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CUECULIONID^. 



distinctly elevated posteriorly in both sexes, the posterior white 

 spots slightly elevated, especially that ou interval 5. Legs 

 with pale brown scaling, posterior femora with a whitish spot 

 towards apex ; hind tibite of 6 with ininute flattened granules 

 internally. 



Length, 10^-124 mm. ; breadth, 5|-6| mm. 



Burma : Bhamo, Teinzo (Feci). Assam {teste Eaust). 



Types c? $ in the Genoa Museum. 



190, Episomus quatuornotatus, Deshr. 



Episomus quatuornotatus, Desbrocliers des Leges,* Journ. Asiat. 



Soc. Beno-. 1890. p. 212; Faust, Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxxi, 



1897, p. 141. 

 Episomus prain<s, Faust, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1891, p. 265 (printed 



'■^ pracxice " in error). 



Colour earth-brown above, varying from pale brow^n to chalky 

 grey beneath ; prouotum without dark or light stripes ; ench 

 elytron with two distinct whitish spots on interval 3, one before 

 and one behind middle, and a less distinct spot at the apex of 5 ; 

 on the declivity a large irregidar blackish-brown patch, very 

 variable in size and tint, and some variable and ill-defined blackish 

 markings on the disk. 



Fig. 70. — Episo7ni(s qiuttnornotatus, Desbr. 



Head \\\t\\ the central furrow narrow and fairly deep, without 

 lateral impressions. Rostrum rather longer than broad, slightly 

 dilated at apex, the central furrow rather broad and shallo\A-, 

 the costse with a short basal impression. A^itenncE with the two 

 first joints of the funicle subequal, 3 longer than 4, 7 black, 

 slightly dilated towards apex, a little shorter, and evidently nar- 

 rower than the club. Prothorax about as long as broad, the sides 

 subparallel from base to near apes and there narrowed, the basal 

 margin deeply bisinuate, the central furrow broad and shallow. 



