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Nechyrus satyrus. N. oblongus, ovalis, niger; rostra quam prothorace 

 paulo longiore, vix nitido ; prothorace forma praecedentis, supra sat 

 crebre modice punctato, punctis plurimis squama magna rotunda reple- 

 tis ; scutello suborbiculari ; elytris sulcato-punctatis punctis oblongis 

 nitidis, interstitiis latis convexis, sat dense nigro-squamosis ; corpora 

 infra pedibusque squamis erectis nigris vestitis, aliisque albidis di- 

 spersis ; tarsis sordide albidis. Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Gilolo. 



There are no tufts on this species, and no crest-scales on the 

 upper surface ; the pectoral canal extends nearly to the posterior 

 margin of the intermediate coxae. 



Syrichius. 



(Cryptorhynchinae.) 



Rostrum modice elongatum, arcuatum, depressum, basi excepta 

 nudum, nitidum, fere impunctatum ; scrobes medianae, rectae. 

 Scopus apice clavatus ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis duobus 

 basalibus longiusculis, subaequalibus, vel secundo paulo longiore, 

 caeteris gradatim brevioribus, submoniliformibus ; clava ovalis, 

 distincta. Oculi fortiter granulati. JProthorax utrinque rotun- 

 datus, apice angustior, basi bisinuatus, lobo scutellari distincto. 

 Scutellum elevatum. Elytra elongato-cordata, convexa, pone 

 humeros latiora, apice rotundata. Pedes subelongati ; femora 

 modice incrassata, antice validiora, infra dentata ; tibia rectae, 

 compressae, antice intus bisinuatae ; tarsi normales. JRima pec- 

 t oralis ut in praecedente sed apice subaperta. Metasternum 

 brevissimum. Abdomen normale. 



The femora thicker and the anterior ones toothed beneath, the 

 eyes coarsely facetted, and the form of the elytra will differen- 

 tiate this genus from the preceding. 



Syrichius roridus. S. niger, supra squamis fuscis sordide griseisque 

 maculatim vestitus; capite fusco-squamoso, inter oculos granulato; 

 rostra piceo ; antennis ferrugineis ; prothorace granulis majusculis 

 sat vage munito, inter haec plerumque squamis fuscis dispersis ; elytris 

 profunde striatis, interstitiis latis, convexis, interrupte griseo-squa- 

 mosis, granulis oblongis subapproximatis uniseriatim instructis ; cor- 

 pora infra pedibusque sordide fusco-squamosis ; femoribus, praesertim 

 anticis, granulatis. Long. A\ lin. 



Hab. Kaioa. 



The greyish or ochreous-grey scales are scattered so as to give a 



