640 Longicornia Malayana. 



TlLLOMOEPHIN^. 



This is one of those subfamilies separated by M. Lacor- 

 daire from the ' Cly tides' or ' Clytites' of authors, from 

 which it is decisively differentiated by the interme- 

 diate cotyloid cavities being closed externally. Besides 

 the Malayan species, there are several others found in 

 America and Australia, and one in Hong-Kong. 



Oenera. 



Antennae filiform Clytellus, Westw. 



Antennae thicker towards the apex. 



Femora pedunculate . . . Salme, n. g. 



Femora not pedunculate . JEpipedocera, Chev. 



Epipedocera. 



Epvpedocera, Chevrolat, Cly tides d^Asie, p. 87 ; Lacordaire, 

 Gen. ix. 93. 



Caput antice breviusculum, verticale. OcuU rotundati, 

 hand emarginati. ^wiemi^ie validae, extus crassiores; 

 scapo obconico, arcuato ; articulis 3-6 subsequalibus, 

 7-10 apice paulo angulatis, ultimo appendiculato. 

 Prothorax globoso-ovalis, subdepressus, basi con- 

 strictus. Elytra subdepressa, breviuscula, subparal- 

 lela, apicibus bispinosis. Pedes validi ; femora gra- 

 datim incrassata ; tibice sulcatse, posticae arcuatge ; 

 tarsi breviusculi. Pro- et meso-sterna lata, hoc antice 

 abrupte declive. Abdomen segmento basali majore. 



The type of this genus is E. zona, Chev., from Nepaul. 

 E. cruentata, described below, difiers in having the 

 space between the antennae without the elevation or pad 

 (bourrelet) characterising the more normal forms. 



Epipedocera abdominalis. 



E. atra ; elytris fascia media eburnea omatis ; infra pube 



sericea grisescente induta. 

 Hab. — Sumatra ; Malacca. 



Black, opaque ; head with a sparse gray pubescence, 

 finely punctured ; prothorax moderately convex, not 

 strongly rounded at the sides, very closely and finely 



