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ashy,, on each side two black stripes; elytra finely punctato- 

 striate, spotted with black, the spots nearest the scutellum, and 

 again near the apex, more or less connected, the third and 

 seventh interstices ashy ; antennae compressed, half as long 

 again as the body, black, the fifth joint fringed with short crisp 

 hairs at its apex beneath, the eighth white, except on one side ; 

 legs reddish grey ; tarsi black, varied with ashy ; beneath with 

 a coarse yellowish-grey tomentum. Length 5 lines. 



A variable species in regard to colour, the stripes on the pro- 

 thorax being sometimes represented by spots, or the spots on 

 the elytra nearly altogether unconnected. The antennas also 

 vary considerably in length. 



CEDUS. 



Head narrowed in front ; the rostrum large, flat, suddenly 

 expanded below, the apex entire. Antennae three or four times 

 the length of the body, arising from an irregular cavity directly 

 over the expansion of the rostrum ; the first joint long, swollen 

 at the apex ; the second much shorter ; the third as long as the 

 first ; the remainder to the eighth gradually increasing in length; 

 the last three shorter, not forming a club. Eyes approximate, 

 large, round, entire, occupying the upper part of the head. La- 

 brum very small. Mandibles short. Palpi slender, pointed. Pro- 

 thorax short, very transverse, subdepressed, the carina somewhat 

 distant from the base, strongly curved and slightly hooked at 

 the sides. Scutellum small, subquadrate. Elytra short, widest 

 at the base. Legs of moderate length; the first tarsal joint 

 elongate. Mesosternum short, very transverse. 



Cedus tuberculatus. 



C. ovatus, nigro-tornentosus ; elytris purpurascenti-nigro-variis, 

 singulis basi tuberculatis. 



Hab. Singapore. 



Ovate, covered with a dense black tomentum ; head between 

 the eyes slightly grooved; rostrum finely granulated, with a 

 central costa descending to the apex, and two short lateral ones 

 below the eye ; prothorax irregular, with a few small reddish- 

 orange spots; scutellum reddish orange; elytra very short, 

 brownish black, varied with dull purplish brown, a reddish- 

 orange spot at the side and a large elevated tubercle at the base 

 of each near the scutellum ; antennae reddish brown, the apical 

 half of the eighth joint and the whole of the ninth, except at the 

 apex, white ; legs black, the anterior and posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi varied with pale red ; beneath black, with a thin silvery 

 pubescence. Length 3| lines. 



