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24. Neoprion parandraeformis, Lacord. Gen. CoUopt. viii, p. 132 

 (1869) ; Lamtere (Eurypoda), Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, p. 10 

 (1904). 



Chestnut-red in colour, with the upper surface, except towards 

 the sides of the pronotum, very glossy ; antennae blackish, 

 sparsely and rather finely punctate. Head 

 sparsely punctured, the punctures becoming 

 closer and rougher behind the eyes. Pro- 

 sternum, the sides of the pronotum and 

 the episterna of the mesothorax very finely 

 and closely punctured in the 3 ; the sides 

 of the pronotum in the $ strongly punc- 

 tured and slightly opaque ; the pro- 

 sternum nearly smooth. Elytra more 

 or less thickly and distinctly punctured, 



.. each with a rather broad but shallow 



r&formis, Lacord., rf. longitudinal depression ou the posterior 

 half, close to the lateral costa. Femora 

 smooth, tibiae slightly punctate. 



Length 24-34 mm. 



Hab. Andaman Islands ; Malacca. 



Group MAGROTOMINI. 



Eyes entire, or but feebly sinuate in front. Ligula entire. 

 Prothorax crenulate, denticulate, or spinulose along each side. 

 First antennal joint long, or moderately long, never very short. 

 Intercoxal process of prosternum more or less flat and hori- 

 zontal. Legs more or less spiny. A sexual difference in the 

 puncturation of the thorax generally present and often very 

 strongly marked. 



In this group I include two of Lacordaire's groups the Rem- 

 phanides and Macrotomides ; the first is distinguished as follows : 

 The third antennal joint not longer than the first, the prothoracic 

 lateral margins distant from the prosternal sutures and the epi- 

 pleures of the elytra strongly widened out near the base ; in 

 the true Macrotomides the third antennal joint is always longer, 

 generally very much longer, than the first, the prothoracic margins 

 are not very distant from the prosternal sutures and the elytral 

 epipleures are little widened near the base. 



Synopsis of ', Genera. 



A. Third antennal joint not longer than the first. 



a. First joint of front tarsus scarcely longer 



than the second RHAPHIPODUS, p. 30. 



b. First joint of front tarsus much longer 



than the second REMPHAN, p. 33. 



