. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. LEPTOMIAS. 183 stria. Rostrum slightly widei)ed towards the apex, rugulose above, with a broad impression ou the basal half containing a short fnrrow. Antennce blackish, the scape reaching the middle of the eye, the fuuicle with joints 3 and 4 equal. Prothorax a little broader than long, the sides moderately rounded, broadest about the middle, the apex not much narrower than the base, the apical margin straight dorsally, slighlly obhque at the sides, the ui)per surface smooth and finely shagreened on the disk, a little more rugose at th
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. LEPTOMIAS. 183 stria. Rostrum slightly widei)ed towards the apex, rugulose above, with a broad impression ou the basal half containing a short fnrrow. Antennce blackish, the scape reaching the middle of the eye, the fuuicle with joints 3 and 4 equal. Prothorax a little broader than long, the sides moderately rounded, broadest about the middle, the apex not much narrower than the base, the apical margin straight dorsally, slighlly obhque at the sides, the ui)per surface smooth and finely shagreened on the disk, a little more rugose at the sides and with no central stria. Elytra elongate,. Fig. 58.—Leptomias sfoliczl-ce, Fst., $ . with the basal margin conspicuously raised and the external angles slightly prominent, transversely impressed close to the apex, so that the apex itself appears rather prominent, subdepressed above, with shallowly punctured striie, the two nearest the suture curving a little outwards at the base, the intervals a little broader than the stria; and rather convex. Legs with the posterior tibiae very minutely denticulate internally. Lemjth, 6 7^-8, 2 7i-9 mm.: breadth, S 2f-2|, $ 3|-4i mm. IvASHMiB (Stoliczl-a, T. B. D. Bell). Punjab: Murree (/S7o?(Vc/.-« —Ind. Mus.). Type in the Dresden Museum. 147. Leptomias veiTucicollis, Fst. Leptomias verrucicollis, Faust,* Stettiu. Ent. Zeit. 1886, p. 138. Colour black, with uniform earth-brown scaling. Head rather coarsely shagreened, the forehead faintly striolate and with a short central stria, liostrum dilated at the apex, plane above in the anterior half, with a broad transverse impression near the base, and thence finely striolate, with a short central furrow and the dorsal margins rather sharply angulated. Antennce red- brown, the scape reaching the middle of the eye, the funicle Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance o
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