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MR. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CUECTJLIONID^. 



but differs in the stout rostrum, the conical prothorax, with the 

 elytra at the base considerably broader than the base of the 

 prothorax, &c. The brown parts under a strong lens are seen 

 to be sprinkled with minute scales. 



Amalthus insignis. (PL VII. fig. 4.) A, ovalis, cinnamomeo-fusca, 

 squamulis flavescentibus condensatis maculas speciosas formantibus ; 

 capite antice subdepresso; rostro squamoso, apicem versus nigro nitido ; 

 antennis nigris, sparse setulosis ; prothorace utrinque in medio calloso, 

 deinde paulo incurvato, basi latiore, lateribus apiceque flavescentibus ; 

 scutello elevato, rotundato ; elytris quam latitudine plus sesquilongio- 

 ribus, remote seriatim punctatis, sutura postica, interstitiisque 3. 5. 7. 

 elevatis, illo quadri-, secundo trifasciculato, fasciculis brevibus elon- 

 gatis, singulatim macula basali, altera pone humerum, tertiaque irre- 

 gulari postice ornatis ; corpore infra fusco-brunneo, in medio flavo- 

 squamuloso ; pedibus fulvo-squamosis, fusco-annulatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Morty. 



DozTEs. 

 (Cryptorhynchinse.) 

 Hostrum validum, arcuatum, squamosum ; scrobes antemedianae, 

 obliquae, infra marginem inferiorem oculorum terminantes. 

 Scapus oculum attingens ; funiculus 6-articulatus, brevius- 

 culus, articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, caeteris transver- 

 sis ; clava cylindrica, elongata, pubescens (ut videtur) inarticu- 

 lata. Oculi laterales, rotundati, tenuiter granulati. Protliorax 

 subconicus, apice productus gibbosus, lobis ocularibus nullis. 

 Elytra ampla, prothorace multo latiora, utrinque subparallela, 

 humeris rotundata. Pedes breves ; femora incrassata, infra 

 dente instructa ; tibia recta3, tarsi articulis duobus basalibus 

 angustis breviusculis, tertio lato, quarto modice elongato. 

 Bima pectoralis inter coxas anticas terminata, apice fornicata. 

 Metasternum elongatum. Abdomen normale. Processus inter- 

 coxalis triangularis. 



A very distinct genus, for which I am at present unable to 

 suggest any alliance. My specimen is probably a female ; the 

 other sex might show that its affinities were with the Mecistosty- 

 lus group. 



Dcetes albo-pictus. (PL VIII. fig. 6.) D. ovatus, squamositate 

 atra, niveo-maculata, dense indutus ; capite nigro, supra oculos niveo, 

 fronte profunde longitudinaliter sulcato ; rostro utrinque vitta obliqua 

 nivea ornato ; antennis piceis ; prothorace subtransverso, antice valde 

 constricto, postice utrinque parallelo, gibbo apicali in medio fortiter 



