278 CURCULIOXID^. 



rounded, broadest about the middle, with rugose puDctation which 

 is hidden by the dense sealing, and with short, thick, erect 

 bristles. Elytra very broadly ovate, the dorsal outline distinctly 

 curved, the posterior declivity steep, with narrow striae containing 

 very faint punctures which are quite invisible through the scaling; 

 the intervals much broader than the striis, slightly convex and 

 evenly raised ; the setae long, stout and erect. Legs ferruginous 

 brown, with stiff, erect pale setae, the femora with a small tooth. 



Length, 2i-2j mm.; breadth, I4-I5 mm. 



Madras : Xilgiri Hills {Sir G. Hampson, H. L. Aiulrcwes). 



Tijpe in the British Museum. 



Group \^ PHYLLOBIIDES. 



The members of this grouj) are all comparatively small insects 

 which, in the adult stage, feed on the leaves of trees or shrubs, a 

 fair proportion of them being ornamented with more or less 

 metallic green scaling. In the few species of which the early 

 stages are known the larvae are subterranean in their habits. 



The group is well represented in India both as regards genera 

 and species, this being apparently the head-quarters of the genus 

 Mgllocerus, the southern representative of PlujUohiiis. 



Keij to the Genera. 



1 (4) Tarsal claws fused together at base ; 



femoral tooth at the middle of the 

 femur. 



2 (3; Apex of rostrum broadly emarginate, 



the scrobes narrow and curving 



outwards Catoiiygma, g. u., p. 279. 



3 {'2) Apex of rostrum not emargiuate, the 



scrobes broad and curving inwards. Amphorygma, g. n., 



4 (1) Tarsal claws free. [p. 281. 



5 (,6) Anterior pairs of tibia? linely serrate 



externally, the middle pair strongly 

 curved : femoral tootli at the mid- 

 dle of the femur Epicalus, Mots., p. 282. 



6 (0) Tibife not serrate externally, the 



middle pair not curved ; femoral 

 tooth beyond the middle, when 

 present. 



7 (8) Prothorax with a long sickle-shaped 



lateral process carving backwards. Drepanoderes, Wtrh., 



8 (7) Sides of prothorax normal. [p. 284. 



9 (20) Rostrum emarginate at the apex. 



10 (11) Apical emargination of rostrum 

 asymmetrical, the left gena pro- 

 jecting further than the right ; 



front coxae close to anterior mar- [p. 286. 



gin of presternum Emperorrhinus, Mshl., 



