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CURCULIONID.E. 



335. Hyperstylus ple"beius, sp. nov. 



Colour piceous, with dense brown scaling more or less variegated 

 with grey. 



Head broader than long, the eyes strongly convex. Rostrum 

 about as long as brt)ad, narrowed from the base to the middle and 

 slightly dilated again to the apex, the space between the eye and 

 the scrobe almost equal to the width of the eye; the upper surface 

 w ith a fine central stria. Antennce. thick, uniformly ferruginous. 

 Frothovax broader than long, the sides rounded, broadest at the 

 middle, the apex not narrower than the base, the punctation 

 faintly visible through the scaling. Scutellum paler than the 

 elytra. Elytra rather elongate, flattened longitudinally, with de- 

 pressed setae. Legs flavous or ferruginous, with the femora some- 

 times darker. 



Length, 2|-3 mm.; breadth, |-1| mm. 



Madras : ]N'aduvatam, 6000 ft., S'ilgiri Hills (H. L. Andrewes). 



Type in the British Museum. 



336. Hyperstylus hispidulus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with dense brown scaling turning greyer at the 

 sides and beneath. 



Very close to H. pleheius, but differing in the following 

 characters : — 



Head with tlie eyes much less convex. Prothora.v narrower at 



Fig. 107. — HijTpcrstylus hispidulus, Mshl. 



the apex than at the base and broadest a little behind the middle. 

 Elytra with sliort, curved, erect setae. 



Length, 3|-3| mm. ; breadth, Ij-l^ vam. 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills {Sir G. Hampson, H. L. Andrewes). 



Type in the British Museum. 



