Species of [tuHan (Jurculloiiidte. lb'9 



true PhittjtracheJns kno\yn to me are Amhhjrrhinus psitia- 

 ciniis, Fst., and Coriyetas paviei, Auriv.j botli of which occur 

 in [ndo~China. 



The other described species of Peltotrachelus are Platy- 

 trachelus propinquus, Fst., P. ovis, Hell., Cyphicerus jiwencus, 

 Fst. ( = MyUoceriis acacia, Stebh.), Acanthotruchelus albus^ 

 Pasc., and Myilucerus isabe/linus, Boh. 



Peltotrackelus cognatuf^, sp. n. 



$ ? . Colour bhick or piceous, witli dense grey scaling 

 and with the following denuded areas on the elytra : — A 

 transverse patch just behind the scutellunQj extending to 

 al);)nt the fourth stria ; a dentate transverse band before the 

 middle, which is only broken at the suture ; a similar but 

 couipleie and more curved band behind the middle ; these 

 patches often partly obscured by whitish or yellowish 

 powdering. 



Huad with the eyes lateral and almost flat ; the forehead 

 with a central fovea. Rostrum longer than its basal width, 

 sli:;htly narrowed from the base to beyond the middle, and 

 dilated at the apex ; the dorsal area broadly and rather 

 deeply impressed ; the submentum with a projecting tooth. 

 Aateiince with the second funicular joint much longer than 

 the first, the others longer than broad. Prothora.v with the 

 sides slightly rounded aud shallowly constricted at the apex, 

 the postocular lobes prominent, the dorsal anterior margin 

 rounded ; the upper surface with rather coarse confluent 

 punctation, and with a very shallow transverse impression 

 before and a small rounded one behind the middle on each 

 side. Elytra nearly parallel-sided ((J) or dilated behind 

 the middle ( ? ), the intervals distinctly broader than the 

 shallow striae and with short curved irregular setae. 



Length 6-7, breadth 2^-3 mm. 



Madras : Yercaud, 4500 ft., Shevaroy Hills (T. Bainbriyge 

 Fletcher). 



Very closely allied to P. pubes, Fst., but differing in its 

 colouring and its larger and less convex eyes ; the rostrum 

 is longer and more deeply impressed, the prothorax is more 

 narrowed in front, the shoulders of the elytra are less promi- 

 nent, and the sides more dilated behiiul in the female. 



Peltotrachelus ruyipennis, sp. n. 



Colour black, with rather thin pale green scaling, whicli 

 is often more or less abraded. 



Head with the eyes lateral, elongate, and only slightly 



