NEW CERAMBYCID BEETLES FISHES 191 



ELAPHIDION MONTICOLA, new species 



Narrowly elongate, siibcyclindrical, strongly convex above, above 

 and beneath uniformly dark reddish brown, strongly shining, an- 

 tennae slightly paler, the elytra irregularly ornamented with white 

 pubescent spots. 



Head with the front slightly wider than long, flat between the 

 antennal tubercles, which are widely separated and feebly elevated; 

 surface coarsely alveolate-punctate, sparsely clothed with recumbent, 

 whitish hairs, with a spot of dense, recumbent, whit-e pubescence 

 behind each antennal tubercle; eyes deeply emarginate, separated 

 from each other on the top by three times the width of the upper 

 lobe. Antenna about as long as the body, coarsely, sparsely punctate, 

 sparsely clothed with moderately long, recumbent, white hairs, with 

 numerous longer, erect, white hairs intermixed, surface more finely 

 l^unctured and more densely pubescent on the apical joints; joints 

 feebly spinose; first joint robust, slightly enlarged toward apex, 

 vaguely shorter than the third joint, which is nearly twice as long as 

 the fourth ; eleventh joint slightly longer than the tenth. 



Pronotum as wide as long, subequal in width at base and apex, 

 widest at middle; sides strongly, arcuately rounded; disk even, 

 moderately convex; surface densely, coarsely alveolate-punctate, the 

 cells deep and elongate, a short, recumbent, white hair arising from 

 each puncture, clothed with a few long, erect, white hairs, and orna- 

 mented with dense, recumbent, white pubescence as follows : A very 

 small, transverse spot on each side of middle near lateral margin and 

 a small, elongate spot in front of scutellum. Scutellum broadly tri- 

 angular, rounded at apex, densely clothed with recumbent, white 

 pubescence. 



Elytra three times as long as pronotum, at base slightly wider than 

 pronotum at middle; sides feebly narrowed from base to near the 

 tips, which are separately bispinose, with the outer spine consider- 

 ably longer than the inner one ; surface densely, coarsely, irregularly 

 punctate, clothed with numerous long, erect, white hairs, each elytron 

 irregularly ornamented with small, dense, white pubescent spots, 

 with a more conspicuous, narrow, irregular, V-shaped fascia at middle 

 and a transversely arcuate fascia at apical fifth. 



Abdomen beneath sparsely, finely, irregularly punctate, feebly 

 granulose, sparsely clothed with long, recumbent and semierect, white 

 hairs intermixed; last segment broadly rounded at apex. Proster- 

 num sparsely, coarsely punctate, feebly granulose, transversely rugose 

 anteriorly, sparsely clothed with long, semierect, white hairs ; pro- 

 sternal process very narrow, feebly expanded and arcuately decliv- 

 ous posteriorly. Mesosternum rather narrow between the coxal cavi- 

 ties, slightly declivous anteriorly. Legs rather long, sparsely, irregu- 



