22, 



CEEAMBICIDJE. 



2 . Aiitennce uitid, shorter thau tlie body. Mandibles toothed 

 aloug the inner edge, touching or overlapping along their wholn 

 length when closed. Last Aentral segment \\ith rounded hiud 

 martrin. 



19, Priotyrannns mordax, White (Piionus), Cat. Coleopt. B. M., 

 Lomjic. i, p. 18 (1853) ; Thorns. (Priotvraunus) Arcliiv. Ent. \, 

 p. ]*21, pi. 10, fig. 1 6 (1867). 



S . Dark brown in colour, for the greater part dull. Head 



strongly, rugosely punctured; mandibles oblique, closely punctured. 



Antennte with the first joint sub- 

 nitid, thickly and rather strongly 

 punctured ; the third and following 

 joints very minutely granidate, 

 entirely opaque, each with a 

 cariniform anterior edge and most 

 of them furnished also with a 

 number of very fine, longitudinal 

 carinae above ; third joint a little 

 longer than the first and about 

 one-third longer than the fourth. 

 Pronotum coarsely punctured all 

 over like the head. Scutellum 

 rugosely punctured. Elytra very 

 finely and closely granulated and 

 d\i\], except near the base ; the 

 base coarsely punctured and some- 

 what shiny near the suture, also 

 at and around tlie shoulder. 

 Hiud breast pubescent. 



2 . Antenna? shorter than the 

 body, with the third and a few of 



the following joints shiny above. Last ventral segment rounded 



at the apex. 



A-^ar. rufescens. Elytra fulvous-red in colour, rugosely punctured, 



somewhat shiny across the whole of the basal area. 

 Length 22-44 ; hreadth 8-17 mm. 

 Hah. Nilgiri and Anaimalai Hills ; Canara, Tra\ ancore ; Bombay. 



Fig. 8. 

 Prioiyrannus morda.v. V\ hite. ($ . 



Group ACANTHOPHOIUSI. 



This group Mas formed by Lacordaire for three very closely 

 related genera, only one of which is included in the pi*esent fauna, 

 the other two are restricted in their range to the African region. 

 Lameere regards all three as constituting but a single genus, which 

 he places in the group Prionini. Erom the genera of that group, 

 Acanthoj)horus differs as follows : — Tlie first joint of tlie antennae 

 relatively very short and thick, the labrum triangular and the 



