ME. F. P. l'ASCOE ON THE CUltCULIONlDA. 



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Hab. Waigiou ; Amboyna. 



At once differentiated by the eyes and the sculpture of the 

 elytra. 



Seletjca. 

 (Hylobiina3.) 



Hostrum validiusculum, arcuatum, supra tricarinulatum, setulis 

 transversis munitum, utrinque ante oculum stria abbreviata 

 notatum ; scrohes subterminales, obliquas, infra marginem infe- 

 riorem oculorum currentes. Scapus oculum attingens ; funi- 

 culus 7-articulatus, art. duobus basalibus breviter obconicis, 

 primo crassiore, cseteris transversis, gradatim latioribus ; clava 

 ovata, pubescens. Oculi grosse granulati. Prothorax ob- 

 longus, lobis ocularibus distinctis. Elytra ampla, oblonga, 

 subdepressa, humeris rotundatis. Pedes validi ; femora incras- 

 sata, subtus uni- tridentata ; tibice sulcatse, anticas flexuosse, re- 

 liquis arcuatis, apice uncinate; tarsi subtus spongiosi, art. 

 basali triangulari, tertio bilobo, ultimo elongato ; unguiculi 

 liberi, divergentes. Coxae anticse haud contigua). Abdomen 

 nor male. 



Among the HylobiincB this genus and Fissodes are the only ones 

 with the anterior coxae not contiguous ; in the latter there are no 

 ocular lobes, and the tarsi are only partially spongy beneath. 

 According to Mr. "Wallace's note, S. leucospila is found on 

 leaves. 



Seleuca amicta. (PI. IX. fig. 7.) 5. nigra, squamis ovatis albis 

 interrupte vestita ; rostro basi latiore et antice valde arcuato ; an- 

 tennis piceis ; prothorace utrinque antice rotundato, apice fortiter tu- 

 bulato, lateribus parallelis, supra in medio depresso, vage punctata, 

 lateraliter niveo-figurato ; scutello parvo ; elytris subparallelis, striato- 

 punctatis, dense albo-squamosis, regione suturali lateribusque ma- 

 culis denudatis nigris interruptis, praecipue una comrauni mediana 

 cordiformi, una obliqua laterali pone medium; corpore infra fusca, 

 subnitida; femoribus dente valido instructis, dimidio apicali supra 

 dense niveo-squamosis ; tarsis ferrugineis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Singapore. 



Seleuca leucospila. S. nigrescens, squamis elongatis niveis in 

 maculas condensatis ; capite rostroque castaneis, sparse niveo-squa- 

 mosis, hoc fere sequilato, modice arcuato ; antennis piceis ; protho- 

 race utrinque antice rotundato, pone medium subparallelo, supra 

 vage punctato, lateraliter niveo-maculato ; scutello oblongo ; elytris 

 subparallelis, striato-punctatis, maculis niveis ornatis ; corpore infra 



