FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE 



MEGES. 



Meges marmoratus, Westw. 

 REFERENCED Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. n, t. 5, f. i, $ (1848). 



Habitat. --Taunggyi, 

 Southern Shan States. 



Tree Attacked. Oak 



(Quercus gnffithii) (H. Wat- 

 son). 



Beetle. An easily recognized 

 beetle owing to its large size and 



the curious white 

 Description, or greyish-white 



and b r o w n 



markings of the elytra. The head 

 has a sharp longitudinal median 

 line on vertex ; the antennae are 

 very long and stout, ist joint very 

 much swollen, 2nd short, 3rd longer 

 than any of the others ; the sides 

 of thorax are produced into a large 

 thick and sharp-pointed spine ; the 

 disk with a black triangular or 

 diamond-shaped mark in centre. 

 Elytra broad, rather flat on disk, 

 smooth, moderately shining, with 

 several broad longitudinal striae. 

 Under-surface clothed with a short 

 dense yellow or yellowish - green 

 pubescence. Length, 70 mm. ; 

 breadth, 24mm. 



A specimen of this fine 

 large longicorn beetle was 

 sent to me by Mr. Watson 



from the Southern Shan FIG. 248. 



States in September IQIO. Mt-gcs marmoratux, Westw. Southern Shan States. 



He had taken it from the oak Qiterciis griffithii, the insect being found 

 on the outer bark of the tree. 



APRIONA. 

 Apriona germari, Hope. 



REFERENCES. Hope, Gray's Zoo/. ,1/fsc. i, 28 (1831) ; Slabbing, Depart. .Vc/Vs vol. i, p. 25 (1902). 



Habitat. Shahdera Plantation, near Lahore, Punjab. 

 Tree Attacked. Mulberry (Moms indica). Shahdera Plantation. 

 Beetle. Mature beetle clothed with a golden-brown pubescence. Elytra are rough and 

 scarped at their anterior surfaces, where they are dotted with small black raised points. 



Colour is more golden on the under-surface. Legs same colour 



Description. as clyt'-a, tarsus sli^htlv darker. Specimens \\ith this colouring 



were found in 1897. In 1X98 one beetle taken resembled in form 



the above, but di tiered in coloration. The colour is a dirty yellow, but the elytra have several 



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