and Species of Longicorn Coleoptera. 23 



Thranius gihbosus. 

 T. fuscus ; elytris apice spinosis, fasciis tribus fenugineis 

 ornatis ; antennarum articulis 8 et 9 albis ; abdomine tes- 

 taceo. 

 Ceylon. 



Dark brown ; prothorax longitudinally gibbous ; elytra ending 

 in a short spine, and having three ferruginous bands, the first 

 commencing at the shoulder and curving round the scutellum, the 

 second also at about the middle, and the last across the apex ; 

 antennae with the eighth and ninth joints white ; abdomen tes- 

 taceous. 



Length 10 lines. 



Thranius himaculatus. (PI. II. fig. 7.) 



T. fuscus ; elytris vix apiculatis, pallide brunneis, in medio 

 ochraceo-bimaculatis ; antennarum articulis 8, 9 et 10 

 ochraceis. 



Malacca. 



Dark brown, head and thorax sparingly pubescent, the latter 

 thickly punctured, and slightly gibbous anteriorly ; elytra long, 

 narrow, not covering the abdomen, closely punctured, the apex 

 scarcely apiculate, light yellowish brown, with a round ochre spot 

 on the middle of each ; antennae with the eighth, ninth and tenth 

 joints pale ochre ; abdomen beneath reddish brown. 



Length 10 lines. 



Homalomelas zonatus. 



H. ater, nitidus ; prothorace margine posteriore, scutello, 

 fascia pone medium apiceque elytrorum et corpore subtus 

 (segmentis tribus ultimis abdominis exceptis) albis ; elytris 

 haud carinatis. 



Ceylon. 



Black, shining ; posterior margin of the prothorax, scutellum, 

 a somewhat oblique fascia behind the middle, and apex of the 

 elytra, densely clothed with short white hairs, under surface with 

 a white pubescence, except the space round the posterior coxa and 

 three last abdominal segments. 



Length 6 lines. 



Closely resembling H. gracilipes, which, however, differs in 

 many respects, particularly in the absence of the carinated 

 elytra. 



