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CURCULIONID.i:. 



Superficially luuch like Catapionus, Schli., but differini? in having 

 the rostrum continuous with the heatl and in its deep apical 

 eniargination, the long scape, the absence of a scutellum, etc. 



174. Parapiomis varicolor, sp. nov. 



Colour black, the dorsal surface with ratlier thin scaling and 

 two denser sti'ii)es, one on each side of the rostrum, continuing 

 across the prothorax and along intervals 3 and 4 on each elytron ; 

 the scaling either jiale metallic green, or pinkisli grey with a 

 slio-ht metallic retiexiou; the underparts with dense scaling which 

 is o-reen in green specimens, and whitish in the grey ones. 



flead with close shallow punctation beneath tiie scaling, the 

 forehead almost plane and with a central furrow. Rostrum almost 

 parallel-sided from the base to near the apex, thence slightly 

 narrowed, the upper surface nearly plane and smooth, with a 

 <?otnplete narrow central furrow, the dorsal margins rounded in 



Fii>-. (i."). — l'(ir(i])i(iiius narirolur, Mshl. 



the basal half, the apical projections narrow and bluntly pointed 

 in the $ , broadly truncate and slightly curving upwards in the 6 • 

 Antenna? with green scaling, the scape with subdepressed setae, 

 the funicle wath joint 2 very slightly longer than 1. Prothorax 

 with the sides rounded, broadest about the middle, the apex much 

 narrower than the base, the upper surface rather uneven, with 

 confluent shallow punctation (hidden by the scaling) and a broad 

 shallow central furrow from base to apex. Elytra broadly ovate, 

 broadest about the middle, the shallow sulci with deep separated 

 punctures, the intervals narrow and costate, with short scattered 

 depressed white seta;. Legs with dense green or grey scaling and 

 pale setae. 



Limgth, 9| mm. ; breadth, 5^ mm. 



JjOiiBAY : Poona ; Bor Ghat (Dixon). 



T 11 pes S 2 i'l the British JNluseum. 



