jEGOsoyiA. 47 



ami glossy, reaching to about the posterior fifth of the elytra. 

 Kfth ventral segment feebly emarginate at the apex. Ovipositor 

 short, dorso-ventraliy compressed. 



Length 25-45 ; breadth 6-12 ram. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



41. .aigosoma tibiale, WMfe, Cat. Coleopt. B. M., Lomjk. i, p. 32 



(1853) ; id. P. Z. S. 1853, p. 28. 



c? . Dark brown ; with the elytra somewhat reddish brown, 

 naked, impunctate and glossy. Antennae longer than the body ; 

 third joint slightly thickened, three times as long as the first, 

 both closely granulated ; fourth joint sparsely punctured, less 

 than half the length of the third and very little longer than the 

 fifth. Prothorax with its lateral edge distinct from the base up 

 to the anterior margin, furnished with a spine at the base, another 

 just behind the middle and with an angulate or dentiform process 

 in front ; notnm convex, very closely puuctui^ed, sparsely setose 

 towards the sides. Elytra: each with two dorsal costae, the inner 

 one disap])ears a little beyond the middle, the outer costa is con- 

 tinued back to end a short distance before the apex. Tarsi 

 narrow ; the first three joints of equal width, together about 

 as long as the claw-joint. Last ventral segment arcuately emargi- 

 nate at the apex. 



$. Antennae reach to about the posterior third of the elytra; 

 the third joint not thickened and less closely granulated than 

 in the male. Fifth ventral segment deeply emarginate in the 

 middle at the apex. Ovipositor short, dorso-yentrally compressed. 



Length 22-46 ; breadth 6-12 mm. 



Hab. Northern India. 



42. .a]gosoma huckleyi, Gahaji, A. M. N. H. (G) xiv, p. 227 (1894). 



d" . Dark brown ; varying on the elytra, underside and legs to 

 I'eddish brown. Antennaj a little longer than the body ; first 

 three joints asperate and opaque, the third four times as long as 

 the first and equal in length to the three succeeding joints 

 united. Prothorax with its lateral edge distinct from tlie base to 

 the anterior margin, furnished with a spine at tlie base, a short 

 spine just behind the middle and a projecting angle or tooth 

 (sometimes obsolete) close to the front mai-gin ; notum convex 

 closely punctured, furnished with sparse erect hairs towards 

 the sides. Elytra more than 2| times as long as broad, bare of 

 pubescence and very closely granulate or rugulose ; each with 

 two distinct dorsal costa?, the inner costa less strouglv raised 

 beyond the middle and united with the outer one at about one- 

 fifth from the apex. First three tarsal joints united about equal 

 in lengtli to the claw-joint, the third joint only slightly wider than 

 the second. Last ventral segment emarginate in the middle 

 behind. 



$ . Antennae reach to about the posterior third of the elytra, 



