384 ^Ir. C. J. Galian 07i new Longicorn Coleoptera 



Hah. South India {AtJci'nson Collection). 



Head and prothorax very sparsely punctured, covered wltli 

 a rather close fulvous pubescence ; their derm, where exposed 

 by the rubbing away of the pubescence, is seen to have a 

 dark brown colour. The elytra are closely punctured, and 

 are clothed with a ])ale fulvous pubescence. The underside 

 of the body is ]ialer than the uppcrsidc, being covered with 

 an ashy fulvous ]nibcscence. The first joint of the antcnnju 

 is dark brown with a grey pubescence, the third and following 

 joints are testaceous with a ])ale grey pubescence. 



Two species only have hitherto been placed in the genus 

 Anamera, viz. A. albogiUtata, Tiioms,, and A. concolor, 

 Lacord. (Gen. des Coleop. ix. p. 383. 1), in both of which 

 the labrum is arcuately eniarginatc and the uppcrsidc of the 

 thorax and elytra furnished with rather long, erect, black 

 hairs — characters not found in the present species. But when 

 this sj)ecies is compared in its general structure with ^1. con- 

 color there seems little reason to doubt that the two are con- 

 generic. The genus Anamera was placed by Lacordaire in 

 the group of the Mesosides ; but why in this group, rather 

 than in the !Monohammides, I fail to understand : the cica- 

 trice of the antennal scape is completely margined, the lateral 

 spines of the prothorax are median in position, the interme- 

 diate tibiae grooved, and the claws of the tarsi divaricate. 



Paragnia, gen. no v. 



Head with the front widening towards the base, with the 

 antennal tubercles prominent, slightly diverging and separated 

 from one another by a rather narrow wedge-shaped interval 

 above. Eyes emarginate, with their lower lobes rather small. 

 Antennfe a little longer than the body ; with the scape 

 thickened, slightly curved, and furnished at the a])ex with a 

 cicatrice the limiting carina of which is incomplete; third 

 joint about half as long again as the scape, distinctly thick- 

 ened throughout nearly the whole of its length ; fourth a 

 little shorter than the third, the filth and following gradually 

 decreasing in length. Prothorax slightly transverse, some- 

 what narrowed towards the base; its sides unarmed. Elytra 

 rounded at the apex. Legs subcqual to one another in length. 

 Intermediate tibiae with a distinct oblique groove just below 

 their middle. Claws divaricate. Prosternal j)rocess rather 

 feebly arched and narrow between thecoxae, gradually dilated 

 behind up to its posterior border. Mesosternal process nar- 

 rowing posteriorly, bearing a feeble tubercle between the 



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