168 CURCULIONID^. 



which is usually denser along the suture o£ the elytra ; the under- 

 parts and a broad lateral stripe on the prothorax aud elytra 

 covered with bright yellow powdering, tlie yellow colour being 

 very rarely more or less replaced by bright rose-pink. 



Head with deep scattered punctation, the rostral furrow some- 

 times encroaching on the forehead, liostrum plane above and 

 with a broad central furrow, the dorsal carinas gradually con- 

 vergent behind. ProiJiorax a little broader than long, the sides 

 slightly rounded, broadest about the middle, the apical margin 

 obliquely truncate at the sides, the upper surface with shallow 

 contiuent punctation which is mor ' or less hidden by the scaliug, 

 and often with a faint abbreviated stria in the middle. Elytra 

 with the basal margin distinctly elevated, the humeral fold rather 

 feeble, especially in the 6 , the dorsal curvature somewhat flat, 

 but steeply declivous behind, the apices scarcely mucronate in the 

 (S aud with a short mucro in the $ , strongly punctato-striate 

 but with the punctures partially hidden by scaling, the dorsal 

 intervals a little narrower than the striae in the 6 , broader in 

 the § , the longitudinal curvature very flat and becoming abruptly 

 steeper on the declivity, which is not impressed ; the setae short, 

 broad and curved, and mucli more numerous in the lateral stripe 

 than on the disk. 



Length, 5-7 mm.; breadth, 2|-34 mm. 



Habeas : Nilgiri Hills, 5000 ft. (//. L. Andrewes — types) ; 

 Coonoor (3Iaindron). 



Types S $ in the British Museum. 



13<>. Sympiezomias anamalainus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with thin grev or bluish-grey scaling ; the pro- 

 thorax with an ochreous yellow lateral stripe ; the elytra Avith a 

 similar stripe on intervals 6 and 7, extending inwards at the base 

 and near the apex as far as interval 4, aiul with some ochreous 

 scaling along the margin. 



A'ery closely allied to S. sidjjhuratus, sp, n., with the following 

 differences : — Head finely punctate, the forehead with a central 

 stria, wliich sometimes extends up to the vertex; the rostrum 

 shallowly impressed dorsally, and with the dorsal carinas parallel 

 posteriorly ; the prothorax moi-e coarsely sculptured ; the elytra 

 with the sides more rounded, and the discal setae much smaller, 

 microscopic ; the second tarsal joint without a trace of true scales. 

 The male organ is not deeper towards the apex than in the middle, 

 and the spatula is not nearly so sharply pointed. This organ is 

 very similar to that of S. acutipennis, Boh., but the latter is more 

 poiiited and more curved upwards at the tip. This species differs 

 also in having the head more coarsely punctate and without a 

 central stria, and the eyes less convex ; the prothorax is more 

 finely sculptured ; the elytra lack the stripe of dense broad 

 set^e towards the sides, and there is a strong impression on the 

 declivitv. 



