Indian Museum Notes. QVoI. VL 



3.— DESCRIPTION! OF A NEW SERICA DESTRUCTIVE TO 

 MALLOTUS PHILIPPINENSIS. 



By Ernst Brenske, 

 Serica Alcocki n. sp. 



Long. 6, 5— f ; Lat. 3, 5—4 mill. <J ? 



Patria :— • Siwalik Hills, Dehra Dun (Indian Mus., Calcutta). 



Opaca, brunnea supra nigrescens, pruinosa ; clypeo rotundato, 

 antice parum sinuato margine elevato, dense ac leviter rugulaso r 

 punctatOj subtiliter carinato, haud spinoso. Prothorace convexo, 

 lateribus rotundatis, antice medio parum producto ; angulis posticis 

 late rotundatis. Scutello parvo, haud lato. Elytris subtiliter striatis, 

 striis irregulariter punctatis, interstitiis planis, fere inpunctatis.. 

 Femoribus dilatatis, haud spinosis ; tibiis posticis parum dilatatis, 

 anticis acute bidentatis. Antennisgracilibus, decemarticulatis, clava 

 triphylla, parva. Articulo ultimo palporum maxillarum breviter 

 ovato, acuto. 



This insect is alluded to on p. 217 of volume IV of these Notes. 



By some unaccountable oversight, due most probably to the 

 letter getting mislaid on the death of Mr. Barlow, the description has 

 not previously appeared. Our sincere apologies are due to Herr 

 Brenske for this regrettable delay. 



