PTocnus. 263 



fine central stria. Anten7iai ferruginous, with the funicle darker, 

 joint 1 of the latter evidently longer than 2, 3-7 subequal, short 

 and bead-like, the club shortly ovate, ProtJwra.v slightly broader 

 than long, the sides rounded, broadest behind the middle, the 

 apex narrower than the base, the scattered puuctation scarcely 

 visible through the sealing. Scntellumhnifiihle. Eh/tra narrowly 

 elliptical, shallowly sinuate at the base, the longitudinal curvature 

 almost flat anteriorly, the fine punctate strite bare of scaling, the 

 intervals with long white erect setae. Ler/s piceous, with green 

 and grev scaling, the femora without any tooth. 



Length, 2-2| mm.; breadth, -|— 1^ mm. 



Bombay : Belgaum (H. E. Andreives). 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



229. Ptochus pyriformis, sp. nov. 



Piceous, with uniform dense grey scaling. 



Head with the eyes dorsal and moderately convex, the forehead 

 broadly impressed, with a central fovea and with stout erect set«, 

 at its narrowest only a little broader than the space between the 

 scrobes or the length of the eye. Rostrum rather broader than 

 long, narrowed from the base to the middle and scarcely dilated 

 at the apex ; the scrobes approximated, entirely dorsal ; the 

 central dorsal area narrow, with its lateral margins sharply 

 defined, slightly dilated behind and about as broad as each of the 

 lateral areas as seen from above, shallowly impressed and with a 

 fine central carina ; the carina bounding the epistome unusually 

 high. Antennce ferruginous, the two basal joints of the funicle 

 subequal, the remainder bead-like and only slightly longer than 

 broad. ProthoraA' broader than long, the apex much narrower 

 than the base, the sides roundly dilated rather behind the middle, 

 the basal margin shallowly bisinuate, the apex gently rounded 

 dorsally, the upper surface with coarse separated punctures, 

 which are not hidden by the scaling, each containing a stout erect 

 seta. ScuteUuni small, but distinct. Elytra pear-shaped, its sides 

 at the base forming an almost continuous line with those of the 

 pi'othorax, the greatest width well behind the middle and broadly 

 I'ounded posteriorly, the shallow punctate striae almost devoid of 

 scaling, the intervals broad and smooth, bearing numerous stout 

 long erect bristles, mostly bifid at the tip. 



Length, 3| mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Ceylon : Anuradhapura {Dr. W. Horn). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Its pyriform shape and subdorsal eyes give this species a quite 

 distinctive facies. 



230. Ptochus strabo, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with rather thin brownish-grey scaling. 

 Head finely punctate, not striolate, the forehead with an 

 elongate central fovea (sometimes hidden by scaling) and not ( i^ ) 



