312 CERAMBYCID^E. 



384. Halme cserulescens, sp. n. 



Brown, slightly tinted with metallic hlue, above ; antennae, legs, 

 and abdomen more or less reddish ; each elytron marked at the 

 middle with two narrow ivory spots set at an angle to each other 

 so as to form a baud which readies neither to the suture nor to 

 the outer margin. Antennae of the <3 as long as the body, not 

 dilated towards the apex ; first joint sparsely and not strongly 

 punctured ; second more than half as long as the third ; third to 

 sixth subequal ; seventh to tenth gradually shorter ; those of the 

 $ extend past the middle of the elytra, with joints seventh to 

 tenth gradually and slightly thicker. Prothorax rounded at the 

 sides, almost as broad as long, narrowed at the base, closely punc- 

 tured; covered, but not very densely, with greyish pubescence at the 

 sides and at the front and hind borders, in addition it is furnished, 

 like all the other parts of the body, with long erect hairs. Elytra 

 somewhat flattened above, scarcely depressed in the middle, 

 slightly contracted there at the sides, strongly and very closely 

 punctured, the punctures less close and strong near the apex. 

 Prosternum the whole way across in front of the coxa3 strongly 

 arid closely punctured, almost bare of pubescence, somewhat 

 flattened in the <5 and more convex in the $ ; hind-breast 

 pubescent ; abdomen finely and very sparsely punctate ; femora 

 clavate and pedunculate, almost impunctate; tibiae not distinctly 

 carinate. 



Length 6-8 ; breadth 2-21 mm. 



Hob. Andaman Islands. 



Genus CLYTELLUS. 



Clytellus, Weetwood, Tram. Ent. Soc. (2) ii, p. 240 (1853) ; Lacord. 

 Gen. CoUopt. ix, p. 94 (1869). 



Type, C. methocoides, Westw., a species from Hong Kong. 



Range. China, Andaman Islands, Borneo and Celebes. 



Ant-like in form. Head with the front vertical, rectangular ; 

 the eyes obliquely oval, entire or nearly so. Antennae very closely 

 approximated at the base, as long as the body, filiform ; first joint 

 stout ; second longer than broad ; third subequal to or shorter 

 than the fourth ; eleventh longer than the tenth. Prothorax much 

 longer than broad, constricted and depressed near the base, strongly 

 raised and somewhat curved in front, unarmed at the sides. 

 Elytra broader than the prothorax, scarcely twice as long as broad, 

 strongly convex posteriorly, rounded at the apex, transversely 

 depressed just before the middle, each elytron with a dorsal crest or 

 tubercle near the base, the shoulders prominent. Legs moderately 

 long; femora pedunculate and clavate, those of the hind pair 

 extended to the apex of the elytra or slightly beyond it ; first joint 

 of hind tarsi shorter than the second and third united ; tarsal claws 

 small, scarcely divergent (this character alone is sufficient to 



