298 CERAMBYC1D.5:. 



first abdominal segment yellow. Antennae reach to the apical 

 third of the elytra ; first joint ferruginous, the rest blackish with 

 a faint covering of grey pubescence ; third, fourth and fifth spined 

 at the apex ; second joint cylindrical, twice as long as broad : 

 third much longer than the fourth or fifth. Prothorax rounded at 

 sides, narrowed at base, the surface snbasperate or rugulose. 

 Episterna of metathorax wholly or very nearly covered in front by 

 the sides of the elytra. Legs black, faintly pubescent, sparsely 

 furnished with long setfe. 



LeiKjtli 9 ; hreadtli 2 mm. 



Bah. Southern India : North Canara (T. R. D. Bell). 



This species is closely allied to D.formicoides, Lam., and resembles 

 it much in markings ; the anterior sutural spot of the elytra is 

 only slightly oblong, the discal spots are obliquely oval. 



365. Demonax delesserti, C/ievr. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Lie<je, xviii, 

 p. 273 (18(33). 



Black, with a faint covering of ashy-grey pubescence ; prothorax 

 ashy grey for nearly a third of its length from the base, the rest 

 black, subnitid ; scutellum whitish ; elytra dull blaclf, each with a 

 short, oblique, anterior band and a transverse median band of 

 yellowish pubescence, also an apical band of ashy-grey pubescence ; 

 the anterior band extends from the middle of the disc and reaches 

 the suture a little behind the scutellum ; the median band is 

 somewhat broader in the middle, narrowed towards each side. 

 Body beneath faintly ashy grey ; the episterna of the mesothorax, 

 the hind border of the metathorax, and a broad band, interrupted 

 in the middle, on the first abdominal segment pale yellow ; front 

 legs wholly, the middle and hind ones at the base only, ferruginous. 

 Antennse black, a little longer than half the body : third, fourth 

 and fifth joints spined at the apex, third joint much longer than 

 the fourth. Prothorax oblong-ovate, narrowed and depressed at 

 the base, the surface asperate. 



Length 8 ; breadth 3 mm. 



Hah. Southern India : Pondicherry. 



This s))ecies, which I have not seen, is evidently very closely 

 allied to D. formicoides, Lam., and D. macidicollis, Gahan. 



306. Demonax persimilis, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Lieye, xviii, 

 p. 275 (1803). 



Black ; prothorax narrowly bordered with white pubescence at 

 the base ; elytra dull black, faintly tomentose, marked with three 

 bands of ashy-while pubescence — a A -shaped band in front with 

 its apex at the suture a little behind the scutellum, a transverse 

 band at the middle and another at the apex. Body beneath 

 black, with the metathoracic episterna, a spot on each of the meso- 

 thoracic episterna, the hind border of the metasternum, and a 



