. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 66 :. Head with fine very shallow punctation, hidden by the scaling, the forehead with a short deep central furrow. Rostrum gradually dilated from base to apex, with a transverse impressed line just in front of the eye, shallowly impressed towards the apex, plane and with a deep central furrow in the basal half. Antennm piceous, the funiele with the two basal joints subequal. Prothorax as long as broad, the sides rounded, broader rather before the. Fig. 21.— Scepticus kaslwiirensis, Mshl. middle, rugosely punctate above, bu
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 66 :. Head with fine very shallow punctation, hidden by the scaling, the forehead with a short deep central furrow. Rostrum gradually dilated from base to apex, with a transverse impressed line just in front of the eye, shallowly impressed towards the apex, plane and with a deep central furrow in the basal half. Antennm piceous, the funiele with the two basal joints subequal. Prothorax as long as broad, the sides rounded, broader rather before the. Fig. 21.— Scepticus kaslwiirensis, Mshl. middle, rugosely punctate above, but the sculpturing almost hidden beneath the dense scaling, and with a shallow central furrow from the base to near the apex. Elytra ovate, the striae with large deep punctures which are partly hidden by the scaling, the intervals broad and plane in the 2 » a good deal narrower in the J , the setae short and depressed. Length, 6|-8 mm. ; breadth 3|-4 mm. Kashmir: {Col. Seathun—type); Sonamarg, 8G00 ft. {T. R. D. Bell). Type (S in the British Museum. Genus ACEOCffiLOPUS, nov. Type, Acroccelopus cretaceus, sp. nov. Head with the eyes lateral and very convex, the forehead narrower than the base of the rostrum. Rostrum longer than broad, with a very shallow apical emargination ; the scrobes deep, sublinear, deflected at some distance in front of the eyes and visible from above at the apex ; the mandibles rather sharply pointed at the apex, their inner edges simple, the mandibular scar distinct ; the mentum large, the submentum not pedunculate. Antennoi inserted before the middle of the rostrum, the scape straight, gradually thickened to the apex and reaching the hind margin of the eye ; the funiele with joint 1 longer than 2, the remainder subequal and slightly transverse, the club ovate and 4-jointed. Prothorax as in Tanymecus. Scutellum small. Elytra with a rounded humeral prominence, jointly and deeply sinuate at the base, the external angles projecting forwards, punctato-s
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