222 curculionidjE. 



Proihorax as long as broad in $ , sligbtly longer in S , subparallel 

 from base to beyond middle and narrower at the apex, truncate 

 at base and with a broad and deep central t'urroAV. Smtelhmi 

 small, enclosed iu front by the sutural margin. Elytra elongate, 

 ovate, sharply acuminate at the apex, especially in $ , separately 

 rounded at the base, without any distinct humeral angle ; upper 

 surface transversely impressed at the base, the stria3 broad and 

 with large deep punctures, the intervals narrow but almost plane, 

 the suture distinctly elevated on the declivity, especially in the $ . 

 Legs with dense greenish or grey scaling, the posterior pairs of 

 tibiie usually with a darker median patch ; the hind tibiie of c^, 

 not dentate, but with a laminate internal projection at apex. 



S with the anal segment shallowly impressed at apex. 



Length, 11|-16 mm. ; breadth, 5|-7| mm. 



Ceylon: {Col. Yerlmnj. JSletner) ; Kandy (E. E. Green); Bau- 

 darawella and Nalauda (Dr. W. Horn); Pera, Kitugalle and 

 Balangoda (6r, Jjeivis). 



Type in the Berlin Museum ; of E. anmdipes at Stockholm ; 

 of E. ceylonicus at Dresden. 



The distinctions given by Faust for his E. cei/lonicus are its 

 slightly broader and shorter shape, the whitish scaling at the sides 

 of the elytra and the absence of the indistinct white spots on 

 the upperside. These characters, however, all vary considerably 

 in different specimens, without any correlation one to another. 



182. Episomus rauciis, Fst. (tig. 00, m). 



Ej/isomxs ratictis, Faust,* Hor. Soc. Eut. Ross, xxxi, 1897, p. 162. 



This spet-ies is very closely allied to the preceding one, which it 

 evidently represents on the mainland. I have seen only two males 

 and two females, one of the former being a typical sjiecimen of 

 Faust's. The structural differences which distinguish it from 

 E.Jif/uratus are as follows :— The second joint of the funicle is 

 not longer than the first, the elytra are less acuminate at the apex 

 and less rounded at the base, and the intervals 5,0 and 7 are 

 narrowly carinate posteriorly. The colour differs also, in that the 

 lateral green scaling of the elytra extends up to the 4th stria, the 

 dorsal part of the prothorax is also green, and the sutural area of 

 the elytra is broadly imle fawn. In other respects the species 

 quite agrees with E.fijiiratus. 



Length, 13^-15 mm. : breadth, <U-7:| mm. 



Madras :' Trivandrum (AtJdnson); Trichinopoli (Rehiere); 

 Kodaikanal (L. V. Ni^wton—Vn^n Coll.). 



Tifpe in the Dresden Museum. 



183. Episomus nilgirinus, JfeUcr (fig. 66, r). 



Episomus nUyirinus, Heller,* Stott. Eut. Zeit. 1908, p. 131. 

 Colour brown, prothorax with a darker lateral stripe which 

 continues for a short distance on the base of intervals 4-7 of the 



