240 CURCULIONJD.'E. 



Head with a deep narrow furrow and without lateral impres- 

 sions. Rostnon a little longer than broad, its sides subparallel, 

 the central furrow not dilated, the lateral costoe shallowly im- 

 pressed. A)itenmv with joint 2 of the funicle about equal to 1 or 7, 

 3 and 4 equal and subquudrate, 7 subcvlindrical, as long as the 

 club but narrower. Frotliorax as long as broad, its sides straight, 

 but slightly narrowed in front, the base bisinuate, plications less 

 rugose than usual, the central furrow broad and shallow. Scu- 

 telhim not enclosed, fairly large and almost circular. Elytra oval, 

 broadest about middle, separately rounded at base, the humeral 

 ano-les indistiuct ; upper surface scarcely impressed at base, the 

 dorsal curvature rather flat, dorsal striae containing large shallow 

 punctures and not broader than the intervals, which are even and 

 subcostate, the lateral strise much narrower and shallower, the 

 suture cariiiate on the declivity. Lecjs with uniform pale scaling. 



S unknown. 



Length, 10-104 mm. ; breadth, 5-5^ mm. 



Assam: Manipur (Doherti/). 



Type 5 in the British Museum. 



208. Episomiis obstrusus, sp. nov. 



Upper side sandy brown, the protliorax with two narrow paler 

 dorsal stripes, the elytra mottled with ill-defined paler and darker 

 spots, the under surface greyish white, the inflexed sides of the 

 elytra with a greenish tinge. 



Head with a narrow central furrow, the lateral impressions 

 indistinct, llostrum about as long as broad, slightly dilated in 

 front, the central furrow deep and almost parallel-sided, the 

 adjoining costse very shallowly impressed, the margins of the 

 epistome obtusely carinate, its posterior angle only slightly pro- 

 duced. Antennoi with joints 1, 2 and 7 of the funicle subequal, 

 3 quadrate, 4-6 transverse, 7 cyliudrical, about as long as and 

 narrower than the club. Protliorax broader than long, the 

 sides subparallel from the base to the middle, thence gradually 

 narrowed to the apex, the plications not very deep, the central 

 furrow broad and rather shallow. Smtelhm not enclosed, almost 

 circular. Elytra ovate, separately rounded at the base, the humeral 

 auo-le much reduced, the subhumeral prominence distinct, with a 

 shallow transverse impression at the base, the dorsal curvature 

 rather flat, the lower half of the posterior declivity almost vertical 

 and scarcely sinuate, the sulci broad, with large punctures, the 

 intervals narrower. Legs with uniform pale scaling. 



J unknown. 



Length, 9|~10 mm.; breadth 4^-5 mm. 



Burma: Haka, Chin Hills {F.~E. Venning). 



Type $ in the British Museum. 



In general facies this insect looks verv like a small specimen of 

 E. siamensis, Fst. (a species which probably will be found also in 

 Burma), but the latter differs, vUer alia, in its very stout ecape. 



