ME. F. P. P.VSCOE ON THE CURCULIONIDJE. 



105 



transversis, gradatim latioribus ; clava brovitcr ovata, distincta. 

 Oculi oblongi, transversi, fortiter granulati. Prothorax conico- 

 cylindricus, basi subbisinuatus, apice parum productus. Elytra 

 prothorace latiora, oblonga, parallela, modice convexa. Femora 

 compressa, incrassata, infra dentata ; tibia validae, compressae, 

 intus bisinuatae et denticulatae, apice uncis duobus armatae; 

 tarsi robusti ; unguiculi parvi, liberi. Abdomen normale. Pro- 

 cessus intercoxalis anguste triangularis. 



The only character by which this genus differs from Gonipte- 

 rinae as denned by Lacordaire is the narrow intercoxal process. 

 As to the spurs of the tibiae, they are well marked in some Gtoni- 

 pteri, e. g. G. lepidotus, though there is but one to each. The so- 

 litary specimen on which this genus is founded is the sole repre- 

 sentative of the subfamily, of which more than fifty species are 

 found in Australia, contained in Mr. "Wallace's Malayan collections. 



Styanax carbonarius. (PI. IX. fig. 4.) S. ater, nitidus; capite 

 rostroque crebre punctatis, hoc in medio breviter carinato ; prothorace 

 confertim rude granulato, granulis singulis apice setulam gerentibus ; 

 scutello rotundato, ochraceo-squamoso ; elytris sulcato-favosis, inter- 

 stitiis paulo elevatis, quinto postice tuberculo mediocri instructo, 

 apicibus intus subemarginatis ; corpore infra pedibusque rugoso-pun- 

 ctatis, setulis pallidis adspersis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Sumatra. 



AP ARETE. 



(Aterpinae.) 



Rostrum quadrangulare, capite vix longius ; scrobes subinedianae, 

 obliquae, arcuatae, infra oculos terminantes. Oculi rotundati ? 

 parum prominuli, subgrosse granulati. Scapus sensim incras- 

 satus; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulo primo longiusculo, 

 caeteris transversis, ultimo clavam quasi incipiente. Prothorax 

 oblongus, cylindricus. Elytra subparallela, convexa, prothorace 

 multo latiora, basi apiceque truncata, humeris producta. Femora 

 in medio incrassata ; tibia flexuosae, muticae ; tarsi lineares, 

 subtus ciliati, articulo primo breviter triangulari, secundo 

 transverso, tertio baud lobato, quarto valido, caeteris conjunctim 

 longiore ; unguiculi liberi, divergentes. Abdomen normale. 

 The quadrangular rostrum, the seventh joint of the funicle 



closely connected to the club, and narrow tarsi, ciliated beneath, 



form a very trenchant diagnosis of this genus, which in habit is 



similar to Ethemaia. 



