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MR. E. P. PASCOE ON THE CTJRCULIONIDiE. 



pedibusque fuscis, subnitidis ; femoribus dimidio apicali supra niveo- 

 squamosis, anticis bi-, intermediis quadri- (tribus minutis), posticis 

 subunidentatis ; tarsis fulvidis. Long. 2-2| lin. 

 Hab. Singapore ; Sarawak ; Penang. 



NiPHADES. 



(Hylobiinso.) 



Hyldbio omnino congruit, prseter unguiculos bifidos. 



There is no other genus with bifid claws among the Hylobiinse ; 

 and in the allied subfamilies it is a very exceptional character. 

 There are three well-marked species, of which two are described 

 below ; all my specimens appear to have been covered with a dull 

 greyish crust or squamosity, in addition to ordinary scales, that 

 seems to be easily detached, except in the punctures. 



Niphades pardalotus. (PI. IX. fig. 8.) N. oblongus, niger, opacus ; 

 rostro valido, rude sulcato -punctata, interstitiis lineas longitudinales 

 formantibus ; antennis piceis ; prothorace subcylindrico, rugoso.-pun- 

 ctato, punctis squamigeris ; scutello dense squamoso ; elytris prothorace 

 multo latioribus, utrinque parallelis, leviter sulcato-punctatis, punctis 

 rotundatis approximatis squamigeris, guttulis niveis e squamis erectis 

 efFectis sat parce adspersis ; corpore infra obscure piceo ; femoribus 

 posticis versus apicem niveo-annulatis. Long. 4-5 lin. 



Hab. Sarawak. 



Niphades costatus. N. oblongus, niger, squamositate sordide 

 grisea indutus (nisi derasa) ; rostro valido, rude sulcato-punctato, 

 insterstitiis lineas longitudinales formantibus ; capite prothoraceque 

 rugosis crebre punctatis, punctis unisquamigeris, hoc subcylindrico ; 

 scutello parvo, ovato; elytris prothorace fere duplo latioribus, for- 

 titer sulcato-punctatis, punctis minus approximatis, interstitiis uni- 

 seriatim granulatis, 3. 5. 7. tuberculato-elevatis, et fere obsolete albo- 

 guttatis, guttis e squamis erectis effectis ; corpore infra pedibusque 

 concoloribus, sub squamositate nigris, subnitidis. Long. 4-4^ lin. 



Hab. Aru; Batchian; Macassar. 



A stouter species than the last, and differing, inter alia, in the 

 sculpture of the elytra. 



Ozoctentjs. 

 (Hylobiinae.) 



Rostrum modice elongatum, rectum ; scrobes praemedianae, obliqua3, 

 infra oculos desinentes ; scapus oculum haud attingens ; funi- 



