266 cuuculionim:. 



base to the middle, not dilated at the apex, plane above, M'ith 

 tine longitudinal striolje and without cariuse. Antenncp. ferru- 

 ginous ; the funicle with joint 1 longer than 2, 3-7 bead-like, the 

 club elongate. Protliorax broader than long, ttie sides very slightly- 

 rounded, broadest at the middle, the apex and base of equal width, 

 the upper surface with very coarse confluent punctation. Scutellum 

 present, but very small. Elytra rather broadly ovate, truncate at 

 the base, the longitudinal curvature moderate, the stria? deep and 

 punctate when denuded, the intervals with short erect pale setfe. 



Lemjth, 3^ mm.; bi'eadth, 14 mm. 



Punjab : Murree (Sioliczka). 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



234. Ptochus concinnus, sp. nov. 



Piceous, with dense scaling varying from grey to dark buff; 

 the protliorax with a distinct dark lateral stripe and below it a 

 pale stripe, which is lighter than the disk and is contiiuied back 

 on to the elytra ; at the base of the elytra the intervals are 

 alternately slightly darker and lighter. 



Head with the eyes quite lateral and moderately convex, the 

 forehead convex, shallowly punctate beneath the scaling, very 

 broad, but not broader than the space between the scrobes. 

 Rostrum much broader than long, slightly narrowed from base to 



Fig. S3. — Ptochus concinnns, Msbl. 



apex, the sides almost straight ; the scrobes sublateral, very 

 widely separated and not at all convergent ; the central dorsal 

 area very broad, almost flat, parallel-sided, its lateral margins 

 angulatecl but not carinate, with a very fine central carina which 

 is hidden by the scaling. Antennce piceous, the club paler ; the 

 funicle with joint 1 evidently longer and stouter than 2, the 

 remainder subquadrate. Protliorax nearly twice as broad as long, 

 the sides moderately rounded, broadest about the middle, the 

 basal margin truncate and scarcely narrower than the apical, 

 which is slightly sinuate ; the scaling on the disk not sufficiently 



