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Lepidastijcus, Faust, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxiv, 1894, p. 175 



(l89o). — Type, L. dorice, Fst. (n. syii.1. 

 Asti/cophobiia, Kaiist, Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. o-lS. — Tvpe, Asti/ciis 



(/risevs, Desbr. (n. syn.). 

 Asti/cophi/us, Faust, 1. c. — Type, Ciirculio c/iri/.'iocJi fonts, Wied. 



(n. syu.). 



Type, Curculio cJinjsocJdorus, Wied. 



Head with the eyes lateral, and variable in size and prominence. 

 Rostrum deflected, longer than tlie head, the base onlv slightlv 

 broader than the forehead, the upper surface plane, with a deep 

 central furrow and with its margins angulated, the apex more or 

 less deeply emarginate ; the scrobes linear or somewhat dilated 

 behind, almost entirely lateral, curving sharply downwards at some 

 distance from the eye, or else more or less approaching its lower 

 margin ; mandibles with a very conspicuous projectine' scar ; 

 mentum trapeziform, the emargination of the submentum trun- 

 cate and without a peduncle. Antennce inserted before the middle 

 of the rostrum, the scape reaching about the middle of the eye 

 when in a position of rest, cylindrical, curving slightly forwards 

 when erect and gradually clavate ; the f unicle with the two basal 

 joints longer, 4-6 subequal and bead-like, 3 and 7 longer, the 

 latter subconical, the club ovate and distinctly -i-jointed. Pro- 

 iliorax truncate at the apex, the base truncate or bisinuate, the 

 sides rounded, the basal margin narrowly elevated, the apical 

 margin with conspicuous vibrissse, the gular margin distinctly 

 sinuate. ScuteUum present, variable in shape. Elytra with the 

 basal margin elevated and sinuate, with a distinct humeral callus 

 constituting a true shoulder, the lateral margin shallowlv sinuate 

 above the hind coxte and excised near the base to receive the head 

 of the episternum of the metasternum. Sternum with the front 

 coxae sometimes separated, and always much nearer the anterior 

 margin of the prosteruum ; the mesosternum with the epimera 

 usually nearly as large as the episterna and separating them From 

 the base of the elytra ; the metasternum varying in length from 

 slightly to much longer than the median coxae (except in A. im- 

 munis, Wlk., in which it is shorter), the episterna broad and 

 conspicuous, the posterior coxae not reaching the elytra. Venter 

 with the intercoxal process rounded and much narrower than the 

 hind coxae, segment 2 longer than 3 and 4 and separated from 1 

 by a more or less curved suture. Le(/s with the front pair rather 

 longer and distinctly stouter than the others, the femora spindle- 

 shaped ; the front tibiae curved, denticulate internally and mucro- 

 nate at the apex, the hind pair with the corbels enclosed, bare and 

 not, or only shortly, ascending the dorsal edge, which sometimes 

 bears a longitudinal furrow ; the tarsi with joint 3 broadly lobate, 

 the claws connate only at the extreme base. 



liange. Ceylon, India, JBurma, China, Siam and Sumatra. 



Dr. ileller has already suggested (Stett. Ent. Zeit, 1908, p. 125) 

 the possibility that Faust had gone too far in his attempts 



