NEOPKIOX, 



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24. Neopriou paraudraeformis, Lacord. Gen. CoUopt. viii, p. 132 

 (1869) ; Lameere (Earvpoda), Ann. Soc. Ent. lielg. xlviii, p. 10 

 (1904). 



Chestiiut-red in colour, Mith the upper surface, except towards 

 the sides of the prouotum, very glossy ; antennae blackish, 

 sparsely and rather finely punctate. Head 

 sparsely punctured, the punctures becoming 

 closer and rougher behind the eyes. Pro- 

 sternum, the sides of the prouotum and 

 the episterna of the mesothorax very finely 

 and closely punctured in the S ; the sides 

 of the prouotum in the 5 strongly punc- 

 tured and slightly opaque ; the pro- 

 sternum nearly smooth. Elytra more 

 or less thickly and distinctly punctured, 

 each with a rather broad but shallow 

 longitudinal depression ou the posterior 

 half, close to the lateral costa. Femora 

 smooth, tibiae slightly punctate. 



Length 24-34 mm. 



Hah. Andaman Islands ; Malacca. 



Fig. 11. — Xeoprion paran 

 drcpformis, Lacord., ^ . 



Group MACROTOMim. 



Eyes entire, or but feebly sinuate in front. Ligula entire. 

 Prothorax crenulate, denticulate, or spinulose along each side. 

 First antennal joint long, or modei-ately long, never very short. 

 Intercoxal process of presternum more or less flat and hori- 

 zontal. Legs more or less spiny. A sexual difference in the 

 punctui'ation of the thorax genei'ally present and often very 

 strongly marked. 



In this group I include two of Lacordaire's groups — the Rem- 

 ^jhamdes and Macrotomides ; the first is distinguished as follows : — 

 The third antennal joint not longer than the first, the prothoracic 

 lateral margins distant from the prosterual sutures and the epi- 

 pleures of the elytra strongly widened out near the base ; in 

 the true 2Iacrotomkles the third antennal joint is aluays lono-er, 

 generally very much longer, than the first, the prothoracic margins 

 are not very distant from the prosterual sutures and the elytral 

 epipleures are little widened near the base. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Third antemial joint not longer than the first. 



a. First joint of front tarsus scarcely longer 



than the second Rhaphipodus, p. 30. 



b. First joint of front tarsus much longer 



than the second Rejiphan, p. 33. 



