350 Longicornia Malnynna, 



attaining tlie apex) ; elytra with the lines well marked, areolae of 

 the punctures very close together ; body beneath with roughish 

 hairs. 



Length b\ lines. 



M. J. Thomson's A, teslacea (Arch. Ent. i. 55) differs in having 

 the basal segments of the abdomen black.* 



Astathes nilens. 

 Cerambj/.v nilens, Fabricius, Syst. Eleuth. ii. 279. 

 A. capite prothoraceque nigris ; scutello fulvescente ; elytris 

 fulvescentibus, apicibus late violaceis ; pectore pedibusque 

 flavescentibus, abdomine nigro. 

 Sab. — Sumatra. 



Head, prothorax and abdomen black ; scutellum, elytra, sterna, 

 legs and palpi, fulvous ; antennae testaceous, with the scape black- 

 ish above, the terminal joints gradually becoming brownish; head 

 and prothorax very distinctly and irregularly punctured, apex of 

 the gibbosity pointed ; elytra rather broad, the punctures shallow, 

 small, and arranged in a somewhat linear manner ; body beneath 

 glabrous, glossy. 

 Length 6 lines. 



Fabricius has clearly defined this insect, but he has another 

 Cerambyx nitens (Syst. El. ii. 2G7), adopted from Olivier, but 

 which is a Culllchruma. 



Astalhes Daldoijii. 

 Cerambyx Daldorji't, Fabricius, Syst. Eleuth. ii. 279. 

 A. capite prothoraceque nigris; scutello nigro; elytris fla- 

 vescentibus, basi apiceque cyaneis ; corpore infra femori- 

 busque nigris. 

 Ilab. — Malacca (Mount Ophir). 



Mead, prothorax, scutellum, femora and the whole of the body 

 beneath black; gibbosity of the prothorax flattened; elytra ful- 



* I have recently received an insect from Labuan closely allied to the 

 above, of which indeed it may possibly be only a variety, but besides the 

 colour, which, on the elytra, is of a rich vermilion with decided blueish re- 

 flexions, it has the upper lobes of the eyes larger and more approximate, and 

 the scape stouter. This beautiful species may be differentiated as follows: — 



Astathes coccinea. 

 A. rufo-testacea ; prothorace elytrisque coccineis, his cceruleoopaliiiatis. 

 Hub. — Labuan. 



