548 Longicornia Malayana. 



Semiope f estiva (PL XX. fig. 6). 



S. nigra^ nitida ; elytris basi et pone medium fulvis ; 

 corpore infra^ propectore excepto, et femoribus basi^ 

 testaceis. 



Hah. — Saylee. 



Black, shining ; head roughly punctured, and generally 

 rugose, two short vertical ridges between the antennae ; 

 prothorax about a third as long again as broad, very slightly 

 rounded at the sides, nearly glabrous, marked with a few 

 rather coarse punctures ; scutellum small, triangular, 

 fulvous ; elytra about twice the length of the head and 

 prothorax together, coarsely punctured at the base, 

 gradually less so posteriorly, furnished "svith a few scat- 

 tered grayish hairs, the apices truncate ; body beneath, 

 except the propectus, and bases of the femora, testaceous ; 

 legs and antennas, except at the base, with a thin grapsh 

 pubescence. 



Length 4 lines. 



Strongylurinje. 



A single specimen of a rare and very remarkable insect 

 constitutes the only Malayan representative obtained by 

 Mr. Wallace, of this almost purely Australian sub-family. 

 A second example in the Darmstadt Cabinet was de- 

 scribed by Dr. Kaup, and a third, which served M. 

 Lacordaire for his description, is in the possession of 

 Count IMniszech. The female is unknown. 



The principal character of the Strongylurince is tlie 

 possession of a muzzle, but this is Avanting in the 

 Malayan genus ; the sub-family is then known, according 

 to M. Lacordaire, by the antcnnaj being flabellate in the 

 males, and by a peculiar structure of the mesosternum ; 

 from its nearest Malayan allies it is distinguished by the 

 enclosure of its anterior cotyloid cavities. Of the ten 

 genera eight are Australian. Another remarkable 

 genus {Heterolepis, Lacord.) is from New Caledonia ; 

 its single species, H. hnesisternoides, is covered with 

 scales, without any admixture of hairs, except beneath ; 

 it is the only known instance of this kind of vestiture 

 among the Longicorns. 



