186 CEBAMBTCID^:. 



white colour ; the antennal supports more prominent on the inner 

 side, and the first antennal joint in the male marked with a deeper 

 pit or excavation at the base. A difference also is to be observed 

 in the shape and extent of the coarsely punctured area on the 

 prothorax of the male : this area has no median lobe in front, but 

 extends farther forwards from the base than does the correspond- 

 ing area in P. sanguinolentus. 



Length 12-24 ; breadlh 3| -8 mm. 



Hob. Assam : Sylhet ; Burma : Euby Mines (Dolierty\ Bhauio, 

 Teinzo and Thagata (Fea) Siam; Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; Java. 



202. Purpnricenus haussknechti, Witte, JBerl. ent. Zeit. xv, p. 207 



(1871). 

 Purpuricenus haussnechti, var. aleppensis, Witte, 1. c. p. 208 (d 1 ). 



c? . Black ; prothorax with a red spot of variable size on the 

 middle of the disc, sometimes also with a red spot on each side 

 united by a red baud with the discal spot ; elytra with a broad 

 red band across the middle widened from the suture towards the 

 outer margin, and extended anteriorly to a greater or less extent 

 as a marginal band. Head closely and somewhat roughly punc- 

 tured ; the antennal supports raised and acute on the inner side. 

 Antennae longer than the body, with the last joint longer than the 

 penultimate and tapered towards the end. Prothorax closely, 

 strongly, and roughly punctate above, as closely but less strongly 

 punctured at the sides and beneath ; with a small post-median 

 tubercle on the disc, and a short post-median tubercle on each side. 

 Elytra very closely punctured, the punctures gradually smaller as 

 they recede from the base. 



$ . Prothorax red above, with the front and hind borders nar- 

 rowly black. Antennae not longer than the body. 



Length 12-23 ; breadth 4-7 mm. 



Hob. Kashmir; Punjab; Turkestan. 



203. Purpuricenus montanus, White, Cat. Col. B. M., Longic. p. 138 



(1853) ; id. P. Z. S. 1860, pi. 8. 



Eelatively long and narrow for this genus ; variable in colour, 

 sometimes entirely black, most commonly black with the outer 

 borders of the elytra to a greater or less extent red ; in some 

 specimens the elytra are red with a broad black band along the 

 middle of each, and the prothorax is marked with a red spot or 

 band on each side in front of the lateral spine. Head, prothorax, 

 and elytra densely rugose-punctate ; the prothorax sometimes with 

 a small smooth narrow callosity in the middle. Antennae twice or 

 nearly twice as long as the body in the 6 , shorter than the body 

 in the $ . Prothorax with a small acute tubercle on each side. 

 Elytra long, parallel-sided, rounded at the apex. Femora sub- 

 linear, very slightly thickened in the middle ; first joint of hind 

 tarsus shorter than the next two joints united. 



Length 11-16 ; breadth 3-4| mm. 



Hub. "West Kashmir ; Campbellpore ; Himalayas ; Tibet. 



