276 CDBCULIONIDiE. 



the apex of the rostrum ; the scape just reaching the anterior 

 margin of the thorax, curved, more or less dilated iu the apical 

 half and with short erect setse ; the funicle with joint 1 broader 

 and longer than 2, which is only a little longer than 3, 3-7 short, 

 bead-like and closely set, the club broadly ovate. Proilwrax 

 broader than long, the sides rounded, truncate at base and apex, 

 the apical margin obhqiie at the sides, the gular margin not 

 sinuate. Scutellum invisible. Elytra jointly sinuate at the base, 

 the shoulders rounded and without any humeral tubercle, the 

 apices jointly rounded, the lateral margins not sinuate. Venter 

 M'ith the intercoxal process rounded and nearly as broad as the 

 coxae, which reach the elyti'a, segment 2 longer than 3 + 4 and 

 separated from 1 by a curved incision. Legs rather slender, the 

 femora without a tooth ; the tw'o anterior pairs of tibi.'e with a 

 small internal apical spine, the front pair sinuate internally, the 

 hind pair with the corbels open and the external apical angle 

 produced ; the tarsi with joint 3 broadly lobate, 4 rather short, 

 the claws free. 



Range. Southern India, Japan and St. Helena. 



Dr. Sharp has already pointed out the identity of Trachiipldoeops 

 with Trachyplilceosoma (Tr. Ent. vSoc. London, 1896, p. 92), and it 

 even appears to me doubtful whether the Japanese form is speci- 

 fically different from that found in St. Helena. The Indian species 

 is, however, quite distinct. It is probable that the genus will be 

 found to occur in Africa also. 



250. Trachyphlceosoma alternatum, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with dense brown scaling mottled with faint 

 darker markings. 



Head finely rugose and with a narrow central stria, but the 

 sculpture normally hidden beneath the scaling. Rostrum \\-ith 



Fig. 85. — Trachi/phlixosoma alternatum, Mshl. 



the sides straight and gradually iiarrowed from base to apex, the 

 upper surface with a shallow longitudinal impression, the scrobes 

 posteriorly as broad as the eye. Antennce piceous, with the scape 

 gradually thickened to the apex. Prothorax rather broader than 



