EPisoMus. 227 



Head scarcely impressed ou each side of the central furrow. 

 Rostrum longer than broad, scarcely dilated towards apex, the 

 dorsal costae shallowly impressed. Antennce with dense grey 

 scajiug; funicle with joint 2 longer than 1, 3 slightly longer than 

 4, 7 about as long as the club, a little dilated at apex and there as 

 broad as the base of the club. Prothorax about as long as broad, 

 subparallel from base to beyond middle, then narrowed to apex' 

 basal margin deeply bisinuate, the central furrow shallow. Scu- 

 tellum moderately large, not enclosed. Elytra ovate, separately 

 rounded at the base, with quite a sharp humeral angle and a dis"- 

 tuiet subhumeral prominence, acuminate at the apex, each elytron 

 bearing a short sharp process ; upper surface transversely im- 

 pressed near base, the striae broad and \Aith large punctures, 

 stria 6 not reaching the base; the intervals narrow, subcostate,' 

 the suture elevated on the declivity, the raised white spots small 

 but conspicuous. Le(is with brownish-grey scaling, the bases of 

 the posterior pairs of femora darker. 



S with the anal segment not impressed, the granules on the 

 inner edge of the hind tibiae extremely small. 



Length, 11|-14 mm. ; breadth, 5|-7 mm. 



United Provinces: Allahabad. Tibet (?_ Coll. Bowring). 

 Malacca {teste Faust). " 



Til pes, cS ill Dresden Museum, $ in Brussels Museum. 



189. Episomus versutus, Fst. 



Episomus vevsutus,Yims.t,* Ann. "Si\\i.Qi\Ayen.x^x.iv 1894 d 191 

 (1895). '^' 



Colour light or dark brown above, under- parts light brown or 

 whitish ; prothorax without distinct darker stripes, the dark colour 

 of the upperside not sharply separated from the paler underside ; 

 elytra with a small pale spot before middle on interval 3, a 

 similar spot at the apex of interval 5, and three more behind 

 middle on 2, 3 and 7 ; these spots are often more or less 

 obliterated. 



iTefuZ with a short sulcus on each side of the central furrow. 

 Rostrum as long as broad, dilated near apex, the central furrow 

 evidently broader than on the forehead. Antennce stout ; funicle 

 with joint 2 scarcely longer than 1 and equal to 7, the latter 

 cylindrical, longer and slightly narrower than the club, 3 quadrate 

 and a little longer than 4. Prothorax slightly broader than long, 

 its sides subparallel from base to near apex and then narrowed^ 

 the basal margin deeply bisinuate ; upper surface strongly plicate' 

 the central furrow deep. 8cutellum large, rather pear-shaped.' 

 Elytra separately and strongly rounded at the base, humeral angle 

 distinct in 5 , less so in 6 , apices slightly produced in both sexes; 

 upper surface with a shallow basal impression, the dorsal curva- 

 ture moderate, flatter in <S , the striae about as broad as the 

 intervals and with large, rather distant punctures, the suture 



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