260 Mr. C. J. Galian on Indian Coleoptera. 



XXXIV. — Descriptions of some Indian Species of Longicom 

 Coleoptera. By C. J. Gahan, M.A., Assistant, Zoological 

 Department, British Museum. 



Monohammus auratus, n. sp. 



Fuscus, dense aureo-flavo, sericeo pubescens ; articulis antenaarum a 

 tertio apicibus fuscis ; prothorace dorso leviter iaaequali, antice 

 et poatice transverse bisulcato ; elytris pubescentia undulata, 

 apicibus oblique truncatis vel subrotundatis. 



Long. 21-29 mm., lat. 7-9| mm. 



Hab. Silhet. 



Dark brown, closely covered by a dense golden-yellow, 

 somewhat silky pubescence ; the pubescence darker and 

 duller on the head, antennae, and legs ; no punctures ai-e 

 anywhere visible. The prothorax is slightly uneven on the 

 disk, and is crossed by four transverse grooves — two anterior 

 and two posterior — which aie distinct enough. The wavy 

 pubescence of the elytra gives the idea that the latter are 

 longitudinally carinate ; but this is not the case. The an- 

 tennae, more than twice the length of the body in the male 

 and not quite twice the length in the female, with the apices 

 of the joints from the third and the middle of the eleventh 

 fuscous ; the cicatrix of the scape broad and distinct, bat 

 its bordering-rim not quite complete. 



Monohammus himaculatus, n. sp. 



Fuscus, griseo-brunnco pubescens ; scutello fulvo ; elytris ad basin 

 punctatis, singulo ad medium macula magna nigro-velutina, 

 apicibus rotuudatis. 



Long. 14-19 mm. 



Dark brown, v/ith a greyish-brown pubescence. Head and 

 prothorax almost impunctate, with a scanty greyish or tawny 

 pubescence. The thorax even on the disk, the transverse 

 grooves indistinct. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra somewhat 

 coarsely punctured at the base, the punctures disappearing 

 towards the apex ; on the middle of each elytron a large, 

 more or less rounded, velvety black spot, margined with pale 

 grey. The legs and underside of the body dark grey, 

 minutely speckled with brown. The antennae, of which the 

 scape has a distinct, broad and completely margined cicatrix, 

 are in the male about twice the length of the body, in the 



