844 CATALOGUE OF 



hind tibiae and hind tarsi with two tawny bands. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



It may be distinguished from C. Huinbertianus by the horn of the 

 prothorax, which is not furcate at the tip. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Roberts' collection. 



6. Cladonotus securifer. 



Foem. Nigricans, robaslus, tuberculatus, apterus ; oculi prominuli ; 



prothorax antice fortiter carinalus cornu oblique ascendente armalus, 



postice abdominis apicem attingens ; femora supra subtusque deniala. 



Female. Blackish, stout, tuberculate, wingless. Head with the usual 



structure; the two keels between the sockets of the antennas far apart from 



each other; mouth tawny, smooth, shining. Eyes livid, prominent. 



Antennae very slender. Prothorax deeply keeled in the fore part, ascending 



high and obliquely above the head ; the lower part of the fore border of 



this protuberance extending more immediately over the vertex and armed 



with two obtuse spines ; hind part lanceolate, with a slight keel and with 



three or four transverse irregular ridges, obtuse at the tip, extending to the 



tip of the abdomen. Legs stout; femora dentate above and beneath; hind 



tibia? with short stout spines. Length of the body 1\ lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



7. Cladonotus cristicornis. 



Mas. Niger, robustus ; caput antice unidentatum, f route rugosa ; pro- 

 thorax tuberculatus, fortiter carinalus, medio gibbosus, antice cornu 

 dentato oblique ascendente armatus, postice abdominis apicem 

 attingens ; femora supra subtusque dilatata el tuber culata ; tibiae 

 intermedia; apud medium subdilatatie. 



Male. Black, stout. Head dentate near the tip of the vertex ; front 

 rugose. Eyes not prominent. Prothorax largely tuberculate, with a 

 strongly-marked unequally dentate keel, which in front is prolonged into 

 an obliquely ascending horn or crest, which is armed with several teeth 

 and extends over the head ; middle part gibbous on each side of the keel ; 

 hind part extending to the tip of the abdomen. Legs stout, setose ; femora 

 dilated and tuberculate above and beneath; middle tibiae slightly dilated 

 in the middle ; hind tibiae with very short spines. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 

 a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



8. Cladonotus horridus. 



Foem. Piceus, aspere rugosus et tuberculatus; vertex longiludinaliter 

 quadrispinosus ; frons spinis duabus furcatis armata ; oculi sub- 

 petiolati, verticem superantes ; prothorax spinoso dilatalus, postice 

 lanceolalus, abdomen paullo superans, carina dentata spinosa; femora 

 incrassala, spinosa ; tibia quatuor anteriores subdilalatce. 



