EPisoMus, 223 



elytra ; sides of prothorax below the level of the eye witli pale 

 metallic greenish or coppery scaling, the same colouring continued 

 along the side of the elytra to the apex, with a lobe-like widening 

 at middle reaching the Gth stria; intervals -'i and 4 with a pale 

 patch at the top of the declivity ; the centre of the sternum and 

 the abdomen with green scaling. 



Head with the central furrow dilated into a fovea, not impressed 

 laterally. Rostrum as long as broad, dilated towards apex, the 

 central furrow much widened in front, tlie lateral costae deeply im- 

 pressed at base. Antenme with joint 2 of the funicle slightly longer 

 than 1 and 7, 3 longer than 4, 7 subconical, narrower than and 

 scarcely as long as the club. FrotJwra.v as long as broad, cylin- 

 drical from base to beyond middle and narrowed at the apex, basal 

 margin slightly bisiuuate; upper surface roughly plicate, the central 

 furrow deep." Scutellum small, obovate, not enclosed. Elytra 

 rather narrowly ovate, separately rounded at base, with a distinct 

 blunt humeral angle ; upper surface transversely impressed at base, 

 the longitudinal curvature strongly convex, with broad strife con- 

 taining- laro-e punctures, the intervals even, narrower than the 

 strife in S , as broad in $ , the suture only slightly elevated on 

 the declivity. Leys with pale scaling, the bases of the posterior 

 femora darker; hind tibia of 6 not granulate, but with an internal 

 laminate ])rocess at the apex. 



Anal segment of 6 not impressed, joint 7 of funicle similar to 

 that of 2 . 



Length, 12-12^ mm. ; brendth, 51-6 mm. 



Madras: Ouchterlony Valley, 2500-3000 ft.. Nilgiri Hills 

 (//. L. Andreives—ty^e); Palur, South Arcot {G. Lund — Pusa 

 Coll.). 



Types (S 2 ill ^lie Dresden Museum. 



184. Episomus lacerta, F. (tig. (iO, Z). 



Episumus lacerta, Fabricius* Spec. Ins. i, 1781, p. 190; Olivier, 

 Ent. v, 83, 1807, p. Sol, pi. vi, f. 68, pi. xii, f. 148; Eohemaii, 

 Schh. Gen. Cure, ii, 1834, p. 47U. 



Episomus nubemlosus, Bohemau * op. cit. vii, pt. 1, 1843, p. 92. 



Ejnscmus lacerta, var. boheviani, Faust, Hor. See. Ent. Koss. xxxi, 

 1897, p. 160. 



Colour varying from chalky-grey to dark brown, the under-parts 

 being always paler ; the thorax has usually a darker lateral stripe, 

 and rarelv two broad whitish dorsal stripes which are continued on 

 the base of the elytra ; the latter have a usually ill-detined broad 

 oblique paler stripe behind middle, followed by a large darker 

 patch on tlie declivity ; in well-marked specimens there are the 

 following small pale round spots : one at the top of the declivity 

 on interval 3, another a little in front of it on interval 7, and the 

 third at the apex of interval 5, these spots being often slightly 

 raised. 



Head with a deep central furrow and a short stria on each side 



