2S6 Lt.-Col. F. Winn Sampson on 



punctate and variolous on a rimose surfacCj especially ante- 

 riorly and laterally ; the median groove short and shallow, 

 with sloping sides, broadened and ending abruptly before 

 the centre, an obscure ridge extending to the apex, the surface 

 on each side of the basal groove subopaque ; along the base 

 the varioles are large. Elytra the same breadth as, and 

 nearly twice as long as, the prothorax ; sides subparallel, 

 sligiitly broadened towards the declivity, striate-punctatCj the 

 sutural stria3 formed of confluent shallow punctures, the 

 interstices slightly convex on the basal and dorsal portions, 

 the first five more or less granulate basally, the third almost 

 plain at the base, the rest irregularly and lightly punctured, 

 the whole being rugose with larger punctures just before the 

 declivity, which is almost perpendicularly truncate, the fundus 

 being circular, margined, subconvex, and opaque, with six 

 longitudinal rows of large, suboval, shallow punctures on the 

 upper third, none of which reach the apex ; the broad and 

 flattened first and second interstices become narrowed to 

 single rows of tubercles before the centre, the second being- 

 continued nearly to the apex and curved outwards to meet 

 the seventh ; the third and fifth meet and enclose the fourth 

 before reaching the apex, the sixth ceasing at the juncture 

 of the second and seventh ; the apical fifth of the fundus is 

 plain except a few irregularly placed tubercles; the upper 

 edge of the declivity is margined with short golden hairs. 



Length, 5 mm. ; breadth, 1*5 mm. 



India: Mandali, Jaunsar, 6000 ft. [C. F, Beeson), ex 

 Quercus sp. 



Tlie declivity of this remarkable beetle is very similar to 

 that found in many of the truncate forms in the genus 

 Xyleborus of the family Scolytidse, but I am not aware of any 

 ol: the Platypodidae to which it is closely allied. 



Platypus curtatus, sp. n. 

 ^ . Dark brown, the elytra darker towards the declivity. 

 Front fiat, dull, with shagreened surface, paler in colour on 

 the anterior third, with a narrow, longitudinal, median 

 impression. Prothorax oblong, shining, irregularly and 

 sparsely covered with large umbilical and small punctures, 

 especially basally, and with groups of small punctures on 

 each side of the basal longitudinal groove. Elytra striate- 

 punctate ; basal margin smooth, shining, and black; the 

 interstices flat, the third not enlarged basally, and provided 

 with irregular biseriate punctures, becoming granulate and 

 hairy at tiie gradually rounded declivity, the first interstice 

 extending to the apex, the second becoming narrowed and 



