276 GUY A. K. MARSHALL. 



Subfamily Cryptorrhynchinae. 

 Genus Elytroteinus, no v. nom. 



Pteroporus, Fairmaire {nee Schonh. 1843), Ann, Soc. Ent. France, 1881, p. 307. 



To the generic characters given by Fairmaire the following may be added : — 

 The mesosternum parallel-sided, much broader than one of the mid-coxae, the 

 posterior edge of the cavity markedly overhanging ; the intercoxal process of the 

 metasternum very broadly truncate, no metepisternal suture ; ventrite 2 in the 

 middle much longer than 3 -j- 4 ; the elytra with stria 10 complete, and the lateral 

 margin rather strongly sinuate at the base ; the front femora with a stout tooth, 

 and all the femora very shallowly sulcate beneath ; the tibiae with a sharp carina 

 on the dorsal edge ; the tarsal claws simple and divaricate. 



Elytroteinus subtruncatus, Frm. (PI. vii, fig. 8). 



This is the only known species of the genus and was originally described from 

 Fiji {op. cit. p. 308), but it has recently been found by Mr. 0. H. Swezey at Honolulu 

 attacking the roots of ginger {Hedychium coronarium). 



Subfamily Calandrinae. 

 Calandra shoreae, sp. nov. (PI. vii, fig. 4). 



(J $. Colour dull black or piceous, without scahng ; the rostrum, legs and antennae 

 red-brown. 



Head with three transverse rows of punctures behind the eyes, the forehead 

 with an elongate fovea. Rostrum elongate, slightly curved, gradually widened 

 at the apex, with four dorsal rows of punctures and three lateral ones on each side, 

 of which the uppermost disappears in the basal half ; in the 5 the rostrum is very 

 little longer than that of the ^ and the punctures are finer. Antennae with joints 

 3 to 5 of the funicle about as long as broad, the others longer. ProtJiorax a little 

 longer than broad, widest near the base, the sides slightly rounded and gradually 

 narrowed to the apical constriction ; the base slightly rounded in front of the 

 scutellum and truncate on each side, the apex broadly sinuate ; the dorsum 

 coarsely and closely punctate, the transverse septa between the punctures being 

 narrower and lower than the longitudinal ones, producing the effect of numerous 

 undulating longitudinal carinae ; the median carina well-marked, fairly straight, 

 and running from the apical constriction almost to the base ; each puncture with 

 a very short stout erect pale seta. Elytra with the usual sculpturing characteristic 

 of the genus, intervals 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 being rather higher and much broader than 

 the others, and each with a row of punctures almost as large as the quadrate ones 

 in the striae ; the posterior callus feeble, and intervals 3 and 9 not elevated at the 

 apex. Abdomen with the exposed part of the pygidium forming almost an 

 equilateral triangle, flat and coarsely scrobiculate. 



Length, 3 -2-4 '4 mm. ; breadth, l'2-l-8 mm. 



India : Dehra Dun, United Provinces (C. F. C. Beeson) ; Kheri, U.P. {Beeson) ; 

 Gorakpur, U.P. {A. E. Osmaston) ; Shwegu, Burma {Beeson) ; Pusa, Bengal ; 

 Adoni, Bellary dist., Madras ; Pattikonda, Kurnul, Madras ; Waltair, Madras 

 {S. W. Kemp) ; Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Andrewes). Mauritius {J. E. M. Brown). 



