JXaOLESISSS. 



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slightly arched forwards in. the mindle. AnteimaB of o" about 

 three times as long as the body : first and third joints transversely 

 ■vrrinkled, especially beneath ; third abruptly thickened at the apex, 

 with the ring-like thickening projecting most posteriorly ; fourth 

 and fifth also thickened slightly at the apex, third a little longer, 

 and fourth a little shorter, than the first: fifth as long as, or 



Fig. 49. — ^oles^Aes boiicornis, Gahan, f . X J- 



slightly longer than the third ; sixth, to tenth successirelv longer, 

 eleventh very long ; fifth to eighth spined posteriorly, and sixth to 

 tenth dentate in front at the apex. Prothorax protuberant and 

 somewhat tuberculate at the middle of each side ; strongly wrinkled 

 above and marked with two longitudinal impressions that converge 

 in front and hmit a central space wTJnkled less deeply than the 

 rest of the surface. Each elytron truncate in a slightlv obliijue 

 direction at the apex, and shortly spined at the angles. 



Length '3o—3& ; breadth 10 1 mm. 



H-.ib, Andaman Islands. 



12-t. .aiolesthes holosericea. Fad. (^Cerambyi) Jfant. ik,-. i, p. 135 



(^17S7). 

 Pachydissus velutinus. Thorns, <%sf . CeroTnd. p. 576 (1865). 

 Pachydissus siniilis. Gahan, A. JI. S. H. (6) v. p. -52 (1S90). 

 Neocerambvx holosericeus. Cotes. I/id. JIus. Sotes^ i» no. 2, pp. 60 dc 



S^, pi. o.'fio:. 3 i^lj^). 



Dark brown, sometimes reddish brown, densely covered with s 

 silky pubescence of a greyish or a light-brown colour ; the elytra 



