74 CEEAMBTCID^. 



This species is closely allied to C. capreola, Pasc, from Penang, 

 and resembles it very much, but differs as follows : the antennae 

 inserted at a shorter distance from the eyes, the prothorax very 

 closely punctured instead of granulated. 



Genus APIOCEPHALUS. 



Apiocepbalus, Gahan, A. M. N. H. (7) ii, p. 42 (1898). 



Type. A. punctipennis, Gahan, a species from British East 

 Africa. 



Range. East Africa and Xortliern India. 



(S . Head strongly, but somewhat gradually nai'rowed behind 

 the eyes, with the posterior part forming a distinct neck ; eyes 

 large, prominent, coarsely facetted, with a narrow and feeble 

 emargination in front. Antennae inserted on the front at some 

 distance from the eyes, longer than the body ; first joint long, 

 curved, thickened at the apex ; third shorter than the first, and 

 scarcely longer than the fourth, fifth longer than the third ; sixth 

 to tenth gradually shorter; eleventh scarcely longer tlian the 

 tenth. Prothorax much nan-ower in front than at the base, 

 furnished with a sharp conical tubercle at the middle of each 

 side and four tubercles on the disc — two, smaller, in front of the 

 middle, and two, larger, posteriorly. Elytra much broader than 

 the prothorax, narrowed slightly backwards, each truncate at the 

 apex. Legs moderately long ; femora f usiform-clavate, the hind 

 pair reaching to the apex of the elytra ; tibial spurs short ; first 

 joint of hind tarsus as long as the next two united. Acetabula 

 of front coxae closed in posteriorly by the prolongation of the 

 epimera and thus meet the intercoxal process of the prosternum. 



From Capnohjmma this genus differs as follows : the fore part 

 of the head much shorter, the antennae inserted farther apart, 

 the prothorax tuberculate on the disc, the elytra less narrowed 

 posteriorly, and the first joint of the hind tarsi not longer than 

 the next two united. 



69. Apiocephalus liclieneus, sp. n. 



S . Blackish-brown, but for the most part covered with a rather 

 dense pubescence. This is whitish in colour on the disc of the 

 prothorax, on the apical fourth of the elytra, on the tips of the 

 femora and of the first antennal joint, also on the sides of the breast 

 and on some spots on the abdomen ; elsewhere it is of a greyish tint 

 slightly mixed with tawny, \\\t\\ here and there some small bi'own 

 spots. Head with the clypeus and neck almost bare of pubescence 

 and somewhat rugosely punctate, the vertex between the eyes 

 furnished with two small tubercles. Prothorax somewhat con- 

 stricted a little behind the apex, its front margin I'aised. Elytra 

 strongly and closely punctured on the anterior three-fourths ; not 

 visibly punctured on the apical fourth, the white ))ubescence there 

 being much denser than the mixed pubescence in front ; apices 



