36 CURCULIONID.^;. 



width and deptli, the supra-ocular elevation continuous with the 

 rostrum and not intersected by the tz'ansverse sulcus, which does 

 not reach the eye. liostrum slightly narrowed anteriorly, with a 

 straight centi'al carina and a strongly curved carina on each side 

 of it. Antenna' with the two basal joints of the funicle subequal, 

 the club elongate. Prothorax strongly transverse, truncate at the 

 apex, the base rounded, the sides sabangulated a little before the 

 middle ; upper surface rugose, with numerous small granules and 

 a few large tubercles, the central carina sometimes complete, but 

 often obsolete anteriorly and usually bare at the base. Elytra 

 globose, the basal margin deeply sinuate and a little broader than 

 the base of the prothorax, the shoulders oblique and with a 

 distinct humeral tubercle, the sides suhparallel from this tubercle 

 to behind the middle, then rapidly narrowed to the apex ; upper 

 surface convex, with regular rows of deep punctures, the alternate 

 intervals more elevated than the rest ; 3, 5 and 7 obsoletely 

 tuberculate in the basal half and each with a distinctly larger 

 tubercle behind the middle, these tubercles forming a curved 

 transverse row; 5 with an additional tubercle much nearer the 

 apex. 



Length, -^h-^h mm. ; breadth, 3-5 mm. 



Bombay: ISampgaon, Belgaum (if. P. Barrow). Madkas : 

 Mysore, Bangalore, Pondicherry ; Coimbatore, 1000 ft. {Capt. 

 A. K. W. Boimiing) ; on cluster beans, Hadagalli (Pusa Coll.) ; 

 Nagodv, 2500 ft., S. Kanara; on gingelly {Sesamum indicum), 

 Adoni, Bellary dist. ; N. Coorg (L. Newcome). Ceylok- : 

 Anuradhapura {Dr. W. Horn). 



I'ype in the Stockholm Museum. 



B. insequalis var. spongifer, l>oh. 



Difiers from the typical form only in the structure of the 

 prothorax, which is much less rugose in appearance owing to the 

 granules being all of approximately equal size and without the 

 larger tubercles ; the sides of the thorax are also less angulate 

 and therefore it appears less transverse in shape. As these 

 characters grade into those of B. ina'qunUs I agree with Jekel (7. c.) 

 in regardiTig the present form as merely a variety ; it is probably 

 a local hill form. 



Madkas: Pillur, 3000 ft., Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Andrewes); 

 ( )uchterlony Valley, 3500 ft., Nilgiris {Ca2:)t. A. K. W. Doivning) ; 

 Palur, South Arcot. 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



5. Blosyrus bengaleiisis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with brown scaling, variegated with vague paler 

 markings. 



Allied to B. incequalis var. sjmigifer. Boh., from which it 

 differs, apart from its much smaller size, in the following respects. 

 Head and rostrum less uneven. Prothorax much more finely 



