Aedophronus echinatus, sp. n. (Pl. xxi, fig. 2).

Derm black, with dense brown scaling, usually with an indefinite mottling of darker and paler scales ; the inflexed margins of the elytra fuscous.

Head not very convex, with the median stria extending to the vertex and the anterior transverse stria slightly curved ; the infra-ocular margin much narrower than the base of the scape and not projecting ; the setae short, stout and curved backwards ; the eyes comparatively large, highest much behind the middle, and with the hind margin devoid of scaling. Rostrum longer than the head (5·5 : 4), much shorter than its basal width (5·5 : 7·5), narrowed in front, straight at the sides, with a shallow impression on the apical half and with no median carina ; the marginal carina of the epistome obtuse but distinct. Prothorax transverse (3·5 : 6), strongly rounded at the sides, widest at the middle, subtruncate at the apex, which is only slightly narrower than the base ; the dorsum with an abbreviated median stria on the basal half and bearing on the disk short curved setae like those on the head, the lateral ones much longer, stout, straight and pointed (when unbroken), the longest being about as long as the scape.