ACANTHOPHORUS. 25 



Antennae 11-jointed, with a rather short dentiform process at 

 the apex of each of the joints from the sixth to the tenth. 

 Pronotum densely punctured, except in the middle, rugose towards 

 the sides. Elytra nitid, slightly rugulose, somewhat coriaceous 

 in appearance, very feebly and sparsely punctured, but with a 

 closely punctured spot on each near the base. (Female unknown.) 



Length 60 ; breadth 20 mm. 



Sab. Bombay (?). 



22. Acanthophorus modicus, Gahcm, A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p. 222 



(1894). 



<5 . Brownish-black in colour. Head of moderate size, nitid, 

 almost impunctate in front and upwards along the middle ; 

 .somewhat rugosely punctured in a slightly depressed area behind 

 each eye ; the supra-orbital ridges feebly raised and not continued 

 back beyond the hind margin of the eyes ; the interocular space 

 rather less than half of the whole width of the head, impressed 

 with a distinct median groove which is continued downwards to 

 the clypeus. Mandibles porrect from the base to the middle, 

 incurved towards the end, armed with several teeth on the inner 

 edge. Antennae with the joints from the sixth to the tenth rather 

 feebly toothed at the apex. Pronotum nitid, scarcely punctured 

 in the middle, densely and somewhat rugosely punctured towards 

 the sides, with two widely separated, slightly raised swellings on 

 the disk. Elytra nitid, feebly and sparsely punctured. Breast 

 pubescent. (Female unknown.) 



Length 45 ; breadth 15 mm. 



Hub. Lahore in the Punjab. 



Group CANTHAEOCNEMINI. 



Eyes feebly emarginate or almost entire. Antennae short, 

 sometimes (genus Cantharocnemis) extending but little or not at 

 all beyond the base of the prothorax. Lateral margins of pro- 

 thorax distinct, with a projecting angle or tooth between the 

 middle and the base. Tibise rather strongly dilated at the end, 

 with the outer angle prominent or dentiform ; the outer edges 

 dentate ; the terminal spurs broad and flat. Wing-venation of 

 the usual Prionine type. 



There is a difference of opinion in regard to the affinities of 

 this group. Lacordaire, attaching undue importance to the 

 unusual form of the tibiae, placed it among his groups of aberrant 

 Prionides and not in the normal series. Lameere, on the other 

 hand, associates the Cantharocnemini with the Spondylini, con- 

 sidering the affinities between the two to be very close. With 

 this view I am unable to agree. In the Spondylini the prothorax 

 is not marginate at the sides, and the wing-venation is that of the 

 less specialised Cerambycince and most Lepturincf. The Spondylini 



