Species of In'iiayi Curculionidse. 191 



Peltotrachelus smaragdus, sp. n. 



Black, with dense bright green scaling, the head usually 

 with pinkish scales ; sometimes the insect is covered with a 

 more or less dense whitish coating over the green scaling. 



Head with the eyes very small, prominent and lateral ; 

 forehead with a central fovea. Rostrum longer than broad, 

 only sliglitly dilated at the apex, the dorsal area broadly 

 imjjressed, the under surface normal and with no projection. 

 Aitteitiue with the scape almost straight; the fntiicle with 

 j )int 2 nearly twice as long as 1, 1 hardly longer than .3, and 

 •i to 7 much longer than broatl. Prothorax with the sides 

 scarcely curved, only sliglitly narrower at the apex than 

 at tlie base, the dorsal anterior margin straight, the ocular 

 lobes al)sent, being replaced by a tuft of golden-yellow 

 vibrissse ; the upper surface closely punctate and with a 

 shallow fovea on each side behind the middle. Eh/tra with 

 fine distinctly punctate stride and broad intervals where 

 the scaling is intact, the strite bcnng a good deal broader 

 when the scaling is removed, but even then distinctly nar- 

 rower than the intervals ; the setae extremely short, dense, 

 and suberect. 



Length 4-6, breadth 2-3 mm. 



Madras: Niigiri Hills {Sir G.Hampson, H. L. Andrewes). 



A very distinct specit^s. Apart from the absence of the 

 ocular lobes, the facies is that of a typical Peltotrachelus. 



Genus ]Meionops, nov. 



i/^eaf/ separated from the rostrum by a very shallow trans- 

 verse impression ; the eyes widely separated, comparatively 

 small, and almost circular. Rostrum Y2it\\evhvovn[ and stout, 

 longer than its basal width, the buccal aperture oblique, the 

 apical eraargination angular but rather shallow ; the true 

 scrobe apical and very short, the space from the scrobe to 

 the eye broadly impressed. Anteiu/ce elongate and compara- 

 tively slender; the scape cylindrical, abruptly clavate, and 

 curved only towards the apex ; the f unicle with joint 1 much 

 longer than 2, 3 to 7 subequal, and the club narrowly spindle- 

 shaped. Prothorax simple, strongly transverse, the sides 

 rounded, its greatest width almost or quite equal to that of 

 the el} tra, the apex narrower than the base, the latter trun- 

 cate or faintly bisinuate, the ocular lobes not very prominent, 

 broadly rounded and with short vibrissce, the front coxae 

 placed in the centre of the prosternum. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra with the base vertically truncate, its margin being 



