Species of Indian CurculiouiJoe. 195 



Subfamily OMOPSoniNJE. 

 Genus Tkluropus, nov. 



Head globose, with the eyes lateral. Rostrum stout, about 

 as long as the front tibia, somewhat depressed, the apical 

 margin very shallowly sinuate ; the scrobes invisible from 

 above, beginning at some distance from the apex, curving 

 rapidly downwards l)ehind the antennae, and ending in a flat- 

 tened punctate area almost on the lower surface of the base 

 of the rostrum; mandibles stout, tridentate; mentum small 

 and square, about equal in length to the peduncle of the 

 submentum, and not broader than the lateral space on each 

 side of it. Prothorax with the basal margin deeply bi- 

 sinuate ; the anterior margin oblique at the sides and without 

 any postocular lobes. Scutellinn distinct, almost circular. 

 Elytra short and broad, with ten complete stripe ; the in- 

 flexed lateral margin unusually narrow, involving only the 

 tenth stria, and without true epipleume. Wings fully deve- 

 loped. Leys short and stout ; the femora only slightly 

 clavate and each with a small tooth, the hind pair scarcely 

 reaching the apex of the elytra ; the tibise with the external 

 apical angle strongly uncinate, and the inner angle with a 

 sharp mucro as well ; the tarsi short and broad, the second 

 joiut twice as broad as long, the fourth projecting only a 

 short distance beyond the third, the claws simple and stout. 

 Sternum with the front coxae very widely separated and placed 

 behind the middle, the space between them quite flat; the 

 median coxae still further apart, the side-pieces of the meso- 

 sternum fused together but divided by a stria, the suture 

 between the mesosternum and episternum entirely oblite- 

 rated, and the intercoxal piece broadly truncate ; the length 

 of the metasteruum between the coxae not greater than that 

 of the median coxae, the episteruaas broad as the base of the 

 raid-f(;mora and fused with the metasternum, but the line of 

 junction quite distinct, the epimera imperceptible ; the hind 

 coxae as widely separated as the middle pair. Venter short, 

 with segment 2 neaily as long as 3 + 4 and separated, from 

 1 by a deep straight incision, the intercoxal process very 

 short and broad, with an angular projection in the middle, 

 and segments 2 and 3 angulate externally. 



Type, Teluropus subcostati/s, sp. n. 



In general form the only known species bears considerable 

 resemblance to the African genus Omophorus, Schh.*, and 



* In most collections this genus stands under the later name Meta' 

 tyges, Pasc. M. turritus, Pasc, is a synonym of O. stninachosua, Boh.^ 

 while M. parvus, Fat., is identical witli O. indisposit.us, Boh., the type of 

 which is now in the Oxford Universilv Museum (^Sonimer's collection^. 



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