EPHIES. 



81 



as long- as the tibiae, the first joint longer than the remaining 

 joints united ; third joint cleft not quite to the middle. 



Variation. Elytra yellow except at extreme apical margin ; body 

 beneath entirely testaceous. 



Leu<jth 10-11 ; hreadth "S-^h mm. 



Hah. Sikhim : British Bhutan. 



Genus EPHIES. 



Ephies, Pascoe, P. Z. S. 1806, p. o06j Lacord. Gen. CoUopt. viii, 

 p. 453 (1809). 



Type, E. cruentus, Pasc, a species from Penang. 



Rancfe. Himalayas, Burma, Malacca, and Borneo. 



Head with a distinct neck ; cheeks slightly elongated ; palpi 

 subequal and subfiliform. Antennse inserted in a line with the 

 anterior border of the eyes, strongly serrate ; those of the S about 

 three-fourths of the length of the body, those of the $ scarcely 

 reach to the middle of the elytra and are much broader than those 

 of the J ; -^th joint a little shorter than the 5th. Prothorax 

 campanuliform, as wide at the base as the base of the elytra, its 

 hind angles acute ; base with a rounded lobe in the middle and 

 a rather deep sinuation towards each side. Elytra rather long, 

 slightly dilated posteriorly, each broadly truncate at the apex and 

 usually toothed at the angles. Legs moderately long ; hind femora 

 not reaching heyond the third abdominal segment ; hind tarsi 

 almost as long as the tibiae, the first joint a little longer than 

 the succeeding joints united. Last ventral segment of the 6 

 truncate, that of the $ rounded at the apex. 



83. Ephies coccineus, sp. u. 



Antennae, legs and body beneath black ; pronotum and elytra 



red, clothed with a rather dense scarlet pubescence. Head 



black, the cheeks and base of mandibles sometimes reddish, 



with patches of reddish pubescence on the 



vertex, sometimes also ou the neck and front. 



Prothorax sometimes with a short median 



black line near the base, all the rest of the 



I upper surface, and the sides to some extent, 



/ scarlet. Scutellum black. Elytra entirely 



scarlet ; gradually widened from the middle to 



about the beginning of the apical fourth, and 



thence slightly narrowed towards the apex, 



Fio-. 34. where each is broadly truncate in a slightly 



Ejihies coccineus, oblique direction, with a short tooth at the 



Gahan, J. outer angle and sometimes a feebler one at 



the sutural angle. 

 cJ . Antennae reach almost to the apical fourth of the 

 elytra. Last ventral segment slightly depressed in the middle. 



