. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 206 :. Superficially luuch like Catapionus, Schli., but differini? in having the rostrum continuous with the heatl and in its deep apical eniargination, the long scape, the absence of a scutellum, etc. 174. Parapiomis varicolor, sp. nov. Colour black, the dorsal surface with ratlier thin scaling and two denser sti'ii)es, one on each side of the rostrum, continuing across the prothorax and along intervals 3 and 4 on each elytron ; the scaling either jiale metallic green, or pinkisli grey with a slio-ht metallic retiexiou; th
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 206 :. Superficially luuch like Catapionus, Schli., but differini? in having the rostrum continuous with the heatl and in its deep apical eniargination, the long scape, the absence of a scutellum, etc. 174. Parapiomis varicolor, sp. nov. Colour black, the dorsal surface with ratlier thin scaling and two denser sti'ii)es, one on each side of the rostrum, continuing across the prothorax and along intervals 3 and 4 on each elytron ; the scaling either jiale metallic green, or pinkisli grey with a slio-ht metallic retiexiou; the underparts with dense scaling which is o-reen in green specimens, and whitish in the grey ones. flead with close shallow punctation beneath tiie scaling, the forehead almost plane and with a central furrow. Rostrum almost parallel-sided from the base to near the apex, thence slightly narrowed, the upper surface nearly plane and smooth, with a <?otnplete narrow central furrow, the dorsal margins rounded in. Fii>-. (;).—l'(ir(i])i(iiius narirolur, Mshl. the basal half, the apical projections narrow and bluntly pointed in the $ , broadly truncate and slightly curving upwards in the 6 • Antenna? with green scaling, the scape with subdepressed setae, the funicle wath joint 2 very slightly longer than 1. Prothorax with the sides rounded, broadest about the middle, the apex much narrower than the base, the upper surface rather uneven, with confluent shallow punctation (hidden by the scaling) and a broad shallow central furrow from base to apex. Elytra broadly ovate, broadest about the middle, the shallow sulci with deep separated punctures, the intervals narrow and costate, with short scattered depressed white seta;. Legs with dense green or grey scaling and pale setae. Limgth, 9| mm. ; breadth, 5^ mm. JjOiiBAY : Poona ; Bor Ghat (Dixon). T 11 pes S 2 i'l the British Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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