PTOciius. 273 



shallowly impressed above, finely striolate and without distinct 

 cariuse. A ntennce Y>iceous; the t'unicle with the two basal joints 

 equal, 4-() short and subequal, 'A and 7 a little longer, the 

 club elongate. Prothorax strongly transverse, the sides slightly 

 rounded, broadest about the middle, the base scarcely narrower 

 than the apex, the upper surface coarsely punctate throughout. 

 ScuUUum present, but small. Ehjtra ovate, truncate at the base, 

 broadest about the middle, the longitudinal curvature moderate, 

 the striae fine and shallow when abraded, the intervals with very 

 short sparse erect setce. 



LeiKjili, 3|-4 mm.; breadth, 14-2 mm. 



Punjab : Murree {StoUczha). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



246. Ptochus planoculis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with uniform light earth-brown scaling. 



Head with the eyes subdorsal (so that the external margins of 

 both cau be seen at the same time from above), almost plane and 

 about as long as the width of the forehead. Rostrum broader 

 than long, slightly narrowed from base to apex, the genae not 

 dilated, the upper surface plane, with a very fine central carina 

 and a lateral one adjoining the scrobe. Antemue piceous ; the 

 funicle with joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3, 4 and 7 about equal, 5 and 

 6 a little shorter. Protliorax transverse, the a]iex and base of 

 about equal width, the sides very slightly rounded ; the upper sur- 

 face with large close punctures, which are almost hidden by the 

 scaling. Scutellum distinct. Elytra broadly ovate, truncate at the 

 base and acuminate behind, broadest about the middle, the longi- 

 tudinal curvature very convex, the striae apparently fine, but deep 

 and strongly punctate when denuded, the intervals with stiff 

 erect setae. 



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



Ceylon {Tliwaites). 



Type, in the Brussels Museum. 



247. Ptochus nodulosus, Fst. 



Cyphicerug nodidosus, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 376. 



Colour piceous brown, rather thinly clothed with minute yel- 

 lowish-grey scales, having sometimes a slightly brassy refiexion. 



Head with a broad and deep central furrow, the forehead not 

 broader than the eye, the latter dorsal, broadly ovate and only 

 slightly convex. Rostrum broader than long, evidently narrowed 

 from the base to the middle, slightly and roundly dilated at the 

 apex, the upper surface with a well-defined carina running to the 

 inner edge of each eye, the space between these broadly impressed 

 iind containing a faint carina; in front of the eye a large fiattened 

 depression. Antemue with the two basal joints of the funicle 

 equal, joints 3-7 subequal and elongate. Prothora.r transverse, 



