CERESIUM. 161 



the elytra ; first joint of the hind tarsi as long as the second and 

 third united. 



Lenyth 8-11 ; breadth 1 5-- ram. 



Uab. Burma : Karen Mts. (Doherti/). 



172. Ceresium apicale, sp. u. 



Testaceous red ; apex of elytra, legs (the peduncles of the 

 femora excepted), metathorax, abdomen and first three joints 

 of the auteuufe black. Antennas much longer than the body in 

 the c? ; third joint a little longer than the first and nearly twice 

 as long as the fourth, shorter than the fifth or sixth. Prothorax 

 one-third louger than broad, sabcylindrical, narrowed in front and 

 to a slight degree at the base ; the surface rather dull, somewhat 

 iiTegularly and not very closely punctured, with a narrow, smooth 

 median callosity on the middle of the disc. Elytra densely and 

 rather strongly punctured, the punctures each with a short pale 

 decumbent hair. Body beneath rather densely covered with 

 greyish pubescence at the sides. Legs faintly ])ubescent, impunc- 

 tate ; first joint of the hind tarsi as long as the next two joints 

 united. 



Length 10 ; hreadth 2 mm. 



Hah. Tenasserim. 



173. Ceresium nilgiriense, sp. n. 



Testaceous red in colour, the elytra somewhat paler in tint than 

 the prothorax ; head on the vertex between and behind the eyes 

 ^'overed with dense white pubescence ; prothorax with irregular 

 confluent patches of white pubescence on the sides and on the 

 lateral parts of the disc ; the scutellum also white ; body beneath 

 with ashy pubescence on the sides of the thorax and four white 

 spots on each side of the abdomen. Antennse longer than the 

 body ; third joint slightly longer than the first and distinctly 

 louger than the fourth ; fifth to tenth subequal, each longer than 

 the third. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, a little rounded 

 at the sides ; the disc irregularly rugulose or granulate. Elytra 

 rounded at the apex; closely punctured, the punctures much 

 stronger, more crowded and somewhat granular on the basal 

 half, gradually more feeble towards the apex, each with a short, 

 decumbent grey hair. Eemora fusiform clavate, pedunculate at 

 the base. 



Length 13-16; hreadth 3|-1 mm. 



Hah. Southern India : N ilgiri Hills {H. L. Andrewes) ; Ceylon. 



174. Ceresium andamanicum, sp. n. 



Brownish red, sparsely covered with greyish pubescence. 

 Antennae about one-fourth louger than the body in the J , slightly 

 longer than it in the 2 ; third joint scarcely longer than first. 



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