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CERAMBTCID.E. 



oval, dorsal tubercles ; each side with an obtuse tubercle just 

 before the middle. Elytra scarcely more than twice the length of 

 the prothorax ; each somewhat in the form of an elongate triangle 

 with a short carina near the apex ; the surface strongly but 

 not thickly punctured, first abdominal segment as long as the 

 remaining segments united; second and third fringed with tawny 

 hairs posteriorly. Hind femora strongly and very abruptly 

 clubbed at the apex ; hind tibite with two rows of short spines 

 along the outer (or dorsal) face, and a long spiniform process at 

 the apex. 



Length (to tip of abdomen) 9 ; breadth 2 mm. 



Hal. Nepal. 



186. Merionceda andrewesi, sp. n. 



$ . Head, prothorax, elytra and antennae testaceous, the 

 elytra, especially towards the apex, somewhat paler than the 

 other parts; body beneath, the prothorax excepted, and legs 

 black, with all the tarsi and the tibiae of the first two pairs 

 reddish brown. Head very glossy, feebly and very sparsely 

 punctured; clypeus separated from the 

 front by a rather deep arcuate impression, 

 from which a short median groove passes 

 upwards along the front. Antennae reach 

 to the tips of the elytra ; first joint glossy, 

 the others faintly pubescent and dull ; 

 third shorter than the first or fourth, fifth 

 and sixth increasing, and seventh to tenth 

 decreasing gradually in length. Pro- 

 thorax glossy, narrower in front than at 

 the base, with an obtuse tubercle on each 

 side just before the middle ; a deep trans- 

 verse groove near the apex and a feebler 

 groove near the base ; the disc with three 

 feebly raised tubercles one median small 

 and flask-shaped, two larger and lateral ; 

 the anterior transverse groove deflected in 

 the middle so as to form sulcate depressions 

 that separate the median from the lateral 

 tubercles. Elytra reach almost to the tip of the abdomen ; they 

 are about three times as long as the prothorax and meet at the 

 suture for about a third of their length, then dehisce and become 

 very narrow posteriorly, acuminate at the apex ; the surface 

 strongly but not very closely punctured. First abdominal 

 segment longer than the rest united, the second fringed posteriorly 

 with tawny hairs, the last segment reddish, and the intermediate 

 segments telescoped and invisible. Hind femora extend by 

 about the apical third beyond the apex of the abdomen, with 

 this portion strongly thickened into a fusiform club ; middle and 

 front femora much less strongly thickened ; hind tibiae with two 



Fig. 68. 



Merionoeda andrewesi, 

 Gahan. X f. 



