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EMPLESIS. 
E. cenigmatica, sp. nov. (17). Ferruginea ; squainis griseis ot ferrugineis vel 
fuscis iiicoiistauter vestita ; antennis sat valklis, funiculi articulo 1" quani 2''*^ vix 
(hoc quain magis quam) climiclia parte longiori ; prothorace antice rotundato- 
producto, apicem versus sat subito constricto, lateribus leviter rotundatis; elytris 
puiictulato-striatis ; prosterno antice longitudinaliter coucavo. 
]\laris rostro leviter arcuato, minus valido, quam prothorax dimidia parte 
longiori ; antennis sat longe ante rostri medium insertis. 
Feminaj rostro gracili, sat arcuato, quam prothorax fere duplo longioii; 
antennis vix ante medium rostri insertis. Long. 2 1. Lat. 4 1. 
In general appearance this species is extremely like E. vumda, Blackb., and 
assi/nilis, Blackb., but is at once distinguished from both by its longer rostrum. 
Its rostrum is so much longer than that of E. asst/nilis that there can be no con¬ 
fusion between the two species. Besides a very decided difference in this respect 
it may be noted that the present insect differs from E. munda by the second joint 
of its antennal funiculus being longer in proportion to the third joint, by its protiiorax 
less rounded on the sides with its greatest width nearer the front, and by a diffe¬ 
rence in the squamosity of its prothorax—the scales on the prothorax of E. munda 
being larger, more crowded, and less flatly adpressed, so that the segment has a 
somewhat shaggy appearance, whereas in E. (e.nigmatica the scales are small, 
distinct from each other, and quite flat to the surface, so that they seem to be 
smoothly laid on. 
Reedy Role, Illamurta. 
CYDMiEA. 
C. fionosa, sp. nov. (3). Sat late ovalis ; picea vel rufo-picea, rostro, antennis 
(funiculi articulis 2-7 exceptis), pedibu.sque (tarsis exceptis) rufls; squamis all)idis 
fumosisque intermixtis dense vestita; rostro quam prothorax vix longiori, parum 
compressa, minus robusto ; funiculi articulo 1° quam 2^‘® multo longiori; prothorace 
vix transverse; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis leviter convexis. Long, 
(rostr. inch) 1| 1. Lat. ^ 1 (vix). 
This minute Curculionid is scarcely at home in Cydmcea on account of its 
rostrum being less robust and compressed than in the typical members of the 
genus {e.g., C. luctuosa, Base.) and the ocular lobes being very feeble, but it is 
certainly so close to Cydmcea in all essential characters that it seems unnecessary 
