and Species of Longicorn Coleoptera. 19 



Sehasmia Templetoni. 



S. picea, supra hirtis fulvis sub-sericeis tecta. 

 Ceylon. 



Pitchy black, densely clothed above with fulvous yellow, some- 

 what silky hairs ; prothorax irregularly corrugated ; eyes and 

 antennae dark brown, the latter with the two first joints and face 

 with a rusty yellowish pubescence ; body beneath, femora and 

 tibiae pitchy ; tarsi and under part of the meso-femora covered 

 with pale rusty hairs ; mesosternal process bilobed, on the sides of 

 the mesosternum especially, and about the mouth are several long 

 slender hairs. 



Length 14 lines. 



I have dedicated this, one of the finest Ceylonese insects, to R. 

 Templeton, Esq. 



Ceramhyx venustus. 



C. elongatus, piceo-brunneus, hirtis cinnamomeis dense vestitus ; 



prothorace mutico, antice angustiore, transversim corrugato ; 



elytris apice truncatis, sutura in spina minuta productis ; an- 



tennis maris longissimis. 

 Ceylon. 



Elongate, pitchy brown, densely covered with short thickish 

 cinnamon-coloured hairs ; eyes and apex of mandibles dark 

 brown ; prothorax unarmed, narrowed in front, coarsely and 

 transversely corrugated ; elytra truncate, with the suture produced 

 into a short spine ; antennae of the male very long, the fifth and 

 sixth joints spined at the tip. 



Length 26 lines. 



This very fine species is not uncommon in collections. 



Ceramhyx vernicosus. 



C. niger nitidus, pube sericante pallide-griseo sparsim indutus ; 

 prothorace mutico,«ampliato, rugoso, basin versus angustiore ; 

 elytris apice sub-bispinosis. 

 Ceylon. 



Brownish or pitchy black, with a sparse, silky, pale greyish 

 pubescence ; prothorax unarmed, full and rounded, transversely 

 rugose, narrower or constricted behind ; elytra gradually dimi- 

 nishing from the shoulders to the apex, which is truncate, with a 

 small tooth at each angle. 

 Length 14 lines. 



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