KROTVTJDAE VIH)M BURMA 279 



This species belongs to tlio section without pubescence and 

 with the third joint of th(! antennae elongate; it is of the size, 

 and resembles E. (/arhaDii, Lewis, a Japanese species, but is 

 abundantly distinct ])y the punctuation. The head and thorax 

 are both wider than in that species and the punctuation is less 

 coarse. From the front part of the canthus of the eyes a short 

 striola proceeds backwards , the two stridulating " files " are 

 very noticeable, I have not previously observed these organs on 

 any Erotylid. The thorax is quite of a different form to that 

 of E. gorhavih being larger and not so narrow in front and is 

 rather like that of E. taishoensis^ Lewis. The two large Japa- 

 nese species have the elytra punctured all over in a dispersed 

 way, but here they are smooth with five or six lines of small 

 elongate points, and minutely punctate interstices. In neither 

 Japanese species is the third joint much elongate , whereas in 

 E. slridulans it is more than twice as long as the second. The 

 fasciae however it is to be oljserved are nearly identical with 

 those of E. gorhami. 



There is unfortunately only one specimen in the collection 

 sent me, by the Genoa Museum, and I cannot therefore express 

 an opinion as to wliether the stridulating organ is (as in some 

 Endomìjchidaé) a sexual character or not. E. stridiUans is a hand- 

 some insect rather Ijroader and larger than either of the species 

 alluded to. The underside is punctured , but not coarsely, in 

 the middle, and the prosternum is compressed, in w Inch respect 

 also it discedes from the Japanese insects. 



9. Episcapha quadrimacula, Wiedem. , Zool. Mag. II, p. 132. 

 — Lac, Monogr. Erotyl. p. 53. 



Hah. Burma, Bhamò. Tenasserim, Malewoon. 



10. Episcaphula difficilis, Gorliam, Proc. Zool. Soc 1883, p. 82.* 

 Hull. Tenasserim , ^lalewoon. Andaman Isles. " 



11. Episcaphula elongata, Guèrin, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. IGO. — 

 Lac, Monogr. Erotyl., p. 58." — Crotch, Rev. Erotyl. Cist. Ent. 

 1876, p. 4Ì5. •■•■ 



Hah. Burma, Carin Chebà, Garin Asciuii Chebà, Carin Ghecù, 

 Bhaniù, Toungoo. Tenasserim, Meetan. India, Kanara. Java.* 



