Species of Indian Cuiculioiiidae. 227 



fovcae and of the long fulvous hairs on the tibiae, and by tlie 

 dark bands clothed with brown hairs on the bases of the ventral 

 seguieiit.-;. In addition, L\ leliinanni differs in having two 

 shiny di.^cal jjatches on the prothorax, as well as numerous 

 shiny graiiuh.s, and each elytron is distinctly bicostate at the 

 base; while is'. ^/V^a-v has a iine central carina on the pro- 

 thorax, and tiie intervals 1 and 3 ol the elytra are raised 

 behind. 



Attelabinm. 

 Apoderus sissu, sp. n. 



Saturate tcstaceus, capita, prothorace, sterno, elytris nigro-limbatis, 

 scutello et maculis uoveni in elytris nigris ; § pedibus omnino 

 testaceis — d tarsis et tibiarum diuiidiu apicali nigris, Capite 

 glabro, in fronte striolato, postice in medio tenuiter striato ; 

 prothorace subconico, nee longiore quam in basi latiore, oblique 

 punctato-i)licato, aiitrorsum in medio sulcato ; elytris nitidis, 

 oblongis, prope basin conjunctim transverse impressis, evidenter 

 us(iue ad apicem puuctato-sulcatis, interstitiia coriaceis. 



Dark testaceous, with the sides of the head and prothorax 

 (broadly), the scutellum and the sides (or sometimes the 

 whole) of the sternum, black, and with the following black 

 markings on the elytra : — a small spot on the humeral angle, 

 a sutural patch just behind the scutellum and a small dot on 

 each side of it, a large round spot at the middle on intervals 

 o to 5, a smaller one at the apex of intervals 4 and 5, and a 

 marginal stripe extending from about one-third from the 

 base to the apex ; legs entirely testaceous in ? , but with the 

 tarsi and the apical half of the tibiae black in (^ . 



Head of cJ about as long as the })rothorax, subtriangular, 

 the sides bei)ig straight from behind the eyes to the basal 

 constriction, the forehead coarsely striolate, the posterior 

 ])arts with faint tiansverse wrinkles and with a shallow 

 longitudinal stria ; head of ? slightly shorter, more convex, 

 the sides rounded behind the eyes, and the transverse 

 wrinkling almost obsolete. i^o.^^/'Mwi glabrous, with a shallow 

 central furrow between the antennae and a rounded dorsal 

 impression on the anterior part. A7itennce testaceous brown, 

 with the club fuscous. Prothorax subconical, about as long 

 as the basal width, the sides moderately rounded, the ante- 

 rior and posterior constrictions distinct, the front margin 

 deeply sinuate, the base subtruncate, the dorsum coarsely 

 punctate and with deep oblique wrinkles, except on the central 

 anterior portion, which is smooth, with a few punctures and 

 a short central furrow. Scutellum semicircular, with coarse 



