142 CERAMBYClDi:. 



first joint rather long, subcylindrical ; third shghtly curved, longer 

 than the fourth : third to fifth slightly nodose at the apex ; 

 antennse of female scarcely longer than the body, and not fringed 

 ^\■ith hairs beneath. Prothorax longer than broad in the male, 

 constricted near base and apex ; feebly convex above and crossed 

 by fine transverse ridges. Elytra long, feebly convex above, 

 gradually narrowed posteriorly, truncate or rounded at the apex. 

 Legs long ; femora compressed, the hind pair extend a little 

 past the apex of the elytra in the male and not quite to the apex 

 in the female ; first joint of tbe middle and hind tarsi as long at 

 least as the next two joints united. Prosterual process vertically 

 deflexed posteriorly. 



I. Eijes divided; third antennal joint mucli longer 

 than Jifth. 



144. Dialeges pauper, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Sac. (2) iv, p. 47, pi. 16, 

 fig. 7 (1856) : id. ibid. (.3) iii, p. 521. 

 Dialeges tenuicornis, Pascoe, Trans. E^it. Soc. (3) iii, p. 522 (1869), 5 . 



Varies from reddish brown to dark brown in the colour of the 

 derm : rather densely covered with greyish-brown silky pubescence, 

 the pronotum, however, with a few longitudinal depressions 

 almost bare of pubescence; the pubescence on the elytra some- 

 what denser and so disposed as to present short ill-defined 

 longitudinal bauds or patches of lighter or darker shades according 

 to the incidence of tlie light; these in certain lights give silvery 

 reflexions ; two closely approximated bands placed a little behind the 

 middle of each elytron are darker in colour than the rest. Head 

 elongated posteriorly ; clypeo-frontal sutures distinct ; genae short ; 

 eves couipletely divided, gula transversely ridged. Antennae one- 

 third or more longer than the body in the J , about one-sixth 

 longer than the body in the 5 ; second joint as broad as it is long; 

 third nearly (sometimes quite) as long as the fourth and fifth 

 united ; fourth slightly shorter than the fifth ; fourth to eighth and 

 apex of third fringed beneath with hairs in the S • Prothorax 

 somewhat narrowed before and behind, longer than its width 

 across the middle in the 6" , shorter in the $ ; transversely but 

 irregularly wrinkled above and marked with some longitudinal or 

 oblique depressions. Elytra truncate at the apex, armed each 

 with a short spine at the suture and tooth at the outer angle. 

 Eemora stout in the d , m idest between the middle and base, 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex, anterior t^\•o pairs rugulose 

 in 6 , ail finely punctulate ; hind tarsus narrow, the first joint 

 much longer than the next two united. 



Length 10-31 ; hreadth 3;^-8 mm. 



Hah. AUaliabad ; Darjeeling ; Assam : Patkai Mts. (DoJierii/) ; 

 Perak ; Penang ; Singapore; Borneo. 



