ABULPEDA. 



95 



piceons, its base pale stramineous, first joint almost as long as the 

 second and third together, second and fourth subequal in length, 

 each longer than third ; head finely granulose and with a slight 



Fig. 45. Euscopus albatus. 



central longitudinal ridge ; posterior pronotal lobe distinctly punc- 

 tate, the lateral margins strongly sinuate, the transverse impression 

 dividing the lobes profound, the anterior lobe a little raised and 

 almost smooth ; scutellum and corium somewhat thickly punc- 

 tate ; rostrum almost reaching the posterior coxae ; anterior 

 femora strongly s pined beneath. 



Length 8| miliim. 



Hub. Bombay (Dixon). 



EUSCOPUS INDECOBUS. (Vol. II, p. 106.) 



Euscopus indecorus, var. htigmaticus, Sredd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 1909, p. 297. 



Breddin appears to have given a varietal name to the Ceylonese 

 examples of this species, a course apparently unnecessary. 



Genus ABULPEDA. 

 Abulfeda, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 495 (1909). 



Type A. punctatus, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Head about as long as broad, anteriorly subangularly produced, 

 the central lobe prominent ; antennae robust, basal joint longest, 

 almost as long as second and third joints together; pronotum 

 gradually narrowed anteriorly, the lateral margins sinuate, trans- 

 versely impressed before middle, anterior lobe raised and smooth, 



