158 CURCULIONID.E. 



surface ev^enly set with siuall flattened granules, but these are 

 entirely hidden by the scaling, no that the surface appears quite 

 smooth and without any stria or carina. Elytra subelliptical, 

 bi'oadest a little behind the middle, the base not broader tlian that 

 of the prothorax, the apex with two short parallel mucros, the 

 strife shallow, but the partly covered punctures clearly visible 

 through the scaling ; the intervals bi'oad, plane and closely set 

 with depressed granules, which are hidden by the overlapping 

 scales ; the setae fairly stout, shghtly flattened and suberect on 

 the disk, longer and more erect on the apical area. Legs piceous, 

 with dense pale umbilicated scales. 



Length, 6|-7 mm. ; breadth, 2|-3 mm. 



Madras : Yemmigauur, Bellary District. 



Type c? in the British Museum. 



The species was forwarded by Mr. E. Ballard, Government 

 Entomologist of Madras, with the note that it was attacking the 

 stems of Bengal gram. 



119. Tylopholis obovata, sp. nov. 



Colour piceous, densely clothed with uniform dark grey scaling 

 having a slight metallic reflexion ; scales of irregular shape and 

 not overlapping. 



Head with a broad shallow transverse impression behind the 

 eyes, which are almost circular and very convex, the forehead 

 scarcely narrower than the base of the rostrum and with a shallow 

 central stria. Rostrum as long as broad, slightly narrowed from 

 base to apex, the sides almost straight, the upper surface broadly 

 impressed in the middle, with a central stria iu the basal half 

 continuous with that on the forehead, and on each side of it an 

 oblique carina, beyond which is a shallow longitudinal impression; 

 some moderately long erect white sette on the genae. Antennce 

 red-brown, the funicle with joint 1 as long as but stouter than 2, 

 the remainder about as long as broad, 7 much larger than the 

 others. Prothorax broader than long, the sides moderately rounded, 

 broadest behind the middle, not constricted near the apex, the 

 base broader, truncate and distinctly marginate ; upper surface 

 uneven, except on the apical area, but the sculpturing hidden by 

 the scaling, with no central fiuTow or carina. Elytra broadly 

 ovate, the sides moderately rounded, broadest rather behind the 

 middle and somewhat obtuse behind, the base deeply sinuate, the 

 margin strongly raised and projecting at the basal angles, the 

 apices separately pointed ; with shallow punctate strite, the in- 

 tervals broad, flat and finely granulate, but the granules entirely 

 hidden by the scaling, the setje short, flattened and erect, interval 

 3 not impressed at the base like the rest. Leys piceous, with dense 

 uniform scaling and suberect pale setae. 



Length, 7 mm.; breadth, 3 mm. 



Madras : Vizagapatam. 



Tyi^e 2 ill the British Museum. 



