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Hylobius and its ally Aclees appear to be among the com- 

 monest genera of the Malayan archipelago ; and this is one of the 

 finest species ; the others described are very distinct, and have a 

 much more decided look than any of their North- American or 

 European congeners that I have seen. 



Hylobius notatus. H. oblongus, niger, opacus ; capite crebre pun- 

 ctate j rostro subtenuato, fortiter punctate, punctis unisquamigeris, 

 lineis longitudiualibus elevatis munito, transversim sparse setosulo ; 

 antennis piceis ; prothorace oblongo, sat crebre rugoso-punctato, m- 

 terstitiis granuliformibus, vage albo-setosuhs ; elytris prothorace 

 multo latioribus, oblongis, subparallelis, apicem versus sensim an- 

 gustatis, apicibus acuminatis, supra striato-punctatis, punctis fovei- 

 formibus, approximatis, interstitiis subtuberculatis, tuberculis setula 

 alba instructis, singulo elytro fasciis niveis abbreviatis duabus vel 

 tribus ornate, una laterali ante medium, altera postica, aliquando 

 tertia apicali ; corpore infra pedibusque setulis exiguis valde di- 

 spersis. Long. 4-5 lin. 



Hab. Java ; Sarawak. 



Hylobius scrofa. H. oblongo-ovatus, niger, squamulis minutis 

 silaceis dispersus ; capite inter oculos fovea parva impresso ; rostro 

 longitudiue prothoracis, in medio tricarinulato, carinulis punctis 

 interruptis impressis, squamis fUiformibus transversim sitis fere 

 omnino tecto ; funiculo art. ultimo valde transverso ; clava brevi 

 pubescente ; prothorace oblongo subconico, rugoso-punctato, punctis 

 singulis squamas unicam — tres gerentibus ; scutello subcordiformi, 

 dense albido-squamoso ; elytris basi latioribus, utrinque gradatim 

 angustioribus, apicibus rotundatis, sulcato-punctatis, punctis oblongo- 

 quadratis, approximatis, interstitiis angustis, parce squamosis, in sin- 

 gulo elytro maculis duabus albis, una ante, altera pone medium, e 

 squamis formatis ; corpore infra pedibusque nigris nitidis, illo squamis 

 silaceis, his squamis griseis dispersis. Long. 7 lin. 

 Hab. Sarawak. 



Hylobius rubidus. H. oblongus, obscure rufus, supra fere denu- 

 datus ; capite rostroque basi irregulariter punctulato, vage flave- 

 scenti-squamosis, hoc subtenuato, prothorace uianifeste longiore; 

 funiculo articulo ultimo transverso ; prothorace subconico, rugoso- 

 punctato, punctis unisquamigeris, interstitiis granuliformibus, in medio 

 magis rugoso ; scutello subtriangulari ; elytris prothorace multo la- 

 tioribus, striato-punctatis, punctis nudis, interstitiis latis subplanatis, 

 basi paulo elevatis, apicem versus coarctatis, cornpressis, apicibus an- 

 guste rotundatis ; plagis septem nigris decoratis, — una communi ba- 

 sali, tribus in singulo elytro pone medium, quarum una dorsali, — 

 maculisque duabus lateralibus e squamis ochraceis formatis ; corpore 

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