EPISOMUS. 



21' 



hind tibiae of the d" with a row of small tubercles and with a tuft 

 of long curled fulvous setae at the apex. 



c? more slender, the 7th joint of the funicle much shorter than 

 in the $ and the club proportionately longer, the anal segment 

 not impressed. 



Length, 10-10| mm.; breadth, -ik-oh, mm. 



Burma: Jinhy Mine?. (Doherty)." 



Types (S $ in the British Museum. 



Fig. G7. — Episo//ius bicnspi^, Mshl., $ . 



The nearest ally of this species is E. turritus, Gyl., subsp. 

 chinensis, Est., which differs in having the head and rostrum much 

 more deeply furrowed ; the 7th joint of the funicle is as long as 

 the club and dilated at the apex; the thorax is more transverse 

 and its sides more rounded ; the intervals on the elytra are more 

 rugose, and there are additional tubercular prominences on 

 intervals 3, 5 and 7. 



170. Episomus guttatus, JjoJi. 



EpUvnius ijuttatus, liolieman,* .Schiinh. Gen. Cure. 1845, p. 435 ; 

 Faust, Ilor. See. Ent. Ross, xxxi, 1897, p. Vd-<. 



Colour dark or light brown above, pale sandy or whitish be- 

 neath ; well-marked specimens bear a number of round white spots 

 (usually surrounded by a darker ring), ns follows ; one on the 

 scutellura ; two on the suture, one near base, the other on the de- 

 clivity ; one before middle on interval 4 ; one behind middle on 

 interval 3 and a similar one on interval 6 ; thei'e is also a small 

 black spot at the apical junction of striae 3 and 6. These mark- 

 ings may be more or less obsolete, or even entirely absent. 



Head transversely impressed behind the eyes, forehead with a 



