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prolonged. Elytra somewhat rounded at the shoulders, narrowed 

 more or less strongly posteriorly, often obtusely rounded, some- 

 times truncate or emarginate at the apex. Legs rather long ; the 

 hind femora gradually thickened, reaching up to or beyond the 

 apex of the elytra in the c? ; hind tibiae compressed, gradually 

 widened towards the apex. Intercoxal process of prosternum 

 strongly arched in the middle, reaches almost to a level with the 

 coxae, and is dilated posteriorly so as to meet the epimera ; that 

 of the mesosternum broader and subhorizontal, slightly inclined 

 in front. Abdomen of d with six ventral segments visible, the 

 last t\vo more or less minutely emarginate posteriorly ; that of 

 the $ with five, the last one either rounded and entire or only 

 feebly sinuate at the apex. 



211. Pachyteria superba, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvi, 

 p. 128 (1888). 



Head, prothorax and scutellum violaceous and glossy ; antennae 

 violaceous and glossy at the base, but somewhat black and opaque 

 towards the apex ; elytra pale yellow, with a somewhat velvety 

 and opaque transverse band of a dark violaceous colour that 

 extends for rather less than one-fourth of their length from the 

 base, and a similar band that extends for about one-third of their 

 length from the apex ; the basal band with a somewhat sinuate 

 hind margin, the apical band slightly angulate in the middle in 

 front ; body beneath of a fine violaceous-blue colour, with a 

 delicate covering of silky grey pubescence ; legs violaceous blue. 

 Head punctulate and rugulose, its inter-antennary ridge strongly 

 concave with the lateral angles prominent and acute. Prothorax 

 rugose, marked with a strong transverse groove near the apex and 

 another near the base ; the disc with two ill-defined rounded areas 

 of darker colour than the rest, and covered with short velvety 

 pubescence. Elytra somewhat narrower at the base and more 

 parallel-sided than in other species ; the surface very finely and 

 closely punctulate; each showing slight traces of three longi- 

 tudinal costae. 



Lenqtli 35 mm. 



Hob. Upper Burma : Bhamo (Fea). 



212. Pachyteria fasciata, Fab. (Cerambyx) Syst. Ent. p. 168 (1775) ; 

 Olin. (Cerambyx) Ent. iv, no. 67," p. 19, pi. 1, fig. 4 (1795) ; 

 Ritsema, Notes Leyd. Mus. xii, p. 164 (1890). 

 Pachyteria voluptuosa, Thorns. Syst. Ceramb. p. 568 (1865). 



Dark metallic blue; with the last five joints of the antennos 

 (except at the apex of the last one) and a broad band that crosses 

 the elytra just before the middle yellow; this yellow band nitid 

 and rather strongly but not closely punctured, its front margin 

 on each side slightly oblique and its hind margin sinuate, the 

 band widest at the suture. Head distinct and rather closelv 



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