236 cubctjlioxid.t:. 



Length, S lU, $ 1U-12| mm.; breadth, 6 5f-5|, ? 6-6| 

 mm. 



Assam: Xaga Hills (Dohertt/) • Dilkusha {Inglis); Sylhet. 

 Bexgal: Madhyapara, Dacca (Pusa Coll.). 



Types cJ $ in the Dresden Museum. 



It is doubtful whether this species should be regarded as more 

 than a local race of nigropustulatus. In the male genitalia which 

 I have examined tliose of sucjax are slightly broader and a little 

 more curved on the lower edge than the single one of nufropustu- 

 latns that I have seen ; but it remains to be proved whether these 

 differences would hold good in a long series. 



202. Episomus figulus, Boh. (lig. G6,ji"). 



Ejusomus figultis, Boheuian,* Schunh. Gen. Cure, ii, 1834, p. 476 ; 



Faust, Ilor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxxi. 1897, p. 136. 

 Episoiinis (/riseus, Chevrolat,* Rev. Mens. Ent. 1883, p. 8. 

 Ej)isuiiius iii(irosparsns, Clievrolat,* op. cit. p. 79 ; Eaust, op. cit. 



p. 1:36. 



Colour (of typical form) nearly uniform light earthy-brown 

 above, the under-parts greyish or whitish, the dividing line on the 

 prothorax fairly sharp. 



Head with a broad central furrow and a shallow impression on 

 each side. Rostrum about as long as broad, dilated towards the 

 apex, the central furrow widened in front, the lateral costse im- 

 pressed. Antenna' with the two basal joints of the funicle equal, 

 3 subquadrate and a little longer than 4, 7 slightly broader at the 

 apex, about as long as 2 and not longer than the club. Prothorax 

 parallel-sided from the base to beyond the middle, thence nar- 

 rowed to the apex, the base bisinuate, coarsely plicate above and 

 with a deep central furrow. Scutellum broadly oval, free. Elytra 

 separately roimded at the base, with obtuse humeral angles ; upper 

 surface impressed at the base, the dorsal curvature rather strongly 

 convex, the sulci broad and with large punctures, the intervals 

 much narrower and with sparse depressed setae, the suture only 

 slightly raised behind. Leys with pale scaling, the hind tibiae of 

 the S granulate internally. 



Anal segment of the 6 simple; joint 7 of the funicle rather 

 shorter than in the $ . 



Length, 11|-12 mm, ; breadth, 5-54 i>nn. 



Bengal : Calcutta (Ind. Mus.). 



Type S in the Stockholm Museum ; also the type of E. griseus. 



E. griseus, Chevr., is quite indistinguishable from figidus. As 

 Paust has remarked, the typical form appears to be decidedl}' i-are, 

 and I have seen no recent specimens of it. 



Episomus figulus, var. nigrosparsus, Chev. 



The colouring differs from that of the typical form in that the 

 elytra bear irregular dark brown blotches, and are often variegated 



