. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. ASTYCUS. 143 to the apex but does not reach the base, extending laterally in the basal half as far as stria 9. Head convex, punctured and wrinkled, with a fine central furrow aseeuding the vertex ; eyes broadly oval and moderately prominent. Bostrum as long as broad, parallel-sided in the J , sinuate laterally in the $ ; the upper surface sparsely punctate, slightly wrinkled, shallowjy impressed, with a deep central furrow in the basal half only and vvitli two lateral carinas on each side which unite together at the apex, the ante-ocula
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. ASTYCUS. 143 to the apex but does not reach the base, extending laterally in the basal half as far as stria 9. Head convex, punctured and wrinkled, with a fine central furrow aseeuding the vertex ; eyes broadly oval and moderately prominent. Bostrum as long as broad, parallel-sided in the J , sinuate laterally in the $ ; the upper surface sparsely punctate, slightly wrinkled, shallowjy impressed, with a deep central furrow in the basal half only and vvitli two lateral carinas on each side which unite together at the apex, the ante-ocular space rather convex and wrinkled. Antemue black, the funicle with joint 1 a little longer than 2, 3 slightly longer than 4, 7 conical and about as long as broad, ProtJiomx broader than long, its sides rounded, broadest behind the middle, shallowly constricted near the apex, which is narrower than the base, the basal margin subtruncate or faintly bislnuate, the upper surface eveuly and rugosely granulate, with a narrow central furrow in the basal two-tliirds. Scutellum. Fig. i7.—Asti/cus lunbatus var. hampsoni, Mshl. transverse. Elytra parallel-sided from the shoulders to the middle and gradually iiarrowed behind, much broader in the ? than in the 6, the apices divergent and pointed, deeply punctato-striate, the punctures diminishing behind, the intervals broad, smooth and convex ; the set* short and suberect on the disk, rather longer on the declivity and forming a long marginal fringe along the apical half of the elytra. Le(js black, with long white hairs in the d", shorter in the $; the tibiae not furrowed dorsally, the posterior pair not ])roduced internally at the apex and with the corbels slightly ascending the dorsal edge ; anterior coxa) contiguous, ur very narrowly separated. Anal segment of the $ concave and simply rounded at the apex. Length, Wk-Vdh mm. ; breadth 4.|-r) mm. Madhas : Xaduvatam, 7000 ft., Xilgiri Hills {U. L. Andrewes). Types S ? in the Britis
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