antice late marginatum. Meta- 

 sternum elongatum. Abdomen segmentis 3-4 conjunctim bre- 

 vioribus, sutura prima arcuata. 



The short thick rostrum of this genus woTild seem scarcely to 

 warrant its location among the Ilylobiina;, were it not for its ob- 

 vious affinity to Alpliitopis ; indeed almost the only generic 

 distinctions are this peculiarity and the distance of the scrobcs 

 from tlie eyes. 



Cechides am{enus. (PI. XII. fig. 7.) C. oblongiis, sat angustus, 

 niger, supra albo-plagiatira silaceo-squamosus, granulisque nitidis 

 vage notatus, subtus pcdibusque squamis albo-argenteis dense tectis j 

 rostro capite breviore ; antennis ferrugineis, squamosis, clava nigre- 

 scenti-tomentosa ; prothorace utrinque paulo rotundato, basi quam 

 ~ apice paulo latiore, silaceo-subbivittato ; elytris fere obsolete sulcatis, 

 basi, apice fasciisque duabus silaceis irregulariter plagiatim decoratis. 

 Long. 6,x bn. 



Hob. West Australia (Champion Bay). 



Cycotida. 



(Hylobiiuae.) 



JRosfrim cylindricum, modice tenuatum, paulo arcuatum, capite 

 longius; scrohes obliqua3, infra rostrum desinentes. Antenna 

 prsemediansB; scapus sensim incrassatus ; funiculus 7-articulatus, 

 articulis 1-2 breviusculis, ceteris submoniliformibus ; clava 

 ovata, distincta, obsolete articulata. Oculi parvi, rotundati. 

 Protlwrax oblongus, subcylindricus, basi truncatus. Scufellum 

 parvuiti. JEhjtra prothorace manifesto latiora, angustc elongato-. 



