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CEKAMBTCIDyi;. 



This genus resembles Demo)Hi.v,Thoms., but is somewhat narrower 

 in form, and distinguishable from it by the relatively short third 

 antennal joint, and the peculiar form of the spine with which this 

 joint is armed at the apex. 



368. Psilomerus angustus, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Liege, xviii, 

 p. 257 (1863). 



Head and prothorax ferruginous red, with a thin covering of 



luteous-grey pubescence ; elytra 

 densely covered with yellow 

 pubescence, marked each with 

 three large dark brown spots, the 

 first two oblong, placed on the 

 disc, one near the base, the other 

 at the middle ; the third begins 

 as a transverse spot on the disc 

 at about one-third from the apex, 

 and is continued backwards along 

 the side almost up to the apex. 

 Body beneath dark brown, with 

 dense white pubescence that 

 forms a spot on each of tiie 

 mesothoracic episterna, a band 

 along the metathoracic episterna, 

 and a large spot at the side of 

 each abdominal segment ; an- 

 tennae and legs dark brown, 

 somewhat reddish towards the 

 base. Head and prothorax finely 

 and very densely punctulate. 

 Third antennal joint about half 

 the length of the fourth, its long slender apical spine slightly 

 thickened at the extreme end. Hind femora extend by a third 

 of their length past the apex of the elytra in the <3 . 

 Lenr/tJi 5.J-8 ; breadth l-l-f mm. 

 Hah. Southern India : Nilgiri Hills. 



Fig. 96. 

 Psilomerus angustus, Chevr 



369. Psilomerus timaculatus, sp. n. 



Head and prothorax ferruginous red, faintlv covered with 

 tawny pubescence ; elytra brown, somewhat densely covered 

 with rather long, closely-laid ta\A"ny pubescence, each marked with 

 a dorso-Jateral round black spot at about one-fourth of its length 

 from the apex ; body beneath brownish black, the episterna of the 

 meso- and metathorax and the sides of tlie abdomen co\ered with 

 ashy-white pubescence ; antennae and legs ferruginous, the 

 thickened part of the femora dark brown. Head and prothorax 

 densely and finely, the elytra more strongly punctured. Third 

 antennal joint a little more than half the length of the fourth. 



