42 



CUECULIO]S'ID.I, 



upper surface with ver}' irregular rows of large punctures, eacli 

 elytron having three I'ows of large rounded distant tubercles, 

 whicli bear patclies of very short scale like setae; between the 

 tubercles there are usually a few irregular granules ; the inflexed 



Fig. 14. — Blosyrodcs verrucosus, Msbl. 



margins with two shallow sulci containing regular rows of large 

 punctures. 



Length, 4\-b mm.; breadth, 2|-2| mm. 



Burma: Ruby Mines (-Do/^c/'/y). 



Type in the British Museum. 



12. Blosyrodes tuberosiis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, ■o'itii sparse minute brown scales. 



Allied to B. verrucosus, Mshl. Head and rostrum as in that 

 species. Prothorax much broader in relation to the elytra and 

 with its sides much more strongly rounded, the upper surface 

 more finely and closely granulate and without the transverse im- 

 pression. Elytra much narrower, oval, the inflexed margins \\'ith 

 three deep sulci, the juxta-sutviral tubercles on the declivity 

 elongate and not conical, the punctation on the disk coarser and 

 less irregular in the basal half. 



Agreeing with B. verrucosus in other respects. 



Length, (5| mm.; breadth, 3 mm. 



Assam {Col. W. F. Badgeley). 



Type in the British Museum. 



13. Blosyrodes nodulosus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with uniform earth-brown scaling. 



Head plane, with slight supra-ocular ridges and a short central 

 furrow. Rostrum gradually dilated towards the apex and with 

 tlie apical angles prominent, the upper surface plane and 



