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middle of the elytra ; first joint sparsely punctured, almost as lono- 

 as the next three joints united, the third thicker but very little 

 longer tlian tlie fourth. Pronotum widest at about one-third of 

 its length from the base, thence narrowed gradually in front and 

 more strongly behind; its edges armed with a series of small 

 spines, one of which at the lateral angle is recurved ; upper sur- 

 face with fonr ill-defined, sparsely punctured, shiny spaces across 

 the middle and a narrow transverse one near the base, the 

 last turned obliquely forwards at each end. Elytra glossy 

 over almost the whole surface. Tarsi long and narrow; first 

 joint of hind tarsus longer than the other joints united. (Female 

 not known.) 



Lenr/th 47-50 ; breadth 15| mm. 



ffaf). Northern India (coll A. Fry); Darjeeling (type in Ham- 

 burg Museum). 



The above description is based upon an example from the late 

 Mr. Fry's collection. The type specimen is described by 

 M. Lameere as entirely of a pitch-black colour. 



28. Rhaphipodus andamanicus, Gahan, A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p 224 

 (1894). ^' 



S . Eeddish brown in colour, with the head, antennae and legs 

 more or less dark brown. Antennae reach to the beginning of 

 the posterior fourth of the elytra or a little beyond ; third joint 

 longer than the first and a little longer than the fourth and fifth 

 united. Pronotum with a series of rather strong spines on each 

 side ; its sides distinctly converge in front, each forms with 

 the front margin a somewhat acute and slightly projecting angle ; 

 upper surface with two large triangulai spaces near the middle, 

 a small space external to each of these and a nari-ow transverse 

 band near the base, sparsely punctured and more or less shiny. 

 Elytra somewhat smooth and glossy around the scutellum and for 

 some distance along the suture, very minutely granulated, only 

 shghtly glossy over the rest of their surface. 



_ 2 . Pronotum with two slight swellings on each side of the 

 middle ; sparsely punctured and subnilid over the whole central 

 area, more thickly punctured and less nitid towards the sides. 

 Antenna? reaching to the middle of the elytra. 



Length 49-67 mm. 



Hah. Andaman Islands. 



Genus EEMPHAN. 



Remphan, Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. i, p. 67 (1836) ; Lacord 

 Gen. Colcopt. viii, p. 107 (1869). 



Type, li. 7i02>ei, Waterh. 

 liam/e. That of the type species. 



Closely allied to lihaphix^odus, Serv., but differs from that 

 genus by the following characters :— First and third joints of 



A OL, I. J) 



