204 OEBAMBYCID^. 



in front. Antennae almost as long as the body in the c? , much 

 shorter in the $ ; first joint acutely angular in front at the apex, 

 third to tenth dentate at the apex. Disc of prothorax protuberant 

 on each side just in front of the basal depression, and snbsulcate 

 along the middle near the base. Elytra extending a little beyond 

 the hind coxae in the $ , and not beyond them in the c? ; 

 approximate at the suture for nearly halt' their length, and then 

 strongly dehiscent, the posterior half of each formed into a triangle 

 more sharply pointed at the apex in the male than in the female. 

 Body beneath faintly covered with silky pubescence which has for 

 the most part a golden tint, but on the sides of the posterior 

 border of the first abdominal segment in the male shows a silvery 

 lustre. Legs thinly pubescent ; the hind femora slightly com- 

 pressed ; the first joint of the hind tarsi almost as long as 

 the remaining joints united.* 



Length 32-35 ; breadth 8| mm. 



Hob. Sikhim : Mungphu (Atkinson} ; Assam : Sylhet, Khasi 

 Hills. 



224. Nothopeus tibialis, Ritsema (Aphrodisium), Notes Leyd. Mus. 

 xvi, p. 159 (1895). 



Of a pale fulvous-brown colour, with the tips of the mandibles, 

 the apical four joints of the antennas, the anterior and posterior 

 margins of the prothorax, the margins of the scutellum and of the 

 metasternum, and the base of the ventral segments of the abdomen 

 black ; covered with short pubescence which on the pronotura, 

 scutellum and elytra is somewhat velvety in appearance. An- 

 tennae reach to the middle of the elytra in the $ , and to a little 

 beyond the base of their posterior third in the tf. Prothorax 

 strongly tuberculate on each side ; disc with two obsolete tubercles 

 in front, two posteriorly, and a slight median carina on the 

 posterior half ; anterior margin somewhat rounded in the middle. 

 Elytra extending a little beyond the apex of the abdomen, de- 

 hiscing slightly from about the middle of their length, gradually 

 narrowed posteriorly, each rounded at the apex and furnished 

 above with two feeble costae. Hind femora do not quite reach to 

 the apex of the abdomen ; hind tibia? subcylindrical, thickest near 

 the middle, narrowed towards base and apex and very slightly 

 constricted a little before the apex. Fifth ventral segment of 



* Notbopeus cingalensis, White (Oolobus), Cat. Coleopt. B. M., Longic. 

 p. 176 (1855). 



" C. elytris pedibusque ferrugineis velutinis, abdomine atro, violaceo-micante, 

 alis pallide ferrugineis apice subumbratis. 



" Hab. Ceylon. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



" There is only a fragment of this distinct species in the Museum 

 collection." 



This fragment belongs to a male specimen, but is insufficient to enable the 

 species to be identified with certainty. It is probably the same as N. fulvus, 

 Bates. I doubt whether the locality given is correct. ., . 



