new Genus of Asiatic Curculionidre. 249 



three times as thick as the median struts, while the stalk of 

 the tegmen is about as broad as the broadest part of the 

 latter. 



Length 5^ mm., breadth 2£ mm. 



India: W. Almora Division, Kumaon, vii. 1917 (H. G. 

 Champion). 



Extremely similar to P.fea>, which it quite resembles in 

 form and colour; but, apart from the characters mentioned 

 in the key, that species differs in the following respects : — 

 The forehead is simply flattened and not impressed, and the 

 central carina of the rostrum does not extend on to it ; the 

 eyes are slightly less convex ; the prothorax is rather nar- 

 rower in front, so that the length is greater than the apical 

 width, and the bare central line is more rugosely punctate; 

 the punctures on the elytra are rather larger and less closely 

 set; the 8th abdominal tergite of the S has n o transverse 

 impression or carina ; the cylindrical sac of the sedeagus is 

 not longer than the much more slender median struts, and 

 is clothed with spines for four-fifths of its length beyond the 

 median lobe ; the external angles at the apex of the median 

 lobe are more obtuse, and the central process is more blunt. 



3. Platymycterus himalayensis, sp. n. 



cJ ? . Extremely similar in structure to the two foregoing 

 species, but readily distinguished superficially by the uniform 

 green colouring of the whole body. 



In P. fece the eyes are almost as broadly rounded behind 

 as in front, and the wrinkles on the sides of the rostrum are 

 quite longitudinal, whereas in the present species the eyes 

 are markedly narrower behind and the wrinkles on the 

 rostrum are distinctly oblique. It differs also in having the 

 sulci of the rostrum noticeably deeper, and the transverse 

 carina behind the interscrobal area is strongly angulated ; 

 the punctures on the prothorax are less numerous, and the 

 postocular lobes are a little more evident. In the 8th 

 abdominal tergite of the £ the upper edge of the apical 

 excavation forms a much more obtuse granulate ridge, 

 which is much less deeply sinuated. In the male genitalia 

 the spiculum is very stout (as in P. deceptor) ; the uneverted. 

 sac extends for about one-third its length beyoud the stints 

 of the median lobe and is broadly inflated at about two- 

 thirds its length, thence tapering rapidly to ihe apex; the 

 clothing of spines is confined mainly to the distal half and a 

 patch close to the median lobe. 

 Length 6^ mm., breadth 3 mm. 

 Indja : Kulu, Punjab. 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. i. 17 



