ASTYCUS. 



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to the apex but does not reach the base, extending laterally in 

 the basal half as far as stria 9. 



Head convex, punctured and wrinkled, with a fine central 

 furrow aseeuding the vertex ; eyes broadly oval and moderately 

 prominent. Bostrum as long as broad, parallel-sided in the J , 

 sinuate laterally in the $ ; the upper surface sparsely punctate, 

 slightly wrinkled, shallowjy impressed, with a deep central furrow 

 in the basal half only and vvitli two lateral carinas on each side 

 which unite together at the apex, the ante-ocular space rather 

 convex and wrinkled. Antemue black, the funicle with joint 1 a 

 little longer than 2, 3 slightly longer than 4, 7 conical and about 

 as long as broad, ProtJiomx broader than long, its sides rounded, 

 broadest behind the middle, shallowly constricted near the apex, 

 which is narrower than the base, the basal margin subtruncate or 

 faintly bislnuate, the upper surface eveuly and rugosely granulate, 

 with a narrow central furrow in the basal two-tliirds. Scutellum 



Fig. i7.—Asti/cus lunbatus var. hampsoni, Mshl. 



transverse. Elytra parallel-sided from the shoulders to the middle 

 and gradually iiarrowed behind, much broader in the ? than in 

 the 6 , the apices divergent and pointed, deeply punctato-striate, 

 the punctures diminishing behind, the intervals broad, smooth and 

 convex ; the set* short and suberect on the disk, rather longer on 

 the declivity and forming a long marginal fringe along the apical 

 half of the elytra. Le(js black, with long white hairs in the d" , 

 shorter in the $; the tibiae not furrowed dorsally, the posterior 

 pair not ])roduced internally at the apex and with the corbels 

 slightly ascending the dorsal edge ; anterior coxa) contiguous, ur 

 very narrowly separated. 



Anal segment of the $ concave and simply rounded at the apex. 



Length, Wk-Vdh mm. ; breadth 4.|-r) mm. 



Madhas : Xaduvatam, 7000 ft., Xilgiri Hills {U. L. Andrewes). 



Types S ? in the British Museum. 



On the southern side of the Xilgiri Hills and down on the 

 lower plateau there occurs a very «'ell-marked local colour variation 

 of this species. 



