U)2 Dr. a. A. K. ^[arshall on ),eio 



slightly raised, the slioiilders feeble and obli(jucly rounded, 

 punctato-striate, t!ie iuccrvals smoatli and even. Legs with 

 the femora strongly clavate and having a rather large tooth, 

 all the til)i:e sinuate internally near the base, the corbels 

 of the hind pair entirely open, the tarsal claws free. 



Type, M. ((.f/fers/a, sp. ii. 



Allied to P/i;/fitsctij)/tiis, Schh., but dilFering from it in the 

 very broad and roundeil prothorax, the vertical ijasal margin 

 of the elytra, and tiie small and widely separated, eyes. 



Meioiwpa uspersus^ sp. n. 



Colour piccous, with chocolate-brown scaling and pale 

 markings J the head fawu-coloured ; the prothorax with a 

 broad dorsal and narrower lateral stripe of yellowish-creamy 

 scales ; the elytra with a similarly coloured, broad, irregular, 

 and broken lateral stripe, aud with small pale spots on the 

 disk, which often coalesce along the suture. 



Rostrum only slightly widened at the apex, the dorsal area 

 al nost plane and with a fine central carina, the lateral area 

 with a deep narrow furrow running towards the upper edge 

 of the eye and a broader one beneatli the scrobe. AntenncB 

 with joints 3 to 7 of the funicle about as long as broad. 

 ProtUorav not ([uite as broad as the elytra at the shoulders, 

 the base slightly bisinuate, the upper surface with shallow 

 punctures and slightly granulate, the sculpture being almost 

 hidden by the scaling. Elytra jointly sinuate at the base, 

 the apices jointly rounded, slightly broader behind the 

 middle, the striae shallow, with very large subquadrate 

 punctures (somewhat hidden by scaling), the intervals 

 almost plane and smooth, with minute subdepressed setae. 



Length 5|-G, breadth 2^-3 mm. 



Assam. 



Meionojjs glaucinus, sp. n. 



Colour black, with dark greenish-grey scaling throughout. 



Rostrum with the dorsal area almost plane and without a 

 carina. Antenna with joints 3 to 7 of the funicle evidently 

 longer than broad. Prutliorax as broad as the elytra at the 

 shoulders, the base truncate, the apical portion shallow ly 

 constricted. Elytra truncate at the base, the sides parallel 

 to beyond the middle, the punctures smaller. 



In other respects agrees with M. aspersus, Mshl. 



Length 5, breadch 2j mm. 



W, Bengal : Chota Nagpur (Cardon). 



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