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CEllAMBYCIU-i;. 



aud dull, but with the clypeus smooth and glossy, its mem- 

 branous front edge testaceous. Antennae nearly as long as the 



body : first joint slightly curved, thickened towards the apex ; 



third joint scarcely longer than the 

 fourth and a little shorter than the 

 fifth ; eleventh about one-third longer 

 than the tenth. Prothorax a little 

 longer than broad, slightly constricted 

 and transversely channelled just be- 

 hind the front margin, similarly con- 

 stricted and channelled just before 

 the base : widest at the base, slightly 

 rounded at the middle of each side 

 and narrowed in front ; very closely 

 punctured and dull above. Elytra 

 strongly and closely punctured, for 

 the most part dull, slightly glossy near 

 the apex ; apices broadly truncate and 

 slightly sinuate, feebly dentate at each 

 of the angles. Hind tarsi very long, 



the first joint nearly twice as long as the next two united ; third 



joint cleft to the middle, claw-joint long. 



$ . Prothorax above, except along the front aud hind borders, 



and the whole of the elytra, red. Antenna; not extended beyond 



the middle of the elytra, Avith the fourth joint distinctly shorter 



than the third. Last ventral segment with a shallow groove along 



the middle ; rounded at the apex ; pygidium slightly emarginate 



in the middle at the apex. 



c^ variation. The elytra entirely black, but otherwise agrees 



completely in colour and structure with the male type. 

 Length 11-15; breadth 3:5-5 mm. 

 Hab. Kashmir, Murree, near Gulberg, 5000-9000 ft. 



(Dr. Aitcheson), and Lidder, 11000 ft. 



Fig. 33. — Lejitura ruhriola, 

 Bates, (S. X ?. 



76. Leptura miniacea, sp. u. 



Head, prothorax and elytra reddish brown, covered above with 

 a short dense cinnabar-red pubescence ; hind breast, abdomen, 

 antennte and the posterior two pairs of legs black ; front legs 

 reddish brown, varying to piceous towards the dorsal side of the 

 femora. Head constricted a little behind the eyes to form a neck; 

 marked with a median linear groove, which extends from the 

 clypeus to the vertex ; gular area flat, scarcely depressed in front, 

 distinctly but not very closely punctate ; eyes narrowly and not 

 deeply emarginate in front. Anteinia? extend a little past the 

 middle of the elytra, rather thick, clothed with black pubes- 

 cence ; fourth joint slightly shorter than the third and subequal 

 to the fifth; sixth to tenth gradually shorter; fifth to tenth 

 somewhat acutely angulate at the apex in front. Prothorax 

 transversely sulcate close to the apical border ; slightly rounded 



