158 CERAMBYCIDjE. 



punctured at base, more feebly and sparsely towards their apices. 

 Breast and abdomen with more or less distinct pubescent white 

 spots ; legs clothed with rather long sparse pubescence ; the 

 femora pedunculate at base, clavate towards the apex. 



" Length 12 mm. 



" Hob. India : Kunbur." 



165. Ceresium angustulum, S p. n. 



Narrow and elongate ; entirely testaceous red in colour, sparsely 

 and faintly pubescent. Antennae longer than the body ; first and 

 third joints subequal in length, each very slightly longer than the 

 fourth but distinctly shorter than the fifth. Prothorax cylin- 

 drical, about one-fourth longer than broad; closely but not 

 strongly punctured ; with a slightly raised carina along the middle 

 of the disc. Elytra closely and strongly punctured, the punctures 

 larger nearer the base, smaller towards the apex ; rounded at the 

 apex. Femora gradually thickened from a little before the middle 

 and narrowed again towards the apex ; first joint of hind tarsus 

 almost as long as the next two joints united. 



Length 8 ; breadth 2f mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andreives). 



166. Ceresium geniculatum, White, Cat. Col, B.M.,Longic. ii, p. 245 



(]855). 

 Ceresium rufipes, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) Hi, p. 537 (1869). 



Black, clothed very sparsely with greyish hairs ; antennae and 

 legs chestnut-red, with the femora narrowly tipped with black afc 

 the outer end. Antennae one-third longer than the body in the 

 c? , a little longer than it in the $ ; sparsely fringed with pale 

 hairs below ; third joint not longer than the first and only slightly 

 longer than the fourth. Prothorax a little longer than broad, 

 slightly rounded at the sides, very closely and rather coarsely 

 punctured, sometimes with a short smooth line along the middle 

 of the disc. Elytra closely and rather strongly punctured from 

 the base to a little past the middle and more finely towards the 

 apex, each puncture with a short, decumbent, grey hair. Femora 

 glossy, fusiform-clavate, pedunculate at the base, very sparsely 

 pubescent and almost impunctate ; tibiae not carinate. 



Length 9-12| ; breadth 2-3 mm. 



Nab. Burma ; Andaman Islands ; Siam ; Timor ; Flores. 



167. Ceresium zeylanicum, White, Cat. Col. B. M., Longic. ii, p. 246 



(1855) ; Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iii, p. 538. 



Varies from reddish brown to blackish brown in colour, with 

 the elytra and abdomen testaceous. Head covered in part with 

 tawny pubescence. Antennae reddish brown, about one-third 

 longer than the body in the <5 ; third joint scarcely longer than 

 the first, but distinctly longer than the fourth ; fifth to tenth sub- 



