46 CEEAMBYCli)^. 



three times as long as the first and about equal in length 

 to the fourth and fifth united ; the first five joints asperate, the 

 third and succeeding joints with a short hair-fringe beneath. 

 Prothorax rounded in tlie middle on each side, narrowed in front 

 and also, but to a less extent, towards the base, the hind angles 

 rounded off ; lateral edge distinct only from the basal margin to the 

 outer angle of the coxal cavity, completely obliterated in front. 

 Elytra pubescent, costa3 obsolete. Last ventral segment with a 

 semicircular einargination at the apex. 



2 . Antenme reach to the apex of the elytra, more slender 

 than in the male. Fifth ventral segment with a broad deep 

 emargination behind. Ovipositor broad at the base, narrow and 

 subcylindrieal towards the extremity. 



Length 20-38 ; breadth 5-10 mm. 



Hah. Upper Burma : Teinzo (Fea). China ; Cochin China ; 

 Hainan I. : Siam ; Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra ; Java ; Borneo ; 

 Celebes. 



II. Ei/es larger, ivith loiver lohe less distant from base of mandible. 

 Prothorax icith one or ttvo spines on each side ; its lateral edges 

 very close to the outer angles of the coxal cavities. Elytra each 

 with two distinct costce, but without a lateral costa. Claw-joint 

 of tarsi equal in length to the first three joints united. 



40. .ffigosoma cingalense, White, Cat. Coleopt. B. M., Longic. \, p. 81 

 (1853) : id. F. Z. S. 1853, p. 27 ( ^ ). 

 yEgosoma angustatum, Bates, Ent. Mo. Mag. xii, p. 51 (1875) ( 5 ). 



(S . Dark brown ; covered abo\'e, especially on the prothorax 

 and elytra, with a dense drab-coloured pubescence. Antenna? 

 longer than the body ; third and fourth joints somewhat 

 thickened and like the basal joints, closely granulated and pubes- 

 cent ; third joint about four times as long as the first and twice as 

 long as the fourth; last seven joints almost naked, finely punetu- 

 Lite, somewhat glossy. Prothorax narrowed in front ; with a 

 short spine on each side behind the middle and a projecting angle 

 •or tooth at the base ; lateral edge obsolete in front ; notum with 

 a broad concave depression in the middle and two or three 

 swelHngs towards each side. Inner costa of each elytron most 

 strongly raised near the base, gradually fading away beyond 

 the middle, the outer one faint near the base, but sharp and 

 distinct from the middle onwards, ending at a short distance 

 from the apex ; apex rounded on the sutural as well as on the 

 outer side. Body beneath and legs less densely pubescent. 

 Third joint of tarsi deeply bilobed, with the lobes rounded at 

 the ends. Last ventral segment very feebly emarginate at the 

 apex. 



5 . Eeddish brown ; nearly bare of pubescence except on 

 the breast. Elytra finely granular and opaque, but with the 

 sutural edge and costse glossy. Antennae slender, entirely naked 



