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Head witli close reticulate punctation througliout in ^ , 

 "with any frontal fovea ; ? with the forehead more sparsely 

 punctate. Rostrum of J shorter than the front femur, only 

 slightly curved, parallel-sided from the base to the insertion 

 of the antenuffi (a little beyond the middle), thence gradually 

 widening to the apex, closely and strongly punctate 

 throughout, with a short median stria between the auteunie, 

 and with a downwardly projecting tooth on the submentum ; 

 rostrum of ? also shorter than the front femur (scarcely 

 longer than that of the (^ ) and with the antennie itiserted a 

 little beyond the middle, the apex less dilated than in thccJ , 

 but the punctures nearly as dense and strong. Prothorux 

 nearly as long as broad, parallel-sided for a short distance 

 from the base, then roundly narrowed, and. broadly con- 

 stricted at the apex ; the postocular lobes rather feeble; the 

 dorsum closely set throughout with flattened scale-like 

 granules, with fairly numerous feather-scales at the sides and 

 a few down the middle line, the rest of the disk with sparse 

 recumbent setre. Scutellum not enclosed in front, quadrate. 

 Elytra cylindrical, only slightly broader than the prothorax, 

 with a very shallow transverse impression near the base ; 

 the foveoljB deep and oblong, becoming striate beyond the 

 transverse pale band ; the intervals rugulose, with sparse, 

 minute, recumbent setae. Legs with numerous narrow 

 feather-scales ; the anterior pairs of femora with a promi- 

 nent bideutate tooth, that on the hind pair much reduced ; 

 the front tibite with a laminate angulation internally about 

 the middle and with a very small apical tooth near the 

 uncus, the posterior pairs simple. 



Length 6"25-7'5 mm., breadth 2"25-3 mm. 



United Provinces ; Dehra Dun, on grass, 1 $ , 15. vii. 

 1912; Dehra Dun, boring in twigs of Ginelina arburea, 1 S ■> 

 1 ?, vii. and ix. 1914 (C. F. C. Beeson). Assa.m ; Cachar, 

 bred from Gmelina ardorea, 1 ^, 10. viii. 1920. Bukma : 

 Bilumyo R., Katha, 1 ^, 13. v. 1919 {Beeson). 



Very closely allied to A. ludificator, Fst. (Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genova, xxxiv. 1894, p. 254), but the J* of that species may 

 be at once distinguished by the absence of the tooth on the 

 submentum ; and in the ? the rostrum is longer than the 

 front femur and very finely and sparsely punctate. 



Alcides bryanti, sp. n. (PI. VII. fig. 9.) 



cJ ? . Form elliptical ; integument piceous or blackish, 

 with pale stripes and bands formed of small subquadrate, 

 overlapping, fringed, creamy-white scales ; a narrow stripe 



