PTOCHUS. 261) 



238. Ptochus adjunctus, sp. nov. 



Colour bl:ic'k,\vitli dull fawn scaliug and vague greyish markings 

 on the elytra. 



Closely allied to P. apicaltLS, from which it differs as follows : — 



Head with the eyes and forehead very slightly more convex. 

 Bostrum a little broader than long and scarcely dilated at the 

 apex. Prothora.r with the sides more strongly rounded, the base 

 and apex of equal width. Elt/tra ovate, much broader at the 

 base, the sides less strongly rounded, the longitudinal curvature 

 much less convex. 



Length, 'd\-'Sh mm.; breadth, 1|— 2 mm. 



BuKMA : Euby Mines [Dolierty). 



Type in the British Museum. 



239. Ptoclius assamensis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with thin greenish-grey scaling. 



Head broad, the eyes lateral, small and convex, the forehead 

 finely striolate. Eostrum as long as broad, strongly narrowed 

 from the base to the middle and dilated again at the apex, the 

 upper surface shallowly impressed and tricarinate, striolate at the 

 base. Antennce piceous ; the f unicle with the two basal joints 

 equal, 3-7 subequal and a little longer than broad. Frothorax 

 much broader than long, the sides distinctly rounded, broadest at 

 tlie middle, the apex and base of equal width, the upper surface 

 with close and hnely rugose punctatiou, almost hidden by the 

 scaling, and witb a faint central carina. Scutelhmi invisible. 

 Ehitra ovate, subtruncate at the base, broadest at the middle, with 

 deeply punctate striae, the intervals slightly convex and with very 

 short sparse curved seta?. 



Length, 3-3-L mm. ; breadth, l|-2 mm. 



Assam. 



Type in the British Museum. 



240. Ptochus pusio, sp. nov. 



Piceous, with dense pale grey scaling, more or less mottled with 

 buffand a few dark brown scales. 



Head v.ith the eyes small, lateral and very convex, the forehead 

 convex, finely striolate beneath the scaling, very broad, broader 

 than the space between the sci'obes ; mandibles reddish yellow 

 with the apices broadly black. Rostrum much broader than long, 

 slightly narrowed from base to apex, the sides quite straight ; the 

 scrobes sublateral, widely separated and only slightly convergent, 

 the central dorsal area consequently broad, without any distinct 

 lateral carina?, shallowly impressed in the middle and with a faint 

 central carina. Antenna; slender, testaceous, the two basal joints 

 of the f unicle subequal, the remainder longer than broad. Pro- 

 thorax very short, nearly double as broad as long, the sides 

 moderately rounded, broadest at the middle, with a distinct 



