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Cechtdes. 

 (Hylobiinse.) 



Hostrum breve, crassum, capite continuatum ; scrobes arcuatae, 

 subtransversae, ab oculis remoti. Antennae breves ; funiculus 

 quasi sex-, sed vere 7-articulatus, articulo ultimo ad clavam arete 

 applicato. Oculi rotundati, a prothorace valde distantes. Pro- 

 thorax oblongus, subcyliudricus, basi truncatus. Scutellum 

 parvum, triangulare. Elytra prothorace muito latiora, ob- 

 longa, parallela. Pedes mediocres ; femora niodice incrassata, 

 mutica; tibiae arcuata3, margine interiore dentes spiuiformes 

 gerente, apice unco transverso armatae ; tarsi normales ; ungui- 

 culi divergentes. Coxae t anticse contiguae, intermediae approxi- 

 matae. Pectus lougiusculum, antice late marginatum. Meta- 

 sternum elongatum. Abdomen segmentis 3-4 conjunctim bre- 

 vioribus, sutura prima arcuata. 



The short thick rostrum of this genus would seem scarcely to 

 warrant its location among the Hylobiinse, were it not for its ob- 

 vious affinity to Alphitopis ; indeed almost the only generic 

 distinctions are this peculiarity and the distance of the scrobes 

 from the eyes. 



Cechides amcenus. (PI. XII. fig. 7-) C. oblongus, sat angustus, 

 niger, supra albo-plagiatim silaceo-squamosus, granulisque nitidis 

 vage notatus, subtus pedibusque squamis albo-argenteis dense tectis ; 

 rostro capite breviore ; antennis ferrugineis, squamosis, clava nigre- 

 scenti-tomentosa ; prothorace utrinque paulo rotundato, basi quam 

 apice paulo latiore, silaceo-subbivittato ; elytris fere obsolete sulcatis, 

 basi, apice fasciisque duabus silaceis irregulariter plagiatim decoratis. 

 Long. 6| lm. 



Hab. West Australia (Champion Bay). 



Ctcotida. 

 (Hylobiime.) 



Postrum cylindricum, modice tenuatum, paulo arcuatum, capite 

 longius ; scrobes obliquae, infra rostrum desinentes. Antennae 

 praemedianae; scapus sensim incrassatus ; funiculus 7-articulatus, 

 articulis 1-2 breviusculis, caeteris submoniliformibus ; clava 

 ovata, distincta, obsolete articulata. Oculi parvi, rotundati. 

 JProthorax oblongus, subcyliudricus, basi truncatus. Scutellum 

 parvum. Elytra prothorace manifesto latiora, anguste elongato- 



