128 CEEAMBTCID^. 



exhibit bands or patches, some duller, some brighter, like watered 

 silk, which change in brilliancy according to the incidence of the 

 light ; antennae and legs with a thinner and more uniform 

 greyish pubescence. Head with a straight or very feebly bisinuate 

 furrow beneath between the cheeks. Third joint of the an- 

 tennse smooth, gradually thickened at the apex. Prothorax 

 rounded at each side; irregularl}' wrinkled above, with a sub- 

 central smooth space which is limited on each side by a longi- 

 tudinal impression and marked sometimes, especially near its 

 anterior end, with a median groove. 



Lengili 20-35; hreadOi 5|-10 mm. 



Hah. Korth-West India ; Bombay; Nilgiris ; Ceylon; Assam; 

 Tenasserim ; Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; tSiam ; Malay 

 Peuinsula. 



125. .ffiolesthes sinensis, Gahan, A. M. N. H. (6) vi, p. 255 (1890). 



Very hke yii". 7io?ose')vVea,Pab.,but distinguishable by the following 

 characters : — Prothorax somewhat augulate at the middle of each 

 side in both sexes ; the upper surface more completely wrinkled, 

 the subcentral space inclosed between the two longitudiual impres- 

 sions almost as strongly wrinkled as the rest of the surface, and 

 this space also completely divided by a median groove. The 

 elytra are as a rule somewhat darker in colour, and the pubescence, 

 which usually has a yellowish or brownish tint, appears more 

 broken up into patches. 



Length 25-30 ; hreadtli 6|-9 mm. 



Hah. Upper Burma ; Southern China. 



12G. .ffiolestlies indllta, IS^ewmun (Hamuiaticherus), Entomologist, i. 

 p. 245(184-2). 



Extremely like J^.liolosericea,'Fdi\i., in size, form, coloration, <fec., 

 but with the furrow Avhich crosses the underside of the head 

 betw^een the cheeks very clearly defined, and strongly arched 

 backwards in the middle : this character alone serves to distin- 

 guish it from liolosericea, in w^hicli the furrow is either straight, 

 slightly arched forwards, or feebly bisinuate, and not quite so deep 

 and well defined. 



Length 23-38; hreadth 6i-lU mm. 



Hah. Ceylon; Upper Burma: Bhamo (Ft'rt) ; Siam ; Sumatra; 

 Java ; Borneo ; Philippine Islands. 



127. .ffiolesthes indicola, Bates (Neocerambvx), Eiitomohgist. xxiv, 

 Sup2}l. p. 21 (1891). 



Closely allied to ^. holosericea, Fab., and ^. induta, Newm. ; 

 agrees with them in the form of the prothorax and in that it has 

 the sixth to eighth antenual joints armed with a distinct spine at 

 the apex on the posterior side. The rugosities of the prothorax are 

 more confused and the oblong discoidal plate much less defined and 



