196 CURCULIONID.?:. 



almost plane above, \vil-li distiiict puiictation and a deep central 

 furrow m the basal half, the dorsal edge subangulate, and with a 

 deep longitudinal impression above the scrobe in front of the eye. 

 Antennce piceous, with rather dense short pale setve. Prothora.xr 

 as long as broad in the S , transverse in the $ , the sides rounded, 

 the apex scarcely narrower than tlie base in the S , distinctly 

 narrower in the 5 , the upper surface finely coriaceous, with a 

 shallow central furrow and devoid of setae. Elytra subelliptical 

 in the S, broadh' ovate and acuminate behind in the 5 ? tbe 

 strife narrow and finely punctate, the intervals broad, almost 

 plane and devoid of setae, exce}>l for a few short ones near the 

 apex; the inflex margins have a longitudinal impression and there 

 is a distinct depression on the declivity in the 5 . Legs piceous, 

 with pale setae, the front tibiae curved in both sexes, but more 

 curved, slender and fringed with fine hairs in the J; all the tibiae 

 of the 5 have on the inner edge a few spine-like bristles which 

 Hre absent in the S . 



Length, 6 4|, $ 5| mm.; breadth, d" 1|, $ 3 mm. 



SiKKiM : Lachen Valley, ll,00u ft. {AtVtnson). 



Types S 5 in the British JNJuseum. 



Genus GEOTRAGUS. 



Geotrayia, Schunherr, Gen. Cure, viii, ^i. 2, 1845, p. 411. 

 Taphrorhynchus, Schunherr, Mant. Sec. Cure. 1847, p. 33. — Type^ 



Braehyaspistes subfasciatus, Desbr. 

 Piazomias (part), Lacordaire, Geu. Col. vi, 1863, p. 90. 



Type, Geotragus Mmalayamis, Boh. 



Head witii the eyes lateral, ovate and rather prominent. Postrnni 

 longer than the head and continuous with it, the base not or only 

 slightly broader than the forehead, the apex scarcely emarginate ; 

 the scrobes deep, curving downwards at some distance in front. 

 of the eye, scaxvely dilated behiijd and of equal depth througl.- 

 out ; maudibie.s with a very distinct scar, which is more or less 

 prominent. Antennce with the scape reaching the middle of the 

 eye when at rest, slender at the base and gradually cLivate ; the 

 funicle with the two basal joints more elongate, 3-6 subequal 

 and bead-like, 7 longer and subcorneal, the club short, ovale and 

 4-jointed. Protliomx truncate at the base and apex, the sides 

 rounded, the basal margin narrowly elevated, the apex with dis- 

 tinct curved vibrissas below the eyes, the gular margin more or 

 less sinuate. SctUellum invisible. Elytra ovate, truncate and 

 elevated at the base, without any liumeral callus, the lateral 

 margin not or scarcely sinuate above tlie hind coxae. Sternum 

 with the front coxae much nearer to the anterior miirgin of 

 the prosternum ; the mesosternum with the epimera much smaller 

 than the episterna ; the metasternum hardly longer than the 

 median coxie, the episterna fusing with it behind and the suture 

 therefore distinct only in the basal half, the hind coxae just 



