Notes on Amycterides. 31 



SCLERORINUS BESTI, 11. Sp. 



A small species in general appearance resembling the tubercu- 

 Icsus-germari group, but with simple intermediate tibiae. 



(T Black; densely clothed with dark brown, minute, subsqua- 

 mose pubescence, vittate with creamy ; head with a median vitta 

 bifurcate on rostrum ; prothorax and elytra trivittate, the inner 

 surfaces of the tubercles also with lighter clothing; lower mar- 

 gins of elytra vittate with creamy ; venter with yellowish brown 

 macules in mid line, and with black hairs on apical segment only. 



Head convex, running into rostrum without any definite line 

 of demarcation. Rostrum with external ridges subparallel, run- 

 ning back on to head, somewhat broader posteriorly; median 

 area laevigate, raised, carinate ; sublateral sulci elongate, deeper 

 posteriorly. Antennae rather short, scape stout, funicle with 

 joints short, first slightly longer than second. Eyes ovate. 



Prothorax subangulate on sides, widest across middle ; apical 

 margin rounded above, produced somewhat over head, with defi- 

 nite ocular lobes ; subapical constriction rather strongly marked ; 

 median line free from granules, but not definitely impressed ; disc 

 set with comparatively large rounded granules, rather distantly 

 placed and absent along median and sublateral vittae ; sides with 

 indications of granules in front. Elytra elongate, gradually wid- 

 ened to behind middle ; apex widely rounded ; base emarginate, 

 humeral angles with a large somewhat obtuse tubercle ; punctures 

 small and obscure, except between second and third rows of 

 tubercles, where they are distinct ; with three rows of strong 

 conical tubercles ; first interstice with a row of granules, second 

 interstice with a row of 6-7 tubercles, elongate anteriorly, but not 

 extending to base, larger and more acute posteriorly, and extend- 

 ing half-way down declivity; third interstice with 6-8 similar 

 tubercles, but starting from base and ending on edge of declivity ; 

 fourth without tubercles ; fifth with a short row of 4 small 

 tubercles, including humeral tubercle, followed almost in the 

 same line by 5 large tubercles on the sixth interstice ; lateral 

 interstices, with a few depressed granules. Venter flattened; 

 apical segment concave, the sides produced ventrally, with an 

 acute angle, somewhat incurved posteriorly, the centre of the con- 

 cavity occupied by a brush of thickly set hairs, the lateral por- 

 tions more deeply excavate. Apex of last dorsal segment narrow, 

 but rather strongly setigerous. Legs simple, intermediate tibiae 

 not notched. 



