314 CEBAilBYCIDjE. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. First abdominal segment as long at least as the 



next two united ARTIMPAZA, p. 314. 



B. First abdominal segment shorter than the next 



two united. 



a. Prothorax a little or not longer than broad ; 



hind femora with short basal peduncle. . . . DEBE, p. 315. 



b. Prothorax much longer than broad ; hind 



femora with long basal peduncle. 



a'. Acetabula of front coxae closed pos- 

 teriorly CLEOMENES, p. 316. 



b'. Acetabula of front coxse open pos- 

 teriorly NIDA, p. 318. 



Genus ARTIMPAZA. 



Artimpaza, Thorns. 8yd. Ceramh. p. 160 (1864); Lncord. Gen. 

 CoUopt. ix, p. 99 (1869). 



Type, A. odontoceroides, Thorns., a species from the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Range. Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 



Head slightly raised and subacute on each side between the 

 antennae ; front oblique, flat, transverse ; eyes emarginate, finely 

 facetted. Antennae about one-fifth longer than the body in the <$ , 

 much shorter than the body in the $ ; first joint slightly curved, 

 thickened towards apex, much shorter than the third ; third and 

 fifth to seventh subequal in the rf , the fourth-slightly shorter; sixth 

 to tenth angulate anteriorly at the apex, these joints somewhat 

 thickened and more strongly angulated in the $ . Prothorax much 

 longer than broad, slightly rounded at the sides, rather deeply 

 constricted and transversely furrowed near the apex, less deeply 

 near the base, the basal groove sinuate. Scutellum subelongate. 

 Elytra flattened above, narrowed and somewhat dehiscent pos- 

 teriorly, each elytron more or less acuminate or spined at the 

 apex. Femora pedunculate, strongly clavate, the hind pair 

 extended to the apex of the elytra or to a little beyond it in 

 the c? . First joint of hind tarsus as long as the next two 

 joints united. Intercoxnl process of prosternum narrow in the 

 middle, broadly dilated posteriorly, so as to meet the epimera. 

 Episterna of metathorax narrowed posteriorly. Abdomen convex, 

 broad towards the middle, narrowed posteriorly ; the first segment 

 as long at least as the next two united. 



386. Artimpaza bicolor, Pascoe, A. M. N. H. (5) xv, p. 56 (1885). 



Chestnut-red, glossy ; elytra pitch-brown, very glossy ; antennas 

 with the first joint glossy red, the rest duller, third to sixth joints 

 at the apex, and the succeeding joints almost wholly, infuscate. 



