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dense to hide tlie sheen of the iutegunient, but concealing the 

 shallow separated punctures, the subrecumbent spatulate sette all 

 directed forwards. Scutellum distinct and shiny. Elytra ovate, 

 jointly truncate at the base, obtusely acuminate behind, broadest 

 about the middle, the shallow striae strongly punctate at the base, 

 the punctures diminishing behind and more or less hidden by the 

 scaling, the intervals broad, plane and indistinctly punctate, the 

 seta? short, spatulate and slightly raised. 



Lem/th, :^f-3| mm. ; breadth, l^-T-f mm. 



Madras: Coimbatore, on grass (E. Ballanl). 



Types c? 5 '11 ^''^ British Museum. 



235. Ptcchus lapsus, s]). nov. 



Colour black, with dense light brown scaling, the under-parts 

 paler, the prothorax with an ill-defined darker lateral stripe. 



Head finely striolate, the forehead without any impression or 

 fovea, evidently broader than the space between the scrobes, the 

 width of the latter scarcely greater than the length of the eye ; 

 eyes lateral, slightly longer than broad and moderately convex. 

 Rostrum much broader than long, slightly narrowed from base to 

 apex, the sides almost straight, the genae not dilated, the upper 

 surface without carinas, gently convex in tlie basal half and broadly 

 impressed near the apex ; the carina bounding the epistome over- 

 hanging the mandibles at its apex. Antenna' elongate, the scape 

 reaching the middle of the prothorax ; the funiele with joint 1 

 much longer than 2, the remainder subequal and longer than 

 broad, the club very slender. Prothorax twice as broad as long, 

 the apex and base of equal width, the sides moderately rounded, 

 broadest at the middle, the basal margin almost truncate, the 

 apical broadly sinuate, the upper surface closely and evenly 

 punctate, but appearing quite smooth when the scaling is intact. 

 Scutellum minute. Elytra ovate, rather obtuse behind, broadrst 

 about the middle, the basal margin sinuate, the stride shallow, 

 with large punctures which are partly concealed by the scaling, 

 the intervals flat, with very short recumbent set£e. 



Lenyth, 3| mm.; breadth, 1| mm, 



Madras r Gooty, Anantapur dist. (T. V. Ramal-risJtna — Pusa 

 Coll.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Tiiere are a few very short, separated, white hairs on the 

 anterior margin of the prothorax, representing vibrissa? ; but in 

 spite of this it seems preferable to retain the species in this genus, 

 with which it conforms in all other respects. 



230. Ptochus brevicoUis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with brownish scaling above, turning to greyish 

 on the sides and under-parts. 



Head very broad and closely punctate, the forehead broader 



