130 CERAMBYCIDiE. 



along their whole length. The notch of the eyes is so great as 

 almost to separate the two portions. The basal joint of the an- 

 tennae is slightly curved ; antennae (in female ?) not reaching be- 

 yond the middle of the elytra. Forehead somewhat hollowed 

 out. Thorax above somewhat nodulose, the sides with a large 

 tubercle. 



Length 22i lines. 

 Hab. ? 



23. Hammaticherus simplex, n. s. B.M. 



H. fusculus, subsericeus, thorace inermi, supra trans versim 

 striato, capite inter oculos et antennas linea profunde im- 

 pressa ; elytris truncatis, spina brevi suturali : antennis arti- 

 cuhs quinto-decimo intus apice dUatato-triangularibus. 



Brown, slightly covered with an ashy brown pubescence; a 

 deep impressed line down the front of the head between the 

 eyes and the antennae. Antennae with the joints from the fifth 

 to the tenth dilated triangularly at the tip on the inner side. 

 Thorax contracted in front all round, above transversely striated, 

 and with a slight obhque hne on each side of the back. Elytra 

 at the end transversely ti'uncated with a short sutural spine. 



Length 10 lines. 

 Hab. W. Africa. 



24. Hammaticherus scabricollis. ^ B.M. 



Hammaticherus scabricollis, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1852, 



Sept. p. 417. 

 Hab. N. China (Shanghai) and Hong Kong (J.C. Bowring, Esq.). 



25. Hammaticherus miles. B.M, 



Cerambyx miles, Bonelli, Spec. Ins. Sub. 26. pi. 5. 



BruUe, Exp. Moree, p. 252. 



Muh. Col. de France, p. 31. 

 Hammaticherus miles, Dej. Cat. p. 347. 



Lap. An. Art. ii. 428. pi. 30. f. 5. 

 Cerambyx " militaris, Bon.," Latr. R. A. v. 116. 

 Cerambyx procen^s, Hoffmansegg. 

 Cerambyx nodicornis, Kiister, K'af. Eur. ii. 43. 

 Cerambyx nodulosus, Germ. Reise Dalni. 

 Cerambyx Fiiulanus, Dahl. 

 Var. Hammaticherus intricatus, L. Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



1848, p. 167. 

 Hab. S. Europe (Coll. Frivaldsky). 



