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shot silk , appearing lighter or darker in shade according to 

 the light in which it is viewed. The elytra have a similar but 

 less dense pubescence through which can be seen the colour of 

 the derm, testaceous at the base and for some distance along 

 the middle of each , dark brown posteriorly and along the sides 

 and suture. The prothorax is scarcely broader than it is long, 

 and has its sides almost perfectly straight and parallel. The 

 hind tibiae, the distal half of the hind femora, and all the tarsi 

 are more or less infuscate; the remaining portions of the legs 

 are yellowish testaceous. The hind femora reach beyond the 

 middle of the third abdominal segment. 



229. Oberea modica, sp. n. Modice elongata, fulvescens; prutho- 

 race quam longiori vix latiori, antice posticeque sulcata^ lateribus 

 medio vix rolimdatis; elytris supra deplanatis^ lineatim punctatis, 

 apicibus laleribusque (his versus basin exceptis) infuscatis; antennis 

 quam corpore longioribus^ riigris, vel articulis intermediis basi 

 fusco-testaceis, ariicuh 4° quam 3° longiori. Long. 12-14. Lat. 



3-3 Yg ^^''^• 



Bhamò in Upper Burma; also Northern India (B. M. col- 

 lection). 



Fulvous ; sides of the elytra (towards the base excepted) and 

 apices dark brown. Antennae black; tarsi and hind tibiae infu- 

 scate. Prothorax scarcely broader than long , transversely sul- 

 cate anteriorly and posteriorly ; with its sides very feebly roun- 

 ded in the middle and almost parallel. Elytra flattened or 

 slightly depressed along the middle above; closely punctured, 

 with the punctures arranged in more or less regular lines; 

 apices truncate, with the angles scarcely acute. Antennae dis- 

 tinctly longer than the body, black , or with the intermediate 

 joints somewhat brownish testaceous at their bases; the fourth 

 joint almost equalling in length the second and third united. 

 Hind femora reaching to the apex of the third abdominal seg- 

 ment. This species belongs to a small group whose somewhat 

 shortened form brings them into close resemblance to species 

 of Nupserha, from which, however, they are to be distinguished 

 by the absence of a distinct lateral carina to the elytra. 0. mar- 

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