new Genus of Asiatic Curculionidee. 25 L 



8. Platymycterus kashmirensis, sp. n. 



? . Colour black, with uniform metallic-green scaling 

 above and below. 



Like a very small specimen of P. himalayensis, but 

 differing as follows: — The eyes almost equally rounded in 

 front and behind ; the discal carinas on the rostrum sub- 

 parallel and no trace of a transverse carina ; the antennas 

 with the two basal joints of the funicle equal, and the scape 

 clothed only with hair-like scales ; the prothorax more 

 transverse, the apical width being slightly greater than the 

 length of the side, the apical margin distinctly sinuate in 

 the middle, the basal sinuations less deep, the upper surface 

 more closely punctate and with a small rounded impression 

 on each side behind the middle; the elytra with the shoulders 

 less prominent, the striae very closely and finely punctate, 

 stria 6 ceasing at some distance from the base, the intervals 

 almost flat. 



Length 3|-5 mm., breadth l£-2£ mm. 



Kashmir: Sonamarg, 8000 feet (T. R. D. Bell). 



9. Platymycterus sjostedti, sp. n. 



S 'i . Colour dark piceous, with dense metallic-green 

 scaling above and below; the head and legs generally pinkish, 

 and sometimes there is a flush of the same colour on the disc 

 of the elytra. 



Head with forehead much broader than in any other species, 

 the frontal width being twice as great as the length of the 

 eye. Rostrum a little broader than long, somewhat dilated 

 anteriorly, the gense being rounded, the space between the 

 eye and the hind margin of the scrobe only slightly longer 

 than the scrobe itself, the dorsal area impressed, its lateral 

 carinas subparallel or slightly divergent behind, the lateral 

 area with deep oblique wrinkles in front of the eye. An- 

 tenna with joint 1 of the funicle slightly longer than 2. 

 Prothorax broader than long, strongly narrowed from base 

 to apex, the sides almost straight, the upper surface with 

 numerous separated punctures plainly visible through the 

 scaling and a faint fovea on each side behind the middle, 

 without any trace of a central carina. Elytra with the 

 shoulders very much reduced, the sides subparallel from 

 there to beyond the middle, the apices slightly divergent, 

 the striae with narrow elongate separated punctures which 



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