Ei'isoiius. 225 



Mr. Maxwell Lefroy records (' Indian Insect Life,' 1909, p. 384) 

 that E. lacerta has been found in numbers on cotton plants, feeding 

 on the bark. An account of the life-history of the species has 

 been published by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher (' Some South 

 Indian Insects,' 1914, p. 327). 



185. Episomus coniiexus, sp. nov. 



Colour dark eartli-brown above, without definite markings, 

 paler beneath, and sometimes with traces of greenish scaling. 



Head with a very deep central furrow, the lateral longitudinal 

 striae obsolete. Rostrum and anteame as in E. lacerta, the 7th 

 joint of the funicle very slightly longer than the club and a little 

 dilated towards the apex. Prothorax a little broader tlian long,, 

 its sides slightly rounded, broadest about middle, basal margin 

 bisinuate, the ceuti-al furrow broad and deep. Scutellum almost 

 enclosed, acuminate in frout and more or less angulated laterally. 

 Ehjtva oblong-ovate, diS'eriiig only from those of E. lacerta in 

 being more parallel-sided, x-ather more rounded at the base and 

 more steeply declivous posteriorly in the S • Legs with uniform 

 dense brownish scaling. 



Anal segment of S broadly truncate at apex, tlie hind tibiae 

 not tuberculate internally. 



Length, 7-9 mm. ; breadth, 4|-5| mm. 



Tenasserim : Tavoy {Doherty). 



Type S in the British Museum. 



The apical segment of the venter of the S is more strongly 

 transverse and less narrowed apically than in E. lacerta. 



186. Episomus manipurensis, sp. nov. (fig. 66, c). 



Colour dark brown, the apical area and inflexed margins of 

 elytra paler, the latter being whitish in the basal half; interval 3 

 with two indistinct white spots, one before, the other behind 

 the middle ; thorax with a broad black lateral stripe with a paler 

 edging dorsally ; the under-parts whitish. 



Head with a deep narrow furrow and very faint lateral impres- 

 sions. Rostrum as long as broad, dilated towards apex, the central 

 furrow deep and narrow, the lateral cost« strongly impressed. 

 Antennce with the scape comparatively slender ; funicle with joint 2 

 about equal to 1 or 7, 3 distinctly longer than 4, 7 dilated from 

 base to apex, narrower but scarcely shorter than the club. Pro- 

 thorax slightly longer than broad, cylindrical from base to beyond 

 middle, then rapidly narrowed, base bisinuate; upper surface less 

 rugosely plicate than usual, the central furrow almost obsolete. 

 Scutellum not enclosed, small, bare, circular and rather prominent. 

 Elytra separately rounded at base, shoulders sharply prominent ; 

 upper surface transversely impressed at base, the longitudinal 

 curvatures fairly convex, with deep and strongly punctate striae, 



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