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CUECULIONID.E. 



87. Dereodus mastos, Hbst. 



Curculio viastos, Herbst, Kjif. vii, 1797, p, 17, pi. 96, fig. C (cJ). 

 Hypomeces (juitulatus, Desbrochers des Loges,* C. ll. Ent. Soc. 

 Belgique, 1891, p. ccclv ( $ ). 



Colour shining black, variegated with whitish or gre3'ish sealing 

 (sometimes with a metallic tinge) as follows : — A denser stripe on 

 each side of the head ; a broad lateral stripe on the prothoraxand 

 an indistinct narrow central stripe ; the elytra are variegated in 

 the $ with small scattered spots and have sometimes an ill-detiued 

 broad lateral stripe ; in the 6 interval 1 is bare, intervals 2 and 3 

 have a continuous stripe of scaling uniting at the apex with a 

 broad lateral stripe, intervals 4-0 and the base of 7 are either bare 

 or more or less irregularly mottled with scaling. 



Head shallowly pnnctate and with a single deep central furrow, 

 the e3'es very prominent, subconical and almost circular. Rostrum 

 as long as broad, parallel-sided, with a deep central furrow, a 

 broader shallow one on each side of it, and a longitudinal impres- 

 sion in front of the eye. Antenncc with the two basal joints of 



Fig. ■i\.—lJcrcodi(s mastoid, Hbst., c?- 



the funicle equal, 3-6 subequal, bead-like and slightly transverse, 

 7 a little longer and not transverse. Prothorax as long as broad, 

 its sides subparallel from the base to the middle, then narrowing 

 in a curve to the apex, the basal margin slightly bisinuate, the 

 upper surface with shallow scattered punctation, with a broad 

 irregular central furrow, a rounded fovea on each side of it about 

 the middle and a broad curved transverse impression behind 

 middle. Elytra slightly acuminate behind, much broader in the 

 $ , the apices shortly mucronate, the striie deeply punctate at the 

 base, the punctures greatly diminishing behind middle, the intervals 

 narrower than the striae at the base but broader behind. 



Length, 6 

 mm. 



Bengal : 

 Ganjam {E. 



8|-9|, $ 10-lli mm.; breadth, S 3J-3f, ? 4-4| 



Tetara (Cardon). 

 P. Stelihing — Ind. 



Madras : on Acacia arabica, 

 Mus.) ; Manaparai (Pusa Coll.) ; 



Bangalore (C. D. Gregson); on Ilihiscus cannahina, Coimhatore 



