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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
at the apex; and, above all, the thorax has its posterior carina perpendicu¬ 
larly placed in front of the base and close to it, applied to the elytra, and 
terminating obsoletely before the apex, instead of making an apical angle 
as in that genus. 
Basitropis nitidicutis ( Chevr .), Jelcel. 
Elongato-parullelus , piceus , tomento fuseo supra opaco, subtus pedibusque 
griseo-sericeo vergente tectus ; rostro toto, capitis thoracisque maculis , 
elylrorum plaga basali elongata obliqua fascia postica suturce inter- 
rupta apiceque etiam dilute fulvo-squamosis; tibiis fusco-griseo 
annulatis; rostro , capite , thorace pectoreque sat profunde laxeque 
punctatis. 
Longit. (cap. infl.) 3f—3| = 8—t> Tg millim. 
Latit. hum. 1 ^—I^l lin. = 3—2 T 4 g millim. 
Patria: Java, Dom. Deyrolle ; India, Dom. Saunders. 
This insect closely resembles Eugonus subcylindricus, being of nearly 
the same size and colour, but is at once distinguished by its having 
the rostrum subquadrate, carinated, the bead longer and narrower, the 
posterior thoracic carina basal, applied to the elytra, ending upwards 
before the apex, and making no apical acute angle, as in that genus. 
Head nearly as long as its width, behind somewhat extended behind 
the eyes; front slightly narrowed by the obliquity of the eyes near the ros¬ 
trum, but being in that part more than two-thirds of the total width with 
the eyes; convex, especially on the middle of the vertex and front; rather 
deeply and distantly punctate; pitchy, clothed with rufous pile, scattered 
with a light fulvous pile, condensed round the eyes, and in a short 
line on the middle of the vertex. Eyes having their inner sides approaching 
each other towards the rostrum in an oblique and nearly straight line; 
black, rather finely reticulate. Rostrum as wide as the head behind, but 
much shorter, transverse; sides nearly straight, or somewhat dilated near 
the apex, which is obliquely cut at its sides, with the middle subtriangu- 
larly but narrowly emarginate; flat, punctate, in the same manner as the 
head, with a longitudinal ridge along the middle ; almost entirely covered 
with a light fulvous pile, under which the fuscous ground pile is per- 
