JiPICALUS. 



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elongate and equal, the remainder subequal and a little longer 

 than broad, the club rather short and ovate. Prothorax subcylin- 

 drical, bisinuate at the base, obliquely truncate at the apex. 

 Scidellum minute. Eli/ti-a much broader than the thorax at the 

 slioulders, which are I'oundly rectangular, with 10 striae, the dorsal 

 outline flat, the posterior declivity very steep, the lateral margin not 

 sinuate. Sternum with tlie anterior coxae in the middle of the pro- 

 sternum, the metasternal episterna distinct. Venter with segment 2 

 equal to 3 + 4 and separated from 1 by a curved suture. Legs with 

 the femora rather stout and having a small sharp tooth in the 

 middle, the anterior pairs of tibiae curved, sharply produced in- 

 ternally at the apex and with the external edges finely serrate, the 

 hind pair with the corbels open, the tarsal claws free. 



Range. Burma and Ceylon. 



The external serration of the tibiae is a most unusual character 

 in the family. 



255. Epicalus virgatus, Mots. 



Eincalus vin/utus, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. vii, 1858, p. 90. 



Colour piceous, the head and rostrum with green scaling ; the 

 prothorax \\ith a broad light brown dorsal stripe, edged with a 

 narrower dark brown stripe, the sides and nnder-parts pale metallic 

 green ; the elytra similarly coloured, being light brown in the 



Fig. 89. — Epicalus virffcifiis. Mots. 



middle of the disk, with a darker stripe (variegated with paler 

 spots) on intervals 4-6 in the basal half, but approaching nearer 

 the suture beliind, the green marginal stripe sharply limited to 

 stria 6 in the basal h:ilf, then abruptly extending to stria 4 and 

 sometimes spreading behind over the entire declivity. 



Head with a faint central stria, the forehead narrowing rapidly 



