-?20 CUECULIONID.E. 



sharply angulate, and the dorsal outline with an evidently greater 

 slope (especially in the $ ) from the. middle to the top oi^ the 

 posterior declivity, the latter not being indented ; the scale-like 

 setse, especially on the inflexed sides of the elytra, much broader 

 and truncate or broadly I'ounded at the apex. 



Length, Vd-lQk mm. ; breadth, 54-7 mm. 



Madras: Nilgiri Hills {Sir G. Hampson). 



l\ipes J 5 iu the British Museum. 



The male organ ditt'ers from that of E. montanus only in having 

 tlie apical spatula appreciably broader. The two species can be 

 most readily discriminated by a comparison of the squamiform 

 setae on the elytra. 



179. Episomus dejeani, Fst. 



Ej)iso7nus monfa7ius, var. dejeani, Faust, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, xxxi, 

 1897, p. 1L>6. 



Dull black, with more or less brown scaling in the depressions 

 only, except along the margins and at the apex where it extends 

 on to the intervals. 



Head with a very broad and deep central furrow, the longitu- 

 dinal lateral impressions indistinct or obsolete, the eyes small. 

 llostrum scarcely as long as broad, almost parallel-sided in both 

 sexes, the central furrow broad and deep throughout and only 

 slightly widened in front, the lateral costte v\ ith a very deep curved 

 impression. Antennce with sparse scaling, except on the under- 

 side of the scape where it is dense ; funicie with joint 2 not longer 

 tlian 1, 3 equal to 4, 7 subconical, as long as thech;bin $ , shorter 

 in c5' . Protliorcuv much broader than long, the sides strongly 

 rounded, broadest about the middle, the base bisinuate and scarcely 

 broader than the apex ; upper surface with a broad deep central 

 furrow lying between two straight and unbroken costte, and on 

 each side of it two irregular longitudinal furrows. ScuteJlum 

 small and circular, not enclosed. Ehjira broadly ovate in § , nar- 

 rower in c? , the shoulders rounded, the dorsal outline flat in S , 

 moderately convex in 5 , deepest behind the middle, the posterior 

 declivity slopiug inwards ; the broad sulci containing large sub- 

 quadrate foveae, the intervals narrowly carinate, the suture 

 impressed. Legs with sparse brown scaling, which is denser 

 and paler beneath on the femora ; hind tibia? of S not granulate 

 internally. 



Anal segment of S not impressed. 



Length, 11-12 mm. ; breadth, 5-(J mm. 



Madras: Nilgiri Hills (Perrotet, Mrs. 31. I. Walhouse, ILL. 

 Andreives); Utakamand (Ind. Mus.). 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



This species is quite distinct from E. montanus, Guer. In the 

 male organ the tube is broadly impressed dorsally throughout its 

 length, instead of being regularly convex, and the apical spatula is 

 much narrower. 



