. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 52 CURCULIONII)^. a deep centi'al furrow. Rostrum separated from the liead by a narrow transverse furrow in front of each eye, but the furrows not uniting dorsally, the gense produced laterally into a sharp point, the upper surface with a broad and deep central impression widening towards the apex, and a faint longitudinal impression on each side at the base. Antenna; comparatively slender, with dense pale scaling, the scape scarcelj^ reaching the eye, the funicle with joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3 slightly longer than 4, the terminal join
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 52 CURCULIONII)^. a deep centi'al furrow. Rostrum separated from the liead by a narrow transverse furrow in front of each eye, but the furrows not uniting dorsally, the gense produced laterally into a sharp point, the upper surface with a broad and deep central impression widening towards the apex, and a faint longitudinal impression on each side at the base. Antenna; comparatively slender, with dense pale scaling, the scape scarcelj^ reaching the eye, the funicle with joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3 slightly longer than 4, the terminal joints as long as broad, the club with the two basal joints sub- equal. Protliorax as long as broad, its sides subparallel from the base to beyond the middle, then narrowed to the apex, rugose above, with a deep central furrow which does not reach the base or apex and a curved interrupted furrow on each side of it. Scutellum distinct and circular. Elytra jointly emarginate in the middle of the base, the shoulders prominent, the sides subparallel, the striae broad and deep and with deep separated punctures, which are clearly visible through the dense scaling, striae 1 and 2 and striae 3 and 4 converging together respectively at the base, the intervals convex, 5 slightly elevated, 3 broadly costate behind the middle, the costa terminating in a large rounded tubercle at the top of the declivity, the setse pale sparse and depressed. Legs with dense pale scaling, the corbels of tlio posterior tibiae bare internally, joint 2 of the posterior tarsi about as long as broad. Length, 7h mm. ; breadth, 4 mm. Btjkma : Euby Mines {Doherty). Type in the British Museum. 21. Dermatoxenns quadrisignatus, sp. nov. Colour black, Avith uniform dense brownish-grey scaling, each elytron with two large bare black patches on intervals 4 and 5, one before the middle, tbe other on the Fig. 17.—Dcnnatoxcnus quadrisignatus, Mshl. Head with a deep transverse basal impression, the eyes situated. P
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