. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 180 cuecdlionidyi:. 141. Leptomias curtus, sp. nov. Colour black, A\ifh viniform dark grey scaling. Head convex, closely punctate, the Forehead with a narrow furrow as broad as that on the rostrum. Rostrum shallowly depressed near the base and with confluent punctation, narrowed from the base to the middle, with a narrow central furrow in the basal half only and a stout longitudinal impression on each side of it. Antennce light chestnut, the scape reaching the posterior margin of the eye, joints 3 and 4 of the funicle equal. ProtJiorcuv
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 180 cuecdlionidyi:. 141. Leptomias curtus, sp. nov. Colour black, A\ifh viniform dark grey scaling. Head convex, closely punctate, the Forehead with a narrow furrow as broad as that on the rostrum. Rostrum shallowly depressed near the base and with confluent punctation, narrowed from the base to the middle, with a narrow central furrow in the basal half only and a stout longitudinal impression on each side of it. Antennce light chestnut, the scape reaching the posterior margin of the eye, joints 3 and 4 of the funicle equal. ProtJiorcuv a little broader than long, the sides strongly rounded, broadest at the middle, the-. Fig. 56.—Leptomias curtus, $. apical margin slightly rounded dorsally and scarcely narrower than the base, deeply and rugosely punctured throughout and with a well-marknd central furrow. Elytra very broadly ovate in the $ , much narrower in the S , the basal margiiiatiou slight, with deeply punctured stri?e which are a good deal obscured by the scaling, the intervals rather convex, narrower than the stria3 in the S , l^ut not in the $ , the setae dense, short and erect. Length, S 3|, $ 4| mm.; breadth, c5' I5, 2 2| mm. United Provinces : Dehra Dun (G. Ro<jers). Types (S $ in the British Museum. 142. Leptomias porcellus, sp. nov. Colour black, with thin dark brown scaling. Head striolate, without any central furrow. Rostrum almost parallel-sided, striolate, shallowly depressed near the base, with a fine central furrow and a short longitudinal impression on each side of it in the basal half. Antennce as in L. curtus. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, the sides gently I'ounded, broadest about the middle, the apical margin somewhat rounded dorsally. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Guy
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