CERAMBYCID.*. 12? 



9. Hammaticherus pedestris, n. s. B.M. 



H. fiisco-niger, ehti-is pilis curtulis indutis, vix pubescentibus, 

 subangvistis, apice truacatis, sub-bidentatis ; antennis pedi- 

 busque femigineis, antennaium articulo basali vix incrassato, 

 t«rtio apice baud dilatato, articulis quarto-decimo apice in- 

 terne subdilatatis. 



Brownish black, elytra rather narrow, covered with shortish 

 yellowish grey hairs, scarcely pubescent, tips truncated, slightly 

 bidentate. Antennae and legs feiTuginous, legs rather long and 

 stout. Thorax transversely rugose and grooved. Antennae with 

 the basal joint bent, scarcely thickened ; third joint cylindrical, 

 shghtly thickened at the tip ; fourth to tenth joints at the tip 

 somewhat dilated on the inside. 



Lensth 12 lines. 

 Hah. N. India. 



10. Hammaticherus humeralis, n. s. B.M. 



H. ferrugineus, humeris subnigris, apice truncatis sub-bidentatis, 

 thorace transversim striato ; antennarum articulo tertio apice 

 baud dilatato, articuhs quarto-decimo apice dilatatis. 



Ferruginous, the shoulders blackish. Thorax above covered 

 with transverse undiUating grooves. Elytra closely punctured 

 and with short greyish hairs. Antennae with the third joint not 

 dilated at the tip ; the fourth to the tenth joints dilated at the 

 tips on the inside. Under side ferruginous, covered with greyish 

 hairs. 



Length 10 lines. 

 Hab. N. India. 



11. Hammaticherus obesus. B.M. 



Hammaticherus obesus, Dup. Dej. Cat. p. 347. Cheer. Coll. 

 Hab. E. Indies. 



12. Hammaticherus nitidus, n. s. B.M. 



H. ferrugineus, capite, thoraceque saturatioribus, capite nudius- 

 culo inter antennas et oculos linea elevata; thoracis spinis 

 lateraUbus subrecurvis ; elytris ferrugineis. 



AUied to H. obesus, with which it agrees in size and look : 

 the antennaa joints are thinner and more slender in the male, and 

 are not black at the tips ; the elytra are ferruginous, with a verv 

 slight pubescence scarcely tinging the ferruginous, whereas in 

 the H. obesus the elytra are thickly clothed with a brownish grev 

 pubescence which quite invests them. 



Length 14 to 15 lines. 

 Hab. Ceylon (CoU. Thwaites). 



