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wl'.ic-li are quite concealed by the scaling and without anv central 

 furrow. Scutellum elongate. Elytra Mith the shoulders roundly 

 subrectangular, the sides parallel from there to beyond middle and 

 acuminate posteriorly, the apices pointed and divergent, the striae 

 shallow and with distinct separated punctures, the intervals 

 smooth, much broader than the striae and ahjiost plane, the seta? 

 extremely short and dei)re^8ed. Leys with dense green scaling, 

 the tibiae \\\t\\ very shallow furrows on the dorsal edges, the 

 corbels of the posterior pair not ascending the tibia ; the front 

 coxae widel}^ separated. 



Anal segment of the 5 rather elongate, rounded at the apex, 

 somewhat concave and with a faint central carina, 



LenijtJi, 1-14 mm.: breadth, 5| mm. , 



BuraiA : Houngdavau A'alley, Tenasserim {Feci). 



Type § in the Genoa Museum. 



90. Astycus lateralis, F. 



CuraiJio lateralis, Fabriciiis.* Ent. Syst. i, 2, 1792, p. 454. 

 Leprojms lateralis, Scluinherr, Disp. Meth. 1820, p. loo. 

 Curculio ridihms, (Jlivier, Ent. v, So, 1^07, p. 33o, nl. 2o, f. 367. 

 Asti/cus lateralis vjir. suhacmnitiatits, Faust, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 

 1892, p. 505 (1893). 



Colour black, with jiale green scaling, which is sparse dorsally 

 but much denser along the sides of the head, thorax and elytra; 

 in the var. rntilans the scaling is greyish with a more or less 

 pronounced coppery reflexion. 



Head coriaceous, the forehead plane, rugosely wrinkled and with 

 the central furrow not ascending the vertex ; eyes o\al and slightly 

 prominent. Eostrvm longer than broad, parallel-sided, the upper- 

 side plane and rugose, with a fine dorsal and marginal carina on 

 each side of the central furrow which converge towards the apex, 

 the ante-ocular area shallowly impressed and wrinkled. Antenna' 

 black, the funicle with joint 2 much longer than 1, 3 longer than 

 4, and 7 about as long as broad. Prothoraa- as long as broad or a 

 little broader than long, its sides rounded, broadest rather behind 

 the middle, the apex narrower than the base, the latter truncate, 

 the upper surface closely covered with low granides and without 

 any central furrow. Sciiielliwi almost circular. Elytra rather 

 narrow at the shoulders, the sides slightly rounded, broadest 

 behind the middle, rounded posteriorly, the apices not mucronate, 

 deeply punctato-striate, the punctures vanishing behind the middle, 

 the intervals broad, convex and rugose or sparsely granulate, the 

 setae very short and subdepressed. Leys black, with sparse green 

 scaling; the tibiae with shallow dorsal stdci, which are sometimes 

 hidden by the scaling, the posterior pair with the inner apical 

 angle strongly produced and with the corbels slightly ascending 

 the dorsal edge ; the anterior coxae contiguous. 



Anal segment of the $ with two deep basal impressions and 

 slightly compressed at the apex. 



