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CERAMBYCIDJG. 



Fig. 76. Pachyteria fasdata, Fab. 



punctate, impressed with a median line that extends from the 



vertex to the clypeal front margin. Antennae of <$ almost as 



long as the body ; first joint 

 glabrous and closely punctured ; 

 the others closely and minutely 

 punctulate, more or less densely 

 covered with very short pubes- 

 cence. Prothorax transverse, 

 with a strong conical tubercle 

 on each side, a deep transverse 

 groove in front and two shallower 

 grooves near the base ; the disc 

 and sides distinctly, but rather 

 sparsely, punctured. Elytra 

 densely and minutely punctulate, 

 and covered slightly with short 

 dark tomentum, except on the 

 yellow band, where each of the 

 punctures carries a short de- 

 cumbent pale seta ; each elytron 

 narrowly subtruncate, or almost 

 rounded, at the apex, sometimes 

 very feebly emarginate. Breast 

 and abdomen sparsely punctate, 



very faintly pubescent at the sides. Hind femora extending to 



the apex of the elytra in the <3 . 

 Length 24-29 ; breadth 7-8 mm. 

 Hob. Himalayas ; Kanchi ; Chutia Nagpur ; Tranquebar ; 



Ceylon ; Siam. 



213. Pachyteria calumniata, Ritsema, Notes Leyd. Mus. xii, p. 166 



(1890). 

 Pachyteria fasciata, Thorns, (nee Fab.) Syst. Ceramb. p. 176 (1864). 



Very like P. fasciata, Fab., but of a darker blue, almost black, 

 colour; the transverse yellow band of the elytra narrower, more 

 finely and much more closely punctulate, and its front and hind 

 margins usually almost parallel ; the median impressed line of 

 the head not extended on to the clypeus, the latter with a raised 

 line or carina along the middle ; the apex of each elytron 

 rounded ; the metasternum and the sides of the abdomen covered 

 with a dense silvery grey pubescence. 



Length 24-29 ; breadth 7-8| mm. 



Sab. Southern India : Nilgiri Hills ; Trauquebar ; Java. 



214. Pachyteria dimidiata, Westw. Cab. Or. Entom. p. 60, pi. 29, 



fig. 8 (1848). 



Black above, slightly tinged on the posterior half of the elytra 

 with dark blue or green ; underside and legs dark blue ; last six 

 joints of the antennae, and a broad band that crosses the elytra 



