PRIONID^. 19 



Another specimen from Canara (S. Ward, Esq.) seems to be 

 the female ; there is but one large spine on the side of the thorax, 

 exclusive of the toothed anterior and posterior angles ; the ru- 

 gosity of the ehi;ra extends further from the base, and the basal 

 joints of the antennae are much smoother ; the femora are feiTu- 

 ginous, as is the greater part of the elytra. 



1-5. Prionus ASIATICUS. 



Prionus Asiaticus, Falderm. Nouv. Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. v. 



(1837) 263. t. 7. f. 4. 

 Hab. Russia (Trans-Caucasian). 



IG. Prionus? serricollis. 



Prionus serricoUis, Victor, Bull. Mosc. 1838, 187. t. 3. f. k. 

 Hab. Georgia. 



35. PRIONOMMA, n. g. 



Hussarus, p., Voet. 

 Prionus, p., Oliv. 



Antennae with the joints (from the third) with the tip sharp- 

 pointed on each side at the end, forming, especially on the out- 

 side, a sharply serrated margin. Thorax with two sharjj hooked 

 teeth on the front part of the lateral margin. Sternum project- 

 ing between the fore legs. Tarsi long and narrow, especially 

 those of the hind legs. Eyes very large. 



1. Prionomma orientalis. pi. I. f. 3. B.M. 



Prionus orientalis, Oliv. iv. t. 13. f. 51. 

 Prionus buphthalmus, p., Fabr. S. E. ii. 260. 

 Hussarus Ceylonensis, Voet. Col. iii. t. 3. f. 11. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



36. ANCYLOPROTUS, n. g. 



Left mandible dilated and incur^'ed at the end when closed, on 

 the other a space is left between them and the head. Eyes si- 

 nuated behind. Thorax with two strong hooked teeth on the 

 lateral margin, one in front and the second behind it. Sternum 

 projecting slightly between the fore pair of legs. Femora of fore 

 legs incrassated. Tibiae of fore legs incurved and dilated : tarsi 

 elongated, narrow, grooved above at the base. (Antennae much 

 broken in the specimen.) 



1. Ancyloprotus bigibbosus, n. s. PI. I. f. 4. 



A. thorace medio bigibboso, capite inter oculos profunde exca- 

 vate ; elytris humeris prominulis, punctatis. 



