15S CERAMBTCID.I. 



punctured at base, more feebly and sparsely towards their apices. 

 Breast and abdomen with more or less distinct pubescent white 

 spots ; legs elotiied with rather long sparse pubescence ; the 

 femora pedunculate afc base, clavate towards the apex. 



" Length 12 nnn. 



" Hah. India : Kunbur." 



165. Ceresium angustulum, sp. n. 



Narrow and elongate ; entirely testaceous red in colour, sparsely 

 and faintly pubescent. Antermse longer than tlie bodv ; first and 

 third joints subequal in length, each very slightly longer than the 

 fourth but distinctly shorter than the htth. Prothorax: t-ylin- 

 drical, about one-fourth longer than broad ; closely but not 

 strongly punctured ; with a slightly raised carina along the middle 

 of the disc. Elytra closely and strongly punctured, the punctures 

 larger nearer the base, smaller towards the apex; rounded at the 

 apex. Femora gradually thickened from a little before the middle 

 and narrowed again towards the apex ; first joint of hind tarsus 

 almost as long as the next two joints united. 



Leii'ith Sg ; hreadth 2| mm. 



Hah. Southern India : Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Amlreiues). 



16G. Ceresium geniculatum, White, Cat. Cut. B. M., Longic. ii, p. 245 

 Ceresium rufipes, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Sue. (3) iii, p. 537 (1809). 



Black, clothed very sparsely with greyish hairs ; antennae and 

 legs chestnut-red, with the femora narrowly tipped with black at 

 the outer end. Antennae one-third longer than the body in the 

 (S , a little longer than it in the $ ; sparsely fringed with pale 

 hairs below ; third joint not longer than the first and only slightly 

 IcHiger than the fourth. Prothorax a little longer than broad, 

 slightly rounded at the sides, very closely and rather coarsely 

 pnnctured, sometimes with a short smooth line along the middle 

 of the disc. Elytra closely and rather strongly punctured from 

 the base to a little past the middle and more finely towards the 

 apex, each puncture with a short, decumbent, grey hair. Femora 

 glossy, fusiform-clavate, pedunculate at the base, very sparsely 

 pubescent and almost impunctate ; tibiae not carinate. 



Leiu/tJi !'-12.7 ; hreadth 2-3 nmi. 



Hah. Burma ; Andaman Islands ; Siam ; Timor ; Floi'es. 



167. Ceresium zeylanicum, White, Cat. Col. B. M., Longic. ii, p. 246 

 ( lt:55) ; l'a'<c<)c, 'fra/cs. JEnt. Sue. (3) iii, p. 53S. 



Varies from reddish brown to blackish brown in colour, with 

 the elvtra and abdomen testaceous. Head covered in part with 

 tawny ]iubescence. Antennae reddisli brown, about one-third 

 longer than the body in tlie J; third joint scarcely longer than 

 the tirst, but distuiclly longer than the fourth ; fifth to tenth sub- 



