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longer tliiiu broad, trapezoidal, widest in front and obliquely narrowed thence 

 to the base ; with two sinuous, anteriorly diverging, somewhat widely separated, 

 uniseriate-punctate shallow grooves on the disc — the two connected by a trans- 

 verse punctured groove near the anterior margin,— and numerous irregularly 

 distributed punctures along the sides. Elytra longer than tlie prothorax, about 

 as wide as the head; shallowly, irregularly punctate-striate, the striae not 

 reaching the apex, where the puncturing becomes more confused, the second 

 stria from the suture sometimes obsolete and represented by a row of scattered 

 punctures. Abdomen extremely finely shagreened and with a few minute 

 punctures. 



Length 3s-4| mm. 



Hah. India, Sarda in Bengal {F. W. C). 



Fifteen examples, varying a little in the development and puncturing 

 of the head, as well as in size, one si^ecimen being much longer than the 

 rest. Smaller and much narrower than P. miles, Seriba, examples of 

 which, captured by M. Thery at Tarfaia, Algeria, are before me ; the 

 head and prothorax rufo-testaceous or testaceous, the head longer, the 

 eyes much smaller ; the antennal joints 7-10 more transverse, and very 

 short. P. indicus Fauv., from Burma (Rev. d'Ent. xxiii, p. 91, 1904), 

 is said to have the head more rounded than in P. miles, and it cannot 

 therefore be conspecific with P. longiceps. 



2. — Planeustomus henijalensis, n. sp. 



Elongate, robust ; shining, testaceous, the antennae (except at the base), the 

 apices of the elytra, and the sides of the abdomen slightly infuscate, the eyes 

 black ; sparsely flavo-pubescent. Head transverse, rather broad, very coarsely, 

 irregularly punctate, the post-ocular space short, not half the length of the eyes 

 as seen from above, the latter moderately large and rather convex ; antennae 

 with joints 4-6 small, transverse, 7-11 much stouter and Avider, 7, 9, and 10 

 moderately, and 8 strongly, transverse, 8 smaller and shorter than 7 or 9, 11 

 oval. Prothorax trapezoidal, narrower than the head, as long as broad, the 

 sides obliquely converging from apex to base ; with two sinuous, anteriorly- 

 diverging, closely uniseriate-punctate, somewhat widely separated sulci on the- 

 disc — the sulci connected by a punctured transverse groove near the anterior 

 margin — and numerous coarse, irregularly distributed punctures along the sides. 

 Elytra larger and much wider than the prothorax ; closely, irregularly punctate- 

 striate, -the striae becoming obsoltte and the puncturing confused towards the 

 apex. Abdomen extremely tinel} shagreened and with a few scattered minute 

 piligerous punctures. 



Length 3| mm. 



Hah. India, Sarda in Bengal (P. W. €.). 



One specimen, with the abdomen somewhat " run up." Smaller than 

 P. Tieydeni Epp., a specimen of which from Anatolia is before me ; the 

 head equally coarsely punctured ; the antennae much shorter, the joints 



