94 



CERAMBYCID.i:. 



with small granules, almost bare of pubesceuce, marked with a 

 feeble, slightly sinuate line close to tbe apical margin. Scutellum 

 obtusely rounded or subtruncate pos- 

 teriorly. Elytra densely and finely punc- 

 tured, the punctures to a great extent 

 hidden under a covering of short fulvous 

 pubesceuce ; each elytron furnished above 

 with four feeble costae, the first of which 

 lies very close to the suture, but diverges 

 a little from it in front and extends 

 along the scutellum. Abdomen narrowed 

 posteriorly ; the pygidiuni projecting a 

 little beyond the last ventral segment in 

 the cS , and the propygidium notched in 

 the middle at the apex. Hind femora 

 do not reach past the fourth ventral 

 segment. Tibiae furnished each with a 

 faint carina along the middle of the ventral face and a more 

 chstinct carina along each side ; spurs of hind tibiiie subterminal. 

 Front tarsi of the c? with the first joint broader than the second 

 and the second broader than the third. 

 Length 13-16 ; breadth 4-5^ mm. 

 Hah. Manipur (Doherty) ; Naga Hills. 



Fig. 36. — Pro/axis fulvescois, 

 Gahan, (S . X 5. 



Group ASEMINI. 



Head short, uot broader than the prothorax, the antennal sup- 

 ports depressed ; eyes emarginate or divided, not embracing 

 the base of the antennae ; antennae short, rarely, and then 

 but slightly, exceeding the body in length in the male ; gula 

 without mentigerous process; ligula corneous ; palpi rather short. 

 I'rothorax unarmed at the sides. Front coxae subglobular, pro- 

 duced in an angle on the outer side, their acetabula open 

 posteriorly ; the intercoxal process very narrow, not dilated pos- 

 teriorly. Acetabula of middle coxae open to tlie epimera. Legs 

 of moderate length ; the tibial spurs short. Wings with veins 

 Cu. 2 arising from A 1, and joined by a cross-vein to Cu. 2, which 

 is bifurcate towards the end. 



Sijiioj^sis of Genera. 



A. Eyes rather finely facetted, completely 



divided Tetropium, p. 95. 



B. Eyes coarsely facetted, emarginate . . Criocephalus, p, 96, 



