220 CEBAMBYCID^E. 



245. Polyzonus democraticus, Lameere, Soc. Ent. Belg. 1890, C. R. 



p. ccxi. 



" Obscurely chalybeous above, green beneath, clothed with 

 ashy-grey pubescence ; antennae aud legs nearly black ; femora 

 violaceous, the posterior pair cyaneous ; elytra cribrately punc- 

 tured, immaculate. 



' Dull obscure blue, above rugosely punctured, beneath metallic 

 green, slightly shining, covered with an ashy-grey pubescence. 

 Antennae black, the basal joints with a slight metallic sheen. 

 Elytra slightly brighter at base and at apex ; the latter more or 

 less tinged with dark violet. Anterior and intermediate legs 

 blackish, posterior pair obscurely blue, their femora terminally 

 of a more beautiful blue. 



" Length 18 mrn. 



" ffab. Kunbir." 



Judging by the description this species must be very like 

 P. prasinus, White, in colour, but whether or not closely allied to 

 that species it is impossible to say, as the structural characters are 

 very insufficiently described. 



Genus ANUBIS. 



Anubis, Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 177 (1864) ; Lacord. Gen. 

 Coleopt. ix, p. 25 (1869). 



Type, A. clavicomis, Fab., a South-African species. 



Range. South Africa ; Eastern Asia from South China aud 

 Sikhim to the Malay Peninsula ; and the Philippine Islands. 



Head narrowed and more or less elongated below the eyes. 

 Antenna? a little longer or shorter than the body, 11-jointed, 

 gradually thickened from about the middle up to the apex ; third 

 joint longer than the fourth or following joints ; eleventh slightly 

 longer than the tenth, obtuse at the apex. Prothorax ovate- 

 cylindrical, a little constricted at the base, unarmed at the sides. 

 Elytra long, more or less parallel- sided, rounded at the apex. 

 Legs not very long, the hind pair not much longer than the 

 middle ones ; femora gradually sub-clavate, the hind pair much 

 shorter than the abdomen in both sexes ; first joint of the hind 

 tarsi longer than the second and third united. 



The species of this genus have a considerable resemblance in 

 form and colour to those of Polyzonus, but may be readily dis- 

 tinguished from them by the completely unarmed prothorax, 

 shorter hind femora, and in most cases also by the form of the 

 antennas, the last two or three joints of which are gradually 

 thicker than those that precede them. 



246. Anubis inermis, White (Polyzonus), Cat. Coleopt. B. M., Longic. 



p. 171 (1853). 



Chalybeate-blue ; the elytra violaceous except near the base 



