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granulato j scutello punctiformi ; elytris prothorace baud latioribus, 

 fortiter seriatim punctatis, punctis magnis quadratis, squamositate 

 sparsa silacea munitis, interstitiis angustis, transversis elevatis ; cor- 

 pore infra pedibusque ruguloso-punctatis, sparse squamosis; coxis 

 anticis manifeste sejunctis ; tibiis intermediis et prsesertim posticis 

 brevibus, intus obsolete bisinuatis. Long. 4 lin. 

 Hab. China. 



Probably most nearly allied to A. lacunosus, but differentiated 

 by the unicolorous elytra and the woolly sides of the prothorax. 

 Mr. Arthur Adams has also found this species in one of the islands 

 of the Japanese seas. 



Alcides micronychus. A. ovatus, niger, lineatim grisescenti-squa- 

 mosus ; capite verticali ; rostro valido, prothorace breviore, sat crebre 

 punctato ; antennis nigris, fere nudis ; funiculo articulis brevibus, 

 ultimis transversis ; oculis ovatis ; prothorace transverso, apice 

 multo angustiore, utrinque rotundato, rude punctato, fascia mediana, 

 ad latera ampliata, vittaque postice pallide griseo-squamosis ; scutello 

 nigro j elytris prothorace latioribus, antice valde productis, sulcato- 

 punctatis, interstitiis rugosis, fascia arcuata pone medium vittisque 

 quatuor anticis griseis ; corpore infra sejuncte griseo-squamoso ; abdo- 

 mine segmentis tribus intermediis subaequalibus ; pedibus rude con- 

 fertim punctatis, punctis unisquamigeris ; tibiis intus haud angulatis ; 

 tarsis articulo tertio ampliato-rotundato, quarto brevi. Long. 2f lin. 



Hah. Cochinchina. 



Remarkable for the large round penultimate joint of the tarsi, 

 the claw-joint inserted on the middle and barely extending be- 

 yond it. 



Alcides frontalis. A. elongatus, cylindricus, ferrugineus postice 

 pallidior, tenuiter parce pilosus ; capitis fronte rostroque supra dense 

 albido-squamosis et pilosis, hoc breviusculo, valido ; antennis subfer- 

 rugineis, funiculo articulo secundo longiore ; cseteris transversis ; clava 

 breviter ovata ; oculis ovalibus ; prothorace oblongo, fortiter punctato - 

 impresso, lobis ocularibus obsoletis j scutello rotundato ; elytris pro- 

 thorace paulo latioribus, parallelis, postice sat subito declivibus, seri- 

 atim punctatis, punctis ampliatis, oblongis, interstitiis (prsesertim an- 

 tice) subtuberculatis, elevatis ; pedibus fulvo-brunneis, tenuatis ; tibiis 

 intus integris j unguiculis connatis, haud bilidis ; coxis anticis conti- 

 guis. Long. 4-7 lin. 



Hab. Morty; Batchian. 



An odd-looking species, quite sui generis in Alcides, but having 

 some resemblance to Hyperrnetra analis {ante p. 167), although 

 with the habit of Pcepalosomus, to the neighbourhood of which I 

 am almost tempted to refer it, notwithstanding its 6-jointed 



