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  Dr. 
  Sharp 
  07i 
  the 
  Rhynchophorous 
  

  

  The 
  smallest 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  Only 
  

   two 
  examples 
  were 
  produced, 
  16th 
  May, 
  1881. 
  Yuyama. 
  

  

  Eucorynus 
  colligens, 
  Walker, 
  Ann. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (3), 
  iii., 
  

  

  p. 
  261. 
  

   Higo 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  species 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  three 
  joints 
  in 
  the 
  club 
  

   of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  books 
  the 
  genus 
  is 
  chiefly 
  

   defined 
  by 
  the 
  club 
  being 
  4-jointed. 
  

  

  Apolecta 
  lewisii, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  supra 
  grisescens, 
  elytris 
  post 
  medium 
  fascia 
  lata 
  irregulari 
  

   nigra. 
  Long, 
  capite 
  porrecto 
  8 
  — 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  is 
  smaller 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  

   The 
  antennae 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   body, 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  times; 
  they 
  are 
  exces- 
  

   sively 
  slender 
  except 
  the 
  basal 
  two 
  joints, 
  scarcely 
  any 
  club 
  

   exists, 
  but 
  the 
  tenth 
  and 
  eleventh 
  joints, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  ninth, 
  are 
  slightly 
  less 
  slender, 
  and 
  are 
  densely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  fine 
  sensitive 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  nodose 
  thickening 
  of 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  each 
  joint 
  is 
  very 
  shght, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  

   scarcely 
  perceptible. 
  The 
  upper 
  surface 
  is 
  sparingly 
  clothed 
  ■ndth 
  

   griseous 
  pubescence, 
  more 
  densely 
  so 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  just 
  

   behind 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  these 
  latter 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  very 
  conspicuous 
  

   dark 
  fascia 
  ; 
  except 
  for 
  this 
  the 
  variegation 
  is 
  but 
  slight 
  ; 
  there 
  

   are, 
  however, 
  some 
  small 
  dark 
  specks 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  the 
  

   tomentum 
  on 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  not 
  evenly 
  distributed. 
  The 
  thorax 
  is 
  

   longitudinally 
  carinate 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  

   base, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  depressed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  carina 
  ; 
  the 
  prae- 
  

   basal 
  carina 
  is 
  very 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  diverges 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  curved 
  forwards 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  gentle 
  curve, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  only 
  for 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  distance 
  on 
  the 
  side. 
  

  

  Nikko 
  and 
  Kashiwagi 
  in 
  June, 
  Kurigahara 
  in 
  August 
  ; 
  

   Junsai. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  secured 
  a 
  small 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  very 
  elegant 
  

   insect. 
  

  

  Anthribus. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  replaced, 
  in 
  the 
  Munich 
  

   Catalogue, 
  by 
  that 
  of 
  Macrocephahis, 
  Oliv., 
  but 
  I 
  prefer 
  

   to 
  follow 
  Lacordaire, 
  and 
  continue 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  name 
  by 
  

  

  