274 [December, 



J. 6th ventral sepment with semicircular excision, the surface in front 

 glabrous. 



Hah. Lebong, Bengal, alt. 5000 feet {H. 31. Lefroy : ix.l908) ; 

 West Almora (S. Q. Champion). 



Placusa intermedia, n. sp. 



Depressed, black, greasy -lustrous ; elytra obscure brown; the first three 

 joints of the antennae and the legs reddish-testaceous. 



Length 3 mm. 



A little larger and more depressed than P. tachijporoides Waltl and with 

 considerablj^ narrower thorax, longer and more slender antennae, and finer 

 puneturation of the fore parts. Head broad, narrower than the thorax, the 

 disc broadly flattened, very finely and obsoletely punctured, finely and densely 

 coriaceous. Antennae with the 2nd joint a little shorter than the 3rd, the 4th 

 scarcely longer than broad, the .5th perceptibly shorter, the 6th to the 10th 

 transverse, gradually incieapinsr in breadth, the 11th stout, oval. Thorax 

 transverse, fully one-third as bro;id again as long, depressed, widest at the 

 junction of the anterior and middle thirds, from thence rounded and contracted 

 anteriorly, narrowed more strongly posteriorly to the obtuse but prominent 

 posterior angles in a feebly sinuated line, the base distinctly bisinuate ; disc 

 broadlv impressed posteriorly ; puneturation close, fine and asperate, and with 

 a transverse row of four rather small punctures across the middle. Elytra as 

 long as, but broader than, the thorax, transverse, closely, finely, and asperately 

 punctured. Abdomen gradually and slightly narrowed posteriorly, den.^eh', 

 finely punctured and pubescent. 



cJ . Posterior border of the 8th dorsal segment emarginate on either side, 

 rounded in the middle, and the emargination bounded externally by a sharp 

 spino. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills {^H. L. Andrewes). 



Type in my Collection. 



This species appears to be intermediate between the Placusa (s. str.) 

 and Calpusa groups in the build of the thorax. 

 November 1921. 



STENOPELMUS BUFINASUS Gtll. IN NOEFOLK. 

 BY H. J. THOULESS. 



At a recent meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' 

 Society a discussion took place with regard to Azolla Jtliculoides in local 

 waters, in the course of which I happened to mention that a weevil 

 attached to this plant had recently been recorded. A fortunate result 

 was that a few days later, Capt. S. V, Green, of Norwich, sent me a small 



