,94 , CEBAMBYCIDJE. 



with small granules, almost bare of pubescence, marked with a 



feeble, slightly sinuate line close to the apical margin. Scutellum 

 obtusely rounded or subtruncate pos- 

 teriorly. Elytra densely and finely punc- 

 tured, the punctures to a great extent 

 hidden under a covering of short fulvous 

 pubescence ; each elytron furnished above 

 with four feeble costae, the first of which 

 lies very close to the suture, but diverges 

 a little from it in front and extends 

 along the scutellum. Abdomen narrowed 

 posteriorly ; the pygidium projecting a 

 little beyond the last ventral segment in 

 the c? , and the propygidium notched in 



Fig. 36. Protasis fidvescens, the middle at the apex. Hind femora 



Gahan, J. x jj. do not reach past the fourth ventral 



segment. Tibiae furnished each with a 



faint carina along the middle of the ventral face and a more 



<listinct carina along each side ; spurs of hind tibiae subterminal. 



Front tarsi of the c? with the first joint broader than the second 



and the second broader than the third. 

 Length 13-16 ; breadth 4-5| mm. 

 Hal. Manipur (Doherty) ; ISaga Hills. 



Group ASEMINI. 



Head short, not broader than the prothorax, the antennal sup- 

 ports depressed ; eyes emarginate or divided, not embracing 

 the base of the antenna? ; antenna short, rarely, and then 

 but slightly, exceeding the body in length in the male ; gnla 

 \vithout mentigerous process; ligula corneous ; palpi rather short. 

 Prothorax unarmed at the sides. Front coxae subglobular, pro- 

 duced in an angle on the outer side, their acetabula open 

 posteriorly ; the intercoxal process very narrow, not dilated pos- 

 teriorly. Acetabula of middle coxae open to the epimera. Legs 

 of moderate length ; the tibial spurs short. Wings with veins 

 Cu. 2 arising from A 1, and joined by a cross-vein to Cu. 2, which 

 is bifurcate towards the end. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Eyes rather finely facetted, completely 



divided TETBOPIUM, p. 95. 



B. Eyes coarsely facetted, emarginate . . CKIOCEPHALUS, p. 



