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  NEW 
  INJURIOUS 
  PHYTOPHAGA 
  FROM 
  INDIA 
  AND 
  BRAZIL. 
  

  

  By 
  G. 
  E. 
  Bryant, 
  

  

  Entomological 
  Assistant, 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology. 
  

  

  Family 
  Eumolpidae. 
  

  

  Bromiodes 
  squamosus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (fig. 
  1). 
  

  

  Elongate, 
  subcylindrical, 
  black, 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellowish-brown 
  and 
  whitish 
  scales 
  

   with 
  antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  fulvous, 
  the 
  legs 
  with 
  whitish 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length, 
  2-5-3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  rather 
  deeply 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  thorax, 
  barely 
  visible 
  from 
  above, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   scales 
  and 
  impressed 
  between 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Antennae 
  fulvous, 
  reaching 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  joints 
  wider 
  and 
  stouter 
  than 
  the 
  four 
  following, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Bromiodes 
  squamosus, 
  Bryant, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  five 
  apical 
  joints 
  thickened 
  and 
  subtriangular, 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  acuminate. 
  

   Prothorax 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  subcylindrical, 
  evenly 
  punctured 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  

   scales, 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  white 
  line 
  and 
  white 
  scales 
  predominating 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  the 
  base 
  

   narrower 
  than 
  the 
  elytra. 
  Scutellum 
  subquadrate, 
  with 
  brown 
  scales. 
  Elytra 
  nearly 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  narrowed 
  to 
  apex, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  groundwork 
  of 
  greyish 
  

   scales, 
  with 
  scattered 
  darker 
  scales 
  forming 
  rather 
  irregular 
  striae 
  ; 
  the 
  surface, 
  if 
  

   scales 
  are 
  removed, 
  shining 
  black, 
  strongly 
  and 
  regularly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  humeral 
  angles 
  

   strongly 
  marked 
  and 
  somewhat 
  oblique, 
  with 
  a 
  whitish-grey 
  patch 
  near 
  humeral 
  

   angle, 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  patch 
  of 
  scales 
  behind 
  middle 
  on 
  each 
  elytron 
  extending 
  

   a 
  short 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  suture, 
  forming 
  an 
  ill-defined 
  band. 
  Legs 
  fulvous, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   scattered 
  white 
  scales. 
  Underside 
  black, 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  whitish- 
  

   grey 
  scales, 
  with 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  rather 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  second. 
  

  

  India: 
  Simla, 
  12.iv.1921, 
  eight 
  specimens 
  (0. 
  H. 
  Walters). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  were 
  forwarded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walters, 
  with 
  the 
  information 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  

   attacking 
  young 
  leaves 
  of 
  pear 
  trees 
  in 
  an 
  orchard. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  B. 
  indicus, 
  Jac, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  scales 
  being 
  rather 
  coarser 
  and 
  the 
  

   lighter 
  scales 
  predominating. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  also 
  flatter 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  convex 
  as 
  in 
  

   B. 
  indicus, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  shorter 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  rounded 
  at 
  sides, 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   more 
  parallel-sided. 
  

  

  