. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 264 CURCTLIONID^. or distinctly ( 2 ) broader than the space between the serobes; eyes only slightly convex, sufficiently dorsal in position that both sides of the head can be seen at the same time from above. Rostrum broader than long, the sides almost straight and sub- parallel, the gense not dilated, the upper surface tricarinate and only shallo'.vly impressed in the middle, the central dorsal area parallel-sided and a little nai*rower than the lateral areas as seen from above, the serobes entirely dorsal and approximated. Antennce l
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 264 CURCTLIONID^. or distinctly ( 2 ) broader than the space between the serobes; eyes only slightly convex, sufficiently dorsal in position that both sides of the head can be seen at the same time from above. Rostrum broader than long, the sides almost straight and sub- parallel, the gense not dilated, the upper surface tricarinate and only shallo'.vly impressed in the middle, the central dorsal area parallel-sided and a little nai*rower than the lateral areas as seen from above, the serobes entirely dorsal and approximated. Antennce long, black, the scape gently curved and with recumbent setae ; the funicle with joint 1 longer than 2, the remainder distiuctly longer than broad. Prothorax transverse, the base slightly bisinuate and broader than the apex, tlie sides gently. Fig. 82.—PtocJins straho, Mshl. rounded, broadest at the middle, the upper surface rather strongly convex, with large and fairly close punctures throughout. ScuteJlum minute. Elytra ovate, broadest about the middle and acuminate behind, the basal margin sinuate; the shallow striae contain rows of comparatively large punctures, but these are mainly hidden when the scaling is intact, and the striae then appear quite narrow; interval 1 slightly raised along the suture, the others almost flat and set with fairly long erect pale setae. Length, 'ih—^h ^"'"- ! breadth, \\-2\ mm. Madras: Nilgiri Hills (//. L. Andrewes). Tyjies d $ in the British Museum. 231. Ptochus imbellis, sp. nov. Piceous, with dense greyish-bi'owu scaling. Head with the eyes lateral and strongly convex, the forehead almost plane, finely striolate beneath the scaling, nearly twice as broad as the space between the serobes. liostrom almost as long as broad, strongly narrow ed from the base to beyond the middle, the gense slightly dilated, the serobes subdorsal and somewhat. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been di
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