282 CURCDLIONID.i:. 



broadest about the middle, the apex a little narrower tliau the 

 base, the sculpturiug of the upper surface hidden by the scaling, 

 but with a distinct rounded impression on each side beiiind the 

 middle. Elytra \\\t\\ the sides slightly dilated behiiid the middle, 

 wirh narrow punctate strite, the punctures not visible through the 

 sealing, the intervals broader than the stri;e, slightly convex and 

 each with a row of short erect spatnlate bristles. Legs piceous 

 brown or ferruginous, with densn brownish scaling, the front 

 tibias almost straight. 



Length, 2|-2| mm. ; breadth, 1-lj mm. 



Madkas : Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Andrewes). 



Ti/pe in the British Museum. 



254. Amphorygma ceylonensis, sp. nov. 



Superficially ver}'' similar in appearance to A. nilgirensis, but 

 differing as follows : — 



Head with the forehead more convex. liostram distinctly 

 broader than long, the dorsal impression deeper and the lateral 

 carnise therefore appearing more prominent, the posterior half of 

 the scrobe bare (deusely clothed with scales in A. nilgirensis). 

 Antenncp with the i'unicle longer and more slender, joint 2 slightly 

 longer than 1, the remaining joints subeqnal and about as long as 

 broad, the club a little more pointed. Prothorax broader than 

 long, the sides more strongly rounded, broadest before the middle, 

 the basal constriction deeper, so that the base is but little broader 

 than the apex, a shallow transverse impression before the middle, 

 but no round lateral impressions. Elytra much less I'ouuded at the 

 base, almost truncate, the setae stout but cylindrical. Legs with 

 the anterior pairs of tibise distinctly curved. 



Length, 2k mm. ; breadth, Ig mm. 



Ceylon : Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft. (&'. Lewis). 



Type in tlie British Museum. 



Genus EPICALUS. 



Jipicalus, 3iotschulskv, Etud. Ent. vii, 1858, p. 90 ; Lacordaire, Gen, 

 Col. vi, 1863, p. -218. 



Type, E2ncalus virgatus, Mots. 



Bead with the eyes moderately convex, large, oval, lateral and 

 oblique. Rostrum deflected, continuous with the iiead, broader 

 than the forehead at its base, the dorsal portion compressed and 

 elevated, the apical margui truncate ; the scrobes dorsal and 

 foveiform ; the mandibles rather prominent, the scar being in- 

 distinct ; the mentum completely filling its cavity and on a level 

 with the submentum which has no peduncle. Antennoi inserted 

 about the middle of the rostrum ; the scape elongate, reaching 

 nearly the middle of the prothorax, curved near the base and 

 rather gradually clavate ; the funicle with, the twc basal joints 



