246 CEEAMBYCIDjE. 



Hind femora extending by about one-fifth of their length past the 

 apex of the elytra. $ . Face with a single raised line or carina on 

 each side midway between the median and lateral carinse. Hind 

 femora not reaching past the apex of the elytra. 



Length 10-17 ; breadth 3-5 mm. 



ffab. Madras: Coorg; Assam: Sylhet; Burma; Siam ; Tonkin. 



This species is well known as a " coffee-borer " in many parts 

 of India. 



277. Xylotrechus SUbditUS, Chevr. Mem. Soc. E. Set. de Liege, xviii, 

 p. 314 (1863). 



Black ; prothorax covered with leaden-grey pubescence, nar- 

 rowly bordered with white at the base and front margin on each 

 side, marked above with three black spots placed in a transverse 

 row before the middle, the median spot largest, emarginate behind. 

 Elytra black, marked each with a short oblique line and four bands 

 of ashy-grey pubescence, the line placed above the shoulder ; the 

 first band entire, close to the base ; the second, which begins 

 behind the scutellum, follows the suture for a short distance, and 

 near the middle of the elytron curves outwards to the lateral 

 margin ; the third runs transversely a little behind the middle and 

 is slightly widened at the suture ; the fourth, broader than the 

 others, is placed at the apex. Body beneath glossy black ; the 

 middle of the prosternum, a quadrate spot on the mesosternum, 

 the sides and hinder part of the inetathorax, and three more or 

 less complete bands on the abdomen covered with white pubes- 

 cence. Head with five straight carinae. Antennae rather thick, 

 extending to the base of the middle legs ; first six joints black, the 

 rest ashy grey. Prothorax globose, a little longer than broad, 

 somewhat less narrowed in front than at the base, front and hind 

 margins straight, the surface granulated. Elytra transversely 

 truncate at the apex, the angles scarcely spined. 



Length 12 ; breadth 3| mm. 



Hob. Kashmir. 



This species has not been identified by me. The above descrip- 

 tion is an abstract from the one given by the author, who in his 

 monograph places the species just before X. cpiadripes. 



278 Xylotrechus gestroi, Gahan, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxiv, 

 p. 19, pi. 1, fig. 4 (1894). 



Head and prothorax covered with yellow pubescence ; the pro- 

 thorax marked with dark brown above in the form of a cross with 

 a narrowly-triangular band that extends backwards from the end 

 of each arm, and with a small, round, dark brown spot on each 

 side. Elytra dark brown, somewhat velvety, marked with rather 

 broad bands of yellowish pubescence ; the anterior two bands are 



