302 



CERAMBYCIDJE. 



what prominent, not carinate. Legs moderately long, the femora 

 gradually subclavate, the hind pair not extended past the apex of 

 the elytra in the <$ ; first joint of hind tarsi scarcely longer than 

 the second and third united. Episterna of metathorax narrow, 

 parallel-sided. 



371. Oligoenoplus ven trails, Chew. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Litge, xviii. 

 p. 337 (1863). 



Variable in colour and markings, sometimes nearly black all 

 over, sometime* with the head, pronotum, elytra, legs and 

 antennae of a more or less reddish-testaceous 

 colour, rather densely covered above with 

 pubescence, which is sometimes grey, some- 

 times tawny yellow in colour; prothorax 

 with a glabrous black or red spot or band in 

 the middle ; elytra marked each with a 

 brownish or black spot near the base, an 

 oblique band a little in front of and another 

 just behind the middle ; these bands are 

 united along the suture and together with 

 the corresponding bands of the other elytron 

 form a somewhat X-shaped figure ; another 

 black or brown spot placed about midway 

 between the post median band and the apex ; 

 body beneath black, more or less densely 

 covered with luteous - yellow pubescence. 

 Antenna? reach to the apical third of the 

 elytra in the $ , nearly to the apex in the 

 <$ ; third joint more or less distinctly, the 

 fourth obsoletely, spined at the apex. Pro- 

 thorax strongly convex above, rather strongly 

 and densely punctured, the punctures more distinctly visible oil 

 the glabrous dorsal band. Elytra narrowly rounded or sometimes 

 obliquely subtruncate at the apex. Hind femora not extended 

 quite to the apex of the elytra in the J ; first joint of hind tarsus 

 not longer than the second and third united. 

 Length 711 ; breadth 2-2-| mm. 

 Hob. Southern India : Mlgiri Hills. 



Fig. 97. Oligo- 

 enoplus ventralis, 

 Chevr. X f. 



372. Oligoenoplus murimis, Allard (Olytus), Le Naturaliste (2) viii, 

 p. 162 (1894). 



Black, densely covered above with yellowish-grey pubescence ; 

 elytra marked with a velvety black sutural band of variable 

 dimensions ; when most fully developed this band extends from 

 the base to the apical fourth, is moderately broad, and angu- 

 lately dilated at intervals so as to form about four somewhat 

 lozenge-shaped spots ; in some cases it is narrow, with only one 

 or two small spots, in others it is reduced to a thin sutural line, 



