320 CEEAMBYCID^E. 



below the base of the antennae ; front vertical, a little narrowed 

 between the eyes. Antennae longer than the body in the tf , equal 

 to or slightly longer than the body in the $ ; fourth joint shorter 

 than the third or fifth. Prothorax subcylindrical, a little longer 

 than broad. Elytra truncate at the apex. Legs subequal in 

 length ; femora pedunculate and clavate, the hind pair not extended 

 to the apex of the elytra; first pint of tarsi shorter than the 

 second and third united. Front coxa? globular, their acetabula 

 closed posteriorly. Acetabula of middle coxae shut off from the 

 epimera. 



393. Iresioides moesta, Pascoe (Obrium), Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) v, p. 26 



(1859). 



$ . Brownish in colour, covered above with short, yellowish-grey, 

 silky pubescence, so arranged on the elytra as to exhibit darker 

 and lighter bands according to its greater or less clenseness ; body 

 beneath covered with silvery-grey pubes- 

 cence. Head closely punctured, nearly 

 flat between the antennal supports. An- 

 tennae as long as the body, reddish brown ; 

 the third to sixth joints at the apex, and 

 the succeeding joints entirely, dark 

 brown. Prothorax scarcely longer than 

 broad, feebly rounded at the sides, densely 

 punctate, furnished with a short trans- 

 verse carina on the middle of the disc. 

 Elytra distinctly but not very closely 

 Fig. 107. punctured, narrowed and subtruncate at 



Iresioides moesta, Pasc., $ . the apex, with the outer angles rounded 

 x |. off. Legs subequal in length, vary in 



colour from testaceous to dark brown, the 



tarsi more or less blackish. Last abdominal segment extended 

 some distance beyond the apex of the elytra. 

 Length 7-1 1| ; breadth 2-3 mm. 

 Hob, Ceylon : Dikoya district (G. Leivis). 



394. Iresioides brunnea, TJioms. Syst. Ceramb. p. 547 (1865). 



Very like /. moesta, Pasc. ; differs only in the elytra, which are 

 uniformly pubescent, _ not banded in any way, the pubescence 

 somewhat shorter and less glossy. In the male the antennae are a 

 little longer than the body and the last ventral segment is covered 

 by the elytra. 



Length 6|-9 ; breadth 2-2| mm. 



Sab. Ceylon : Dikoya district (G. Lewis). 



It is probable that this species, founded upon male specimens 

 only, is not distinct from J. moesta, Pasc., and that the differences 

 between the two are entirely sexual. 



