. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 238 middle and then rapidly narrowed ; npper surface deepl}' plicate, the central furrow deep. Scutellum ovate, longitudinal. Ehitra separately rounded at the base, humeral angle distinct, apices slightly produced in $ ; upper surface with a rather shallow transverse impression at base, dorsal curvature moderate, strise deep, closely punctate and narrower than the intervals, which are broadly costate, the suture elevated on the declivity, especially in the 5 . Legs with pale scaling and darker markings on the posterior pa
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 238 middle and then rapidly narrowed ; npper surface deepl}' plicate, the central furrow deep. Scutellum ovate, longitudinal. Ehitra separately rounded at the base, humeral angle distinct, apices slightly produced in $ ; upper surface with a rather shallow transverse impression at base, dorsal curvature moderate, strise deep, closely punctate and narrower than the intervals, which are broadly costate, the suture elevated on the declivity, especially in the 5 . Legs with pale scaling and darker markings on the posterior pairs of femora; hind tibiae of c3' with a few small granules internnlly. Length, 11-13 ram. ; breadth, 44-6^ mm. BuKMA : Karen Hills (Fea). Types in the Genoa Museum, liie variety imnctiger differs from the type form only in the presence of the white spots on the elytra. 205. Episomus uniformis, Pasc. Einsotmis t/nifonnis, Pascoe.* Ann. Mag:. Nat. Hist. (5) xx, 1887, p. 349; Faust, Hor. Soc. Eut. Eoss. xxxi, 1897, p. 129. Colour uniform sandy brown, but sometimes \\'ith a dark brown spot behind the middle on interval 4 and another before the middle on interval 10. Head with a shallow transverse impression behind the eyes,. Fig. 73.—Episomus imiformis, Pasc. forehead with a deep central furrow, but without lateral impres- sions. Rostrum dilated towards apex, the central furrow very broad and deep, the lateral furrows very shallow or even obsolete, epistome scarcely impi-essed in the middle and not carinate at the sides. Antennce with dense brownish scaling ; funicle witli joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3 equal to 4, 7 cylindrical, as broad as and longer than the club. Prothorax slightly shorter than its width at base, sides almost straight, broadest at base and very slightly. 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 origi
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