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  Dr. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  the 
  Rhynchophorous 
  

  

  facetted. 
  Thoracic 
  carina 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  curved 
  forwards 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  in 
  an 
  extremely 
  gentle 
  sweep, 
  only 
  very 
  slightly 
  pro- 
  

   longed 
  anteriorly 
  along 
  the 
  side. 
  Middle 
  coxse 
  moderately 
  widely 
  

   separated. 
  

  

  The 
  msect 
  for 
  which 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  proposed 
  cannot 
  be 
  

   associated 
  with 
  Asemorhinus 
  nehulosus 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   scrobes, 
  which, 
  though 
  they 
  nearly 
  meet 
  behind, 
  are 
  

   very 
  shallow 
  and 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antenna 
  

   is 
  short, 
  almost 
  globose, 
  not 
  curved. 
  The 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  tarsi, 
  looked 
  at 
  from 
  above, 
  can 
  scarcely 
  be 
  seen, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  feet 
  look 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  only 
  three-jointed. 
  

  

  Blahirhinus 
  dorsalis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Fusco-griseo 
  tomentosus, 
  thorace 
  lineis 
  nigro-fuscis, 
  elytris 
  pone 
  

   discum 
  nigro-signatis, 
  antennis 
  pedibusque 
  nigris, 
  his 
  griseo- 
  

   vestitis 
  parum 
  variegatis. 
  Long, 
  rostro 
  porrecto 
  4^ 
  — 
  7^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Elongate-oblong, 
  rather 
  flat. 
  Antennae 
  in 
  female 
  quite 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  rostrum 
  and 
  thorax, 
  in 
  male 
  rather 
  longer 
  ; 
  club 
  rather 
  broad, 
  

   compressed, 
  intermediate 
  joint 
  transverse. 
  Thorax 
  rather 
  long, 
  

   greatly 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  marked 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  vsdth 
  two 
  rather 
  

   vague 
  fuscous 
  lines, 
  which 
  converge 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   with 
  a 
  shorter 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  prse 
  basal 
  carina 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   very 
  prominent 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Scutellum 
  covered 
  with 
  paler 
  

   tomentum. 
  Elytra 
  marked 
  with 
  two 
  short 
  oblique 
  dark 
  stripes, 
  

   converging 
  towards 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  behind 
  each 
  line 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  

   cruciform 
  dark 
  mark. 
  Under 
  surface 
  not 
  variegate, 
  almost 
  uniform 
  

   in 
  colour 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  

  

  Higo, 
  14th 
  May, 
  1881. 
  Four 
  specimens. 
  

   Uloehinus, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Eostrum 
  breve, 
  latiim, 
  modice 
  deflexum, 
  apice 
  truncato 
  ; 
  scrobes 
  

   profundse, 
  foveiformes 
  ; 
  antennae 
  parvas, 
  clava 
  triarticulata. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  proposed 
  for 
  an 
  obscure 
  Anthribid 
  which 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  divisions 
  into 
  

   which 
  Lacordaire 
  divides 
  his 
  Tropiderides, 
  the 
  rostrum 
  

   being 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  scarcely 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  

   and 
  yet 
  not 
  abruptly 
  deflexed, 
  without 
  a 
  transverse 
  im- 
  

   pression 
  beneath 
  to 
  limit 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  position 
  

   should 
  be 
  very 
  near 
  Tropideres. 
  The 
  rostrum 
  is 
  quite 
  

   truncate 
  in 
  front, 
  quite 
  flat, 
  not 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  extremity. 
  

   The 
  eyes 
  convex, 
  widely 
  separated, 
  a 
  little 
  convergent 
  in 
  

   front. 
  Thoracic 
  carina 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  moderately 
  

  

  