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male somewhat shorter, emarginate at the apex, and slightly 

 impressed in the middle just before the apex. 



This is one of the shortest species of Obereu known me. In 

 its size and general aspect it resembles some of the European 

 species of Phytoecia, and in fact cannot be separated from them 

 by any decided structural characters. On the other band 1 see 

 no good reason for separating it generically from such species 

 as Oberea marginella^ modica^ sericea and others. 



232. Phytoecia amoena, sp. n. (PL I, fig. 16). Pube sulphurea, 

 nigra ornala, cbtecla; arUennis griseo-nigris, pedibus testaceis, griseo 

 subtiiiter pubescentibus. Long. 9 mtn. 



Garin Mts. (Gheba district). Alt. 900-1100 m. One female 

 example. 



Glothed with a sulphur-yellow pubescence, with black njar- 

 kings. Head with a black spot on the lower part of the front, 

 and with a triangular spot on the occiput , with a median line 

 uniting the opposed apices of the two spots. Prothorax with its 

 median length about equal to its anterior width , its sides nearly 

 parallel and slightly constricted just before the base; the disk 

 with two elongated black spots placed one on either side of the 

 middle line, the sides each with a small black spot. Elytra each 

 with a submarginai black line passing back from the shoulder 

 along the outer edge of the disk as far as the middle, a line 

 passing from a little behind the base, close to the suture, as 

 far as the middle where it unites with a black spot, and, 

 between this point and the apex, two transverse black spots 

 or fasciae , the posterior of which is much narrower than the 

 anterior, and which are united at their suturai extremities by 

 a narrow black line. Sides of the elytra almost parallel, apices 

 transversely truncate. Body underneath with a sulphur yellow 

 pubescence, which is somewhat less dense along the middle. 

 Legs testaceous, with a faint greyish pubescence. 



This species has very much the general aspect of a small 

 Saperda. Its position in Phytoecia is necessitated by the cha- 

 racter of its tarsal claws, which are distinctly appendiculate. 



