EPISOMUS. 231 



Madras : Pirniaad, Travancore (Mrs. G. S. Imra>/). 

 Types d 2 i" the British Museum. 



193. Episomiis obimcus, sp. nov. 



Ground colour of upper side dark browu, with pale markings 

 quite similar to those of E. frenatus, with which the species agrees 

 structurally except in the following characters : — 



Rostrum witli the lateral costa? more elevated and the longitu- 

 dinal impression on them rather shorter and deeper. Antenna' 

 with the scape evidently broader, the scape shorter and stouter, 

 joint 2 shorter than 7, joints 3 to 6 subecpaal and strongly trans- 

 verse, 7 cylindrical, as broad as and longer than the club. Protliorax 

 more deeply plicate, the central furrow with its edges more raised 

 and without any median carina. Elytra with the apical area more 

 produced in the 6 . Leys rather stouter ; hind tibite of c5' with 

 ?y to 5 small granules along the apical half of the inner edge. 



Anal segment of S \vith a rounded impression in the middle of 

 the base. 



5 unknown. 



Length, ll-Ug mm.; breadth, 5-5^ mm. 



Madras : Trivandrum (lud. Mus.and Pusa Coll.). 



Type (S in the British Museum. 



194. Episomus fabriciusi, Est. (fig. 66, d). 



Episomiis fabriciusi, Faust,* Ilor. 8oc. Eiit. Ross, xxxi, 1897, 

 p. 187. 



Under-parts with dense metallic green scaling. Upper side 

 black, with sparse green scaling ; prothorax with two broad sub- 

 denuded stripes ; elytra with the apex and the lateral margins as 

 far as stria 7 with dense green scaling ; on the disk there is a large 

 subquadrate patch at the base and a common transverse band 

 behind middle of denser green scales, and also many irregular 

 small green spots in the striaj ; the suture is brownish throughout. 



Head with the central furrow broad and shallow, and without 

 lateral impressions. Rostrum as long as broad, its sides sub- 

 parallel, the central furrow broad and shallow, the costee with a 

 distinct short basal impression. Antenme with pale green scaling, 

 the club and joint 7 of the funicle black ; joints 1 and 2 subequal, 

 3 and 4 subequal, 7 subconical, shorter than the club. Prothorax 

 as long as broad, its sides slightly rounded, the basal margin 

 bisinuate, central furrow deep. >Scutdh(m not enclosed, rather 

 transverse. Elytra elongate-ovate, separately rounded at base, 

 the humeral aiigle rounded, the subhumeral prominence indis- 

 tinct, the suture slightly elevated on the declivity only ; upper 

 surface shallowly depressed near base, the stride broad and deeply 

 punctured, the Intervals about as broad as the stria3, smooth and 

 costate. Leys with dense green scaling, with a darker patch about 

 the middle of the posterior femora. 



