. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 124 87. Dereodus mastos, Hbst. Curculio viastos, Herbst, Kjif. vii, 1797, p, 17, pi. 96, fig. C (cJ). Hypomeces (juitulatus, Desbrochers des Loges,* C. ll. Ent. Soc. Belgique, 1891, p. ccclv ( $ ). Colour shining black, variegated with whitish or gre3'ish sealing (sometimes with a metallic tinge) as follows :âA denser stripe on each side of the head; a broad lateral stripe on the prothoraxand an indistinct narrow central stripe ; the elytra are variegated in the $ with small scattered spots and have sometimes an ill-deti
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 124 87. Dereodus mastos, Hbst. Curculio viastos, Herbst, Kjif. vii, 1797, p, 17, pi. 96, fig. C (cJ). Hypomeces (juitulatus, Desbrochers des Loges,* C. ll. Ent. Soc. Belgique, 1891, p. ccclv ( $ ). Colour shining black, variegated with whitish or gre3'ish sealing (sometimes with a metallic tinge) as follows :âA denser stripe on each side of the head; a broad lateral stripe on the prothoraxand an indistinct narrow central stripe ; the elytra are variegated in the $ with small scattered spots and have sometimes an ill-detiued broad lateral stripe ; in the 6 interval 1 is bare, intervals 2 and 3 have a continuous stripe of scaling uniting at the apex with a broad lateral stripe, intervals 4-0 and the base of 7 are either bare or more or less irregularly mottled with scaling. Head shallowly pnnctate and with a single deep central furrow, the e3'es very prominent, subconical and almost circular. Rostrum as long as broad, parallel-sided, with a deep central furrow, a broader shallow one on each side of it, and a longitudinal impres- sion in front of the eye. Antenncc with the two basal joints of. Fig. â i\.âlJcrcodi(s mastoid, Hbst., c?- the funicle equal, 3-6 subequal, bead-like and slightly transverse, 7 a little longer and not transverse. Prothorax as long as broad, its sides subparallel from the base to the middle, then narrowing in a curve to the apex, the basal margin slightly bisinuate, the upper surface with shallow scattered punctation, with a broad irregular central furrow, a rounded fovea on each side of it about the middle and a broad curved transverse impression behind middle. Elytra slightly acuminate behind, much broader in the $ , the apices shortly mucronate, the striie deeply punctate at the base, the punctures greatly diminishing behind middle, the intervals narrower than the striae at the base but broader behind. Length, 6 mm. Bengal: Ganjam {E. 8|-9|, $ 10-lli mm.; breadth,
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