and Species of Longicorn Coleoptera. 1 05 



more diffusely, of the abdomen ; prothorax (and crown of the 

 head) minutely punctate, and having three or four very indistinct 

 grooved lines ; elytra produced at the shoulders, each having three 

 very coarsely punctured and prominent striae, and at the apex a buff- 

 coloured mark formed by very short thick-set hairs and extending 

 up between the striae for a short distance ; the seven last joints, 

 forming the simple portion of the antennae, luteous. 

 Length 71 lines. 



Cereopsius* marmoreus. 

 C. niger, sub-elongatus ; prothorace tuberculato, lateribus for- 

 titer spinosis ; elytris apiculatis, griseo-marmoratis ; antennis 

 fuscis. Malacca. 

 Brownish black, rather narrow ; the prothorax varied with 

 grey, strongly spined at the sides, and with about eight tubercles 

 on its surface ; elytra with short appressed hairs, deeply punctured 

 on the shoulders, with numerous grey and black transverse zig- 

 zag markings, the outer angle terminating in a spine ; antennae 

 brown ; body beneath and legs with a greyish pubescence. 

 Length 9^ lines. 



Cereopsius exolelus. 



C. ater ; prothorace sub-nitido, maculis duabus albis ; elytris 

 lateribus albescentibus, singulis maculis tribus albis, apice 

 spinosis ; antennis (articulo primo atro) brunneis. Borneo. 



Dull black, pubescent ; space round the eye, except at the 

 upper part, and the whole under surface, covered with greyish 

 white hairs ; prothorax rather glossy, having a slight ridge between 

 the lateral spines and a distant furrow near its anterior border, 

 while on each side and in front there is a large well-defined white 

 spot ; elytra very opaque, punctate, particularly at the base, the 

 lateral apex produced into a spine and having on each side, com- 

 mencing just below the shoulder, a greyish patch, extending nearly 

 to the apex, and in which are placed three white spots, two ante- 

 rior and one posterior. Antennae smooth, light brown, except the 

 first joint, which is black ; tibiae at the end shading into brown. 



Length 10 lines. 



Phymasterna concreta. 

 P. curta, convexa, dense pube albida tecta ; prothorace antice 

 rotundato, postice spinoso ; elytris sub-triangularibus fasci- 

 culatis, fortiter punctaiis ; antennis mediocribus. Natal. 



* Syn. Cereopsis, Bl.; a name employed by Leach in 1801, for a genus of 

 birds. 



