226 cuRCULioNiD.i:. 



the intervals 3, 5 and 7 broader and more elevated than the alter- 

 nate ones, interval 3 with a slightly raised whitish spot behind 

 middle, the suture rather sharply carinate on the declivity. Legs 

 •with pale scaling, the bases ot posterior femora rather darker ; 

 hind tibiae of S scarcely granulate internally. 



Anal segment of S not impressed, joint 7 of funicle not shorter 

 tlian that of $ . 



Length, 12|-13| mm.; breadth, 5^-6| mm. 



Assam: M'auipur [Doherty). 



Types cT $ in the British Museum. 



187. Episomus inermicoUis, sp. nov. 



Upper surface nearly uniform dark brown, sides and apex paler; 

 thorax lighter bro\\n, with a darker lateral stripe ; the under-parts 

 whitish. 



Head with a deep narrow furrow and \Aithout lateral impres- 

 sions, nostrum as long as broad, dilated towards apex, the cen- 

 tral furrow ]]arro\v and the lateral impressions very faint. 

 Antennce with the scape rather slender; funicle with joint 2 dis- 

 tinctly longer than 1 and slightly longer than 7, 3 longer than 4, 

 7 strongly dilated from base to apex and slightly shorter than the 

 club. Protliorax about as long as broad, apex a little narrower 

 than the base, sides slightly rounded, broadest before middle, base 

 bisinuate ; upper surface almost devoid of plications, with two 

 transverse impressed lines on each side, one near the apex, the 

 other behind the middle, the central furrow nearly obsolete. 

 ScutelJum small and round. Elytra as in E. mani^yurensis, except 

 that their general appearance is smoother, the striae are not so 

 deep, the punctures shallow and further apart, and there is no 

 elevated spot on interval 3. Legs with uniform pale scaling ; hind 

 tibise of 6 without granules. 



Anal segment of 6 with a shallow apical impression ; joint 7 of 

 funicle not shorter than that of $ . 



Length 11-12^ mm.; breadth, 5-6 mm. 



Assam: Khas"i Hills {Col. W. F. Badgeley). 



Types S ? ill the British Museum. 



188. Episomus appendiculatus, Est. 



Episomus ajypencKculatus, Faust, Hor. Soc. Eiit. Ross, xxxi, 1897, 

 p. 139. 



TJnder-parts and the inflexed margins of elytra varying from pale 

 brownish to chalky white. Upper surface of prothorax brown, 

 sometimes with a faint darker lateral stripe ; elytra brown, the 

 lateral band on the prothorax (when present) vaguely invading 

 intervals 3, 4 and 5 to about one-third from base ; each elytron 

 with the following elevated white spots : one on interval 3 

 before middle, one each on 2, 3 and 7 behind middle, and one at 

 apex of 5. 



