52 CEEAMBTCIDi. 



punctured ; third to tenth opaque, oblique at apex, furnished 

 above and below with two or three longitudinal carinae, third very 

 little longer than the fourth. Prothorax closely and somewhat 

 rugosely punctured above ; the closely punctured area on each 

 flank convex, extending from the median spine to the anterior 

 margin. Elytra more than twice as long as broad, glossy, closely 

 and strongly punctured, the interstices between the punctures 

 are convexly raised and form a fine network of ridges ; naked 

 above, but with the apical and postero-lateral margins fringed 

 with very short tawny hairs ; costae of elytra distinct, but not 

 very strongly raised, dnderside and legs sparsely pubescent. 



$ . Antenna? reaching to the posterior fifth of the elytra ; 

 third and following joints very feebly angulate behind at the apex ; 

 third much longer, but scarcely wider, than the fourth. Elytra 

 two and a half times as long as broad. 



Length 17-23 ; breadth 5-7 mm. 



Hob. Nepal. 



49. Sarxnydns antennatus, Pose. A. M. N. H. (3) xix,p. 410 (1867) ; 

 id. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iii, p. 677 (1869). 



c? . Dark brown, varying to reddish brown in immature 

 specimens ; the antennae from the third or fourth joint reddish 

 testaceous, with each of the joints very often narrowly edged 

 with black at the apex. Prothorax closely and 

 finely granulate above; the closely punctured 

 area on each of its flanks flattened or slightly 

 concave, completely circumscribed by a raised 

 smooth line that extends from the median 

 spine not quite up to the anterior margin. 

 Elytra not more than twice as long as broad, 

 closely punctured and more or less opaque, the 

 interstices between the punctures flat ; the three 

 costae on each strongly raised and acute. Other 

 characters as in S. siibcoriaceus, Hope. 

 Fig. 19. 5 Antennae shorter and narrower, the third 



Sarmydus antenna. j o i n t nearly half as long again as the fourth. 

 tus, rase., rf. Elytra almost two and a half times as long as 



broad. 



Length 16-30 ; breadth 5-9 mm. 



Hob. Assam ; Manipur ; Burma ; Andaman and Nicobac 

 Islands ; Java ; Borneo. 



Group MONODESMINI. 



Front of the head vertical or subvertical ; the antennae in- 

 serted at some distance from the base of the mandibles, thus 

 giving room for the lower lobes of the eyes, which are usually 

 very large, to reach anteriorly up to or almost up to the front. 



