SOME INJURIOUS INDIAN WEEVILS (CURCULIONIDAE) — II, 371 



of the elytra and leavinpj the shoulder bare ; close behind it another large irregular 

 patch, the lines of which on intervals 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9 are short, 5, 6 and 7 being longer, 

 that on 5 usually the longest ; and finally, a V-shaped apical patch extending from 

 interval 3 to 8. 



Head regularly convex, very finely shagreened, fairly closely and regularly set with 

 deep punctures. Rostrum separated from the head by a distinct impression, a little 

 longer than the prothorax, strongly curved, coarsely punctate, especially at the sides, 

 and with an impunctate central line. Antennae black, with whorls of stout yellowish 

 white setae ; joint 1 twice as long as 2, 2 as long as 3 and 4 together, 3-7 transverse. 

 Prothorax slightly broader than long, broadest at the base, the sides gently rounded, 



Fig. 4. Athesapeuta ory.zae, Mshl., sp. ii. 



with a broad but shallow apical constriction, the upper surface coarsely and closely 

 punctate, with an abbreviated impunctate line in the middle only. Scutellum strongly 

 transverse, coarsely punctate and with narrow scales ; the posterior margin truncate 

 or sHghtly angulate. Elytra oblong, broader than the prothorax at the shoulders, 

 the apices separately rounded, deeply striate, the intervals almost plane, with irregular 

 coarse punctures. Legs black, fairly densely clothed with yellowish white scales. 



Length, 5 '5-6 mm. ; width, 2 "5-2 75 mm. 



Madras : Coimbatore (tijpe) ; Pithapuram, Godaveri. 



Nearly allied to Athesapeuta famula, F., but in that species the scaling of the upper- 

 side is of an orange-red colour and more extensive, leaving only a median row of three 

 bare patches, a circular one on the thorax, a triangular anterior and kidney-shaped 

 posterior one on the elytra ; the shoulders of the elytra are also less prominent, and 

 the punctures on the intervals are much finer. A. oryzae is stated to be a serious pest 

 of rice. 



