PRIONID^. 2M 



Head aud thorax ferruginous, covered with short hairs ; man- 

 dibles red at the base and punctui'ed, black at the tip and smooth. 

 Antennae ferruginous, with the joints at the tip black. Elvtra 

 brown, margined with ferruginous and with a ferruginous spot 

 on the shoulder, nith three longitudinal elevated costae of a pale 

 ferruginous ; the two costse next the suture connected two-thirds 

 down, and crossing each other ; the costa nearest the suture runs 

 on nearly to the tip, and is incurved towards the suture at the 

 end ; the second costa on crossing the other shows onlv an ab- 

 breviated line ; between the point of connexion aud the tip of 

 the second costa, aud extending back to the middle of the elytra, 

 there is a straight costa : the suture is slightly spined at the end : 

 under side of body ferruginous, the metathorax covered with 

 lougish yellowish brown hairs. Legs feiTuginous, punctured, 

 with small hairs, the knees black. 



Length llf lines. 

 Hab. Silhet. 



55. ERIODERUS. 



Erioderus, Dej. Cat. p. 343. 



Blanch. Hist, des Ins. ii. 141 (1845). 

 Callidium, p., Fabr. 

 Prionus, p., Fabr. 



I. Erioderus hirtus. B.M. 



Calhdium hirtum, Fabr. Syst. El, ii. 339. 



Oliv. Col. iv. t. 5. f. 62. « 



Prionus pallens, Fabr. Syst. El. ii. 259, 



SchcEiih. Syn. Ins. i. 3. 337. 

 Hab. S. Africa (Dr. A. Smith). 



56. PIIILUS. 



Philus, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. n. s. ii. 



1. Philus inconspicuus. B.M. 



Philus inconspicuus, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. n. s. ii. 



pi. 4. f. 3 S,14 ? . 

 Hab. N. China (Coll. Fortune). 



57. ^GOSOMA. 



.Egosoma, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 162. 

 Cerambyx, p., Scop. 

 Prionus, p., Fabr. 



