32 CERAMBYCID.E. 



tlie fore legs asperate, especially iu front, the tarsi dilated, 

 with the first three joints densely fringed with taMiiy hairs at 

 each side. 



2 . Antennae not extended to the middle of the elytra. Pro- 

 notuLQ finely and sparsely punctulate and shiny in the middle, 

 strongly and thickly punctured towards the sides ; its lateral edges 

 more strongly toothed than in the male. 



Length 48-60 mm. 



Nah. Ceylon. 



'2i'). RhapMpodus subopacus, Gahan, A. M. N. H. (6) v, p. 48 

 (1S90) ; Lameere, Man. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi, p. 73 (1903). 



S • Head, prothorax and legs nearly black ; elytra and body 

 beneath dark brown, tarsi reddish bro\^n. Antennje reach a 

 little beyond the middle of the elytra ; first joint stout, dorso- 

 ventrally compressed and somewhat concave uuderneatli, strongly 

 punctured, more densely so towards the front edge, as long as 

 the second, third, and fourth joints united ; third a little thicker 

 and longer than the fourtli. Pronotum with two very sparsely 

 punctate shiny spaces near the middle, a small nitid spot external 

 to each of these and a narrow, transverse, nitid band close to the 

 basal margin ; its sides nearly parallel for two-thirds of their 

 length, thence converge strongly to the base, each armed with a 

 series of small spines, the longest of which, slightly recurved, is 

 placed where the pronotum begins to contract towards the base, 

 this is followed behind by two or three very short spines. Elytra 

 sparsely punctured and glossy at the base, especially near the 

 scutellum and for a short distance along the sutiu-e, the rest of 

 the surface very finely and closely granulate and dull. First 

 joint of front tarsus slightly longer than the second joint : first 

 joint of hind tarsus a little shorter than the next two united. 

 Last abdominal segment truncate at the apex. 



5 . Antennae not extended beyond the middle of the elytra. 

 Pronotum sparsely punctured, somewhat glossy in the middle, 

 more thickly punctured and opaque towards the sides, marked 

 \\'\%\\ a feeble median impression and \\'\\X\ two large, feebly 

 raised swellings on the disk which are more sparsely punctured 

 than the surrounding parts. Last abdominal segment rounded at 

 the apex. 



Length 37-55 ; breadth 14-20 mm. 



Ifab. Nilgiri and Anaimalai Hills. 



In my original description of this species the type described 

 ■was erroneously stated to be a female. It is, however, a small 

 male. 



27. Rhaphipodus gahani, Lameere, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi, p. 72 



(1903). 



6 . Head, pronotum, body beneath, and legs black ; elytra 

 •dark chestnut-brown, glossy. Antennse extended to about the 



