242 cuRCULiONiD.i:. 



otherwise as in E. hrevipennis, Fst. ScuteUum oval, almost enclosed. 

 Elytra rather elongate ovate, separately rounded at the base, the 

 Immeral angle obsolete ; the npper surface scarcely impressed at 

 the base, the longitudinal curvature flat, deeply punctato-striate, 

 the intervals broader than the strise, the suture rather strongly 

 elevated behind in the 5 . Legs with pale scaling, the bases of 

 the hind femora darker, the hind tibias of the 6 granulate 

 internally. 



Anal segment of the S Jiot impressed ; the f unicle as in the 5 . 



Length, 10|-13| mm.; breadth, 5:i-6| mm. 



United Protinces : Saharunpur {teste Faust). Assam : Sylhet ; 

 Khasi Hills, 1000-3000 ft. (Pusa Coll.). 



Type 2 in the Stockholm Museum ; also type of E. aurivillmsi ; 

 E. schonJierri at Dresden. 



The characters given by Faust for distinguishing E. scJidnhen-i 

 f rom ^. humeralis (he admits them to be "extraordinarily similar") 

 are that the former has rather more slender antennae and legs, a 

 slightly shorter rostrum, the elytra less abruptly acuminate 

 behind, their greatest depth being behind instead of at the 

 middle, and the punctures in the dorsal striae somewhat closer 

 togetlier. After a careful comparison of the types it appears to 

 me that such of these distinctions as are appreciable are merely 

 individual rather than specific characters. 



In the case of E. anriviUkisi, the distinctions upon which Faust 

 lays most stress are the greater convexity of the eyes, and the 

 fact that the flat dorsal outline of the elytra is quite continuous 

 Avith that of the thorax. The eye character is certainly quite 

 unreliable, but the fiat profile of typical E. avriviUinsi undoubtedly 

 gives it a distinctive appearance as compared with E. Jiumeralis. 

 However, in a series of six males before me I find intermediate 

 forms, while the genitalia yield no indications of a specific 

 difference. 



211. Episomiis pudibundus. Est. (fig. 66, n). 



Episomus piidihunchis, Faust,* Auu. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxxiv, 1894, 

 p. 185 (1895). 



Colour of entire upper surface light or dark brown, the 

 elytra sometimes with irregular paler markings ; the under-parts 

 varying from pale sandy to white, rarely Avith a distiuct greenish 

 tinge. 



Head \\\t\\ a shallow transverse impression on vertex, forehead 

 with a single deep furrow and with two elevated tubercles. 

 Rostrum as long as broad, slightly dilated towards apex, the costse 

 on each side of the central furrow shallowly impressed. Antenvce. 

 M-itli dense pale scaling ; f unicle with joint 1 longer than 2, 3 

 slightly longer than 4 or subequal, 7 cylindrical, longer and 

 slightly narro\Aer than the club. Frothorax a little broader than 

 long, the sides gently rounded, broadest about middle, the basal 



