270 CURCULIONID^. 



constriction near the base, the basal margin truncate and slightly 

 narrower than the apical, which is also truncate ; tlie sculpture of 

 the upper surface quite hidden by the almost overlapping scales, the 

 setffi short, scale-like, subrecumbent and all directed forwards. 

 Scutellum indistinguishable. Elytra ovate, broadest rather before 

 the middle, jointly truncate at the base, the narrow punctate strife 

 partly concealed by the scaling, the intervals broad and plane, 

 the setae short, scale-like and subrecumbent. 



Length, 2| mm.; breadth, l^-l^ mm. 



Madras : Yennniganur, Bellnry dist. {E. Ballard). 



Type in the British Museum. 



241. Ptoclius napseus, sp. nov. 



Black, with buff-coloured scaling, variegated on the elytra with 

 a few white and brown scales, the prothorax with a narrow 

 central stripe of white scales. 



Head with the eyes small, lateral and moderately convex, the 

 forehead finely striolate beneath the scaling, convex and very 

 broad, much broader than the sj)ace between the scrobes. Rostrum 

 much broader than long, slightly narrowed from base to apex, the 

 sides straight ; the scrobes subdorsal, rather widely separated, but 

 convergent; the central dorsal area not well defined, the lateral 

 carinse convei-ging behind, but disappearing before the middle, 

 with a shallow median impression in front and a fine central 

 carina, which is more or less hidden by the scaling. Antemue 

 piceous, the scape rather more abruptly clavate than usual, the 

 funicle with the two basal joints snbequal, the remainder slightly 

 broader than long. Prothorax much broader than long, the sides 

 rounded, broadest at the middle, scarcely constricted in front, the 

 base truncate and about as broad as the apex, which is also truncate; 

 the scales overlapping so as to hide the integument and the 

 coarse punctation, the spatulate setae slightly raised. Scutellum 

 invisible. Elytra ovate, jointly truncate at the base, obtusely 

 acuminate behind, broadest at the middle, the shallow punctate 

 striae almost hidden by the scaling, the intervals broad and almost 

 flat, the setae white, spatulate and obliquely raised. 



Length, 4 mm.; breadth, 2 mm. 



Madras: Adoui, Bellary dist. {E. Ballard). 



Type in the British Museum. 



242. Ptochus limbatus, sp. nov. 



Colour piceous, the upper surface with dense brown scaling 

 more or less mottled \\\i\\ pale patches, especially in the $ ; the 

 lower surface with uniform pale green or greenish-grey scaling, 

 forming a well-defiued lateral stripe on the head and thorax, 

 reaching stria 6 on the basal half of the elytra and extending 

 irregularly inwards behind the middle. 



Head finely striolate beneath the scaling, the eyes large, sub- 

 lateral and convex. Rostrum about as loug as broad, gradually 



