130 CEEAMBTCIJD^. 



129. Massicus unicolor, sp. n. 



c? . Blackish-brown, covered all over with short pubescence of 

 a uniform greyish tint. Antennae not quite twice the length 

 of the body ; the first joint short and thick, not reaching to the 

 front margin of the prothorax, sharply edged and angulate in front 

 at the apex ; third half as long again as the first, and strongly 

 thickened from the middle towards the apex ; fourth subequal in 

 length to the first, thickened less strongly than the third ; fifth 

 longer than the third and shorter than the sixth ; sixth to eighth 

 subequal in length ; ninth and tenth shorter ; eleventh nearly twice 

 as long as the tenth ; sixth to tenth angulated at the apex in front, 

 unarmed posteriorly. Prothorax somewhat rounded at the sides, 

 constricted a little behind the apex, marked with one transverse 

 furrow near the apex and with two near the base ; the whole of 

 the upper surface between these grooves coarsely and irregularly 

 corrugated. Elytra transversely truncate at the apex, with the 

 outer angles obtuse and the sutural ones spined. Intercoxa! 

 process of prosternum truncate and prominent posteriorly. First 

 joint of hind tarsus about equal in length to the second and third 

 united. 



Length 55; breadth 15 mm. 



Hab. Assam : Patkai Mts. (Doliertij}. 



130. MassicUS venustus, Pascoe (Cerambyx) Trans. Ent.Soc.Lond. (2) 



v ; p. 19 (1859). 



Body and legs entirely covered with a dense dull ochreous- 

 brown pubescence ; first three or four joints of the antenna? 

 similarly pubescent, the remaining joints with a much finer 

 greyish pubescence through which the dark brown colour of the 

 derm appears. Antennae of d half as long again as the body ; 

 first joint stout, subcylindrical, with a narrow cicatrix at the 

 apex bounded by a short oblique carina ; third and fourth joints 

 thickened towards the apex, third longer than the fourth, and 

 fourth slightly longer than the first ; each of the joints from the 

 fifth to the tenth produced in a more or less sharp angle or tooth 

 in front and furnished with a short spine posteriorly, at the apex ; 

 sixth and seventh joints subequal, each longer than any other 

 except the eleventh, which is more than twice as long as the tenth. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than broad, somewhat rounded at the- 

 sides, narrowed in front, and a little also towards the base; 

 strongly corrugated above in slightly sinuous transverse lines. 

 Elytra truncate each in a slightly oblique direction at the apex r 

 with a very short spine at the suture. Prosternum raised between 

 the coxae, vertically inclined posteriorly. 



Length 36-57 ; breadth 9-15 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



