272 cuECULioNiD.i:. 



upper surface shallowly impressed and with an indistinct carina on 

 eacli side. Antemue piceous ; the fuiiiole with joint 1 only sh'ghtly 

 longer than 2, 3-6 subequal and longer than broad, 7 rather 

 longer, the club elongate. Protliorax about as long as broad, the 

 sides rounded in the middle, and shallowly constricted before and 

 behind, the base and apex of equal width, the upper surface with 

 coarse confluent punctation, with a shallow transverse impression 

 before the middle and a faint rounded impression on each side 

 behind the middle, so thiit the median part appears slightly 

 elevated towards the sides. Seutcllum distinct. EJi/tra ovate, 

 truncate at the base, broadest behind the middle, the longitudinal 

 curvature flat in front, tlie stria? deep and punctate when denuded, 

 the intervals Avitli numerous short erect sette. 



Length, 4-5 mm. ; breadth, 2-2^ mm. 



Punjab: Dalhousie (C. Sowers .Smith) ; Simla; Kangra {C. E. 

 K. Pechell). 



Tj/jye in the Dresden Museum. 



244, Ptochus brachyderoides, Desbr. 



Mijllocenis hrachyderoidea, Desbrochers des Loges,* C. R. Soc. Ent. 



Belgique, 1891, p. ccclvii. 

 Synolohus hrachi/deroides, Faust, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1894, p. 359. 



Colour piceous, with fine brownish scaling, the elytra bearing 

 smoll indistinct pale spots. 



Head with a deep central fovea, the eyes subdorsal and only 

 slightly convex, the forehead a little broader than the width of 

 tlie eye. Rostrum about as long as broad, narrowed from the base 

 to the middle and evidently dilated in front, broadly impressed 

 above and with a distinct carina on each side. Antenncv piceous ; 

 the two basal joints of the funicle subequal, joints 3 to 7 about 

 equal in length and distinctly longer than broad. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, the sides rounded in the middle, shallowly 

 constricted before and behind, the apex and base of equal width, 

 the upper surface with close confluent punctation. Scutellum pre- 

 sent, but small. Elytra jointly sinuate at the base, broadest behind 

 the middle, the dorsal outline rather strongly and evenly curved, 

 the striae someAvhat deeply punctate, the intervals slightly convex 

 and with minute depressed seta^. 



Length, 5 mm. : breadth, 2| mm. 



Bengal: Kon bir (CarcZon). 



Type in Coll. Desbrochers des Loges. 



245. Ptochus percussus, Fst. 



Ptoelms 2)ercussus, P'aust,* Stett. Ent. Zeifc. 1886, p. 140. 



Colour black, with thin grey scaling. 



Head finely striolate, eyes sublateral, large, circular and mode- 

 rately convex. Rostrum rather broader than long, the sides 

 narrowing from the base to the middle, not dilated at the apex, 



