200 



ccrculionib.t;. 



Head riigosely puiictiite and wrinkled, the forehead with a deep 

 central furrow. Rostrum rather longer than broad, narrowed 

 from the has-" to the middle, then parallel to the apex, bi'oadly 

 and deeply impressed above, with a deep fui-row in the impression, 

 also with a broad lateral furrow on ench side and a longitudinal 

 impression in fi'ont of the eye. Antennce with the two basal 

 joints of the funicle about equal. Protliorax as long as broad, 

 the sides regularly rounded, constricted at base and apex, broadest 

 before the middle, the apex scarcely narrower than the base, 

 fairly closely covered with small granules, with a very deep and 



Fig. 63. — Gcotragits jis!<icoLHs, Mshl. 



broad central furrow, which does not reach the apex. Elytra 

 ovate, broadest about the middle, subcompressed near the apex, 

 the actual apex produced downwards in borh sexes, but nmch 

 more strongly so in the $ , deeply punctato-sulcate, the in- 

 tervals rather narrow, subcostate and without any tubercles, the 

 setae long, stout and erect. Leqs with the ground-coloin* entirely 

 black. 



Length, 7|-104 mm. ; breadth, 3-5 mm. 



Burma : Tavoy {Doherty). 



Tijpes S $ in the British Museum. 



17l'. Geotragus ellipticus, Fst. 



Sipiipiezomias ellipticus, luiiisl,* Ann. Mus. Civ. Geuuva, xxxiv, 

 '1894, p. 172(1895). 



Colour black, with uniform brownish-grey scaling above and a 

 few yellow or metallic scales along the sides. 



Closely allied to G.JlssicolIis, Mshl., and agreeing \\ilh it except 

 in the following points: — Antemtce with joint 1 of the funicle 

 much longer than 2. Prothcrox slightly broader than lonj:, its 

 sides more strongly rounded, broadest at or behind the middle. 

 Elytra much less narrowed at thft base, broadest rather before the 

 middle, scarcely compressed behind, the apex not produced down- 



