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sub-ovato, qnam latitudine maxima (paiiUo ante basin) vix longiore, 

 prope apicem nee constricto nee sulcato, disco (linea media brevi 

 •excepta) dense sat fortiterque pnnctato; scutcllo sat conspicuo, 

 sub-semicirculare, nitido ; elytris quam pronoto duplo longioribus 

 ■et paullulo latioribus, fortiter punctato - striatis, interstitiis 

 minutissime uniseriatim punctulatis. 



Long. 4, lat. 1*35 mm. 



Kostrum and front of head finely punctured ; the rostrum longer 

 than the head, slightly curved, with its sides sub-parallel or very 

 slightly and scarcely perceptibly diverging anteriorly; with the 

 antennee inserted a little in front of the middle of its length. 

 Eyes strongly convex and prominent, but not large. Prothorax 

 scarcely longer than its greatest width, which is about midway 

 between the base and the middle ; sides curved, slightly constricted 

 at the base, converging gradually towards the apex, where there is 

 neither a constriction nor transverse groove; disk slightly convex, 

 thickly and rather strongly punctured, except on a short linear 

 space along the middle. Scutellum distinct, smooth and glossy, 

 somewhat semicircular in form. Elytra about twice as long as the 

 pronotum, and a little wider than the latter at its widest part, 

 strongly punctate-striate, with the intervals between the rows 

 slightly convex, and marked each with a single series of rather 

 ■distant and very minute punctures. Intercoxal part of the 

 presternum about half as broad as one of the anterior coxae ; that 

 of the mesosternum equal in width to one of the middle coxse. 

 Third joint of the tarsi broader than the other joints. 



In its relatively short form this species resembles the true 

 Rhyncoli rather than the species placed by WoUaston in 

 Phlmophagosoma ; but it differs essentially from the former by its 

 broader sternal processes, its more conspicuous scutellum, and less 

 •convex prothorax. 



68. Pachyops (?) incertus, Gahan, sp.n. 



Angustus, parallelus, convexiusculus, cylindricus, piceo-niger, 

 xdtidus ; capite rostroque sat dense minute punctulatis, prothorace 

 conico-cylindrico, dense punctulato ; elytris sat fortiter punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis paullulo convexis, uniseriatim minutissime 

 punctulatis ; coxis anticis sat late distantibus ; scapo clavoque 

 antennarum piceo-rufescentibus, clavo anguste ovato, haud com- 

 presso. 



Long. 4, lat. 1 mm. 



This species resembles Pachyops cylindricus^ Well., in general 

 form, but is smaller, and differs in the following points of structure : 

 The space between the anterior coxae is as wide as one of the coxae ; 

 the club of the antennae is narrowly ovate, and not compressed ; 

 the elytra are less strongly punctured than in cylindricus, WolL, 

 and the intervals between the rows of punctures ai'e wider, very 



