Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new CurcuUonidce. 411 



Narrowly elliptic, glossy black, with patches of pale sila- 

 ceous hairs above ; rostrum not striated, partially covered with 

 long whitish hairs ; funicle with the third to the sixth joints 

 moniliform, the seventh transverse ; prothorax not contracted 

 at the base, finely punctured, the side with a broad silaceous 

 stripe ; scutellum rounded behind ; elytra slightly broader 

 than the prothorax, parallel at the sides for about two thirds 

 their length, the apex of each pointed, several irregular 

 patches of silaceous, principally at the sides ; femora toothed 

 beneath ; tibise slender ; abdominal segments as in the last. 



A slender form which may be placed near //. notatus. 

 The female has rather, although but slightly, rounded sides. 

 My specimens came from M. Oberthiir, of Kennes, whose 

 collector, M. Castets, found them in India. 



PiMELATA. 



Rostrum teres, arcuatum ; scrobes laterales, Antennce breviusciiloe, 

 pone medium rostri insertae ; funiculus sex-articulatus ; clava 

 distincta, Prothorax latus, basi bisinuatus. Elytra subcordata, 

 prothorace paiilo latiora. Pedes validi ; femora clavata, infra 

 dentata ; tlbice a])ic6 calcaratss ; tarsi breviusculi ; unr/u icicli hasi 

 connati. Metasternum breve. Abdomen segmentis duobus basal- 

 ibus ampliatis. 



Ergania, to which this genus is allied, has a seven-jointed 

 funicle and small approximate claws ; but it differs consider- 

 ably in fades owing to its being uniformly covered by close- 

 set pale grey scales. Both genera I refer to Balanininse, al- 

 though, as in many species of Balaninus, the elytra com- 

 pletely cover the pygidium. 



Pimelata maculata. 



P. breviter elliptica, nigra, maculatim albido-squamosa ; antennia 

 piceis ; rostro nitide nigro, leviter punctato. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. India. 



Shortly elliptic, black, spotted above with close-set whitish 

 scales ; antennae pitchy, first two joints of the funicle as long 

 as the rest together ; club shortly ovate, distinct ; prothorax 

 much broader than long, minutely punctured, not contracted 

 at the base ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra convex, slightly 

 broader than the prothorax and not much longer than broad, 

 seriate-punctate, the punctures large but shallow and approxi- 

 mate, the apex round ; body beneath and tarsi closely covered 

 with whitish scales ; femora stout, with a small tooth beneath. 



