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CERAMBYCID,E. 



back placed transversely, the surface covered with short ad- 

 pressed hairs ; elytra with the sides parallel, and many impressed 

 points arranged in lines; about the middle of each are two 

 smooth elongated tubercies placed close to each other, like those 

 in the genus Eburia, the inner shorter than the outer and rather 

 nearer the base. 



Length 71 lines. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands. 



9. Hesperophanes basalis, n. s. PL VII. f. 6. B.M. 



H. obscure fuscus, pilis cinereis medio tectus ; thorace postiee 

 ochraceo maculato, vittulisque duabus subelevatis ; elytris sin- 

 gulis basi ad suturam macula ochracea et plaga triangulari ad 

 marginem ante medium desinente. 



Dull brown, covered with short ash -coloured hairs ; thorax 

 behind in the middle with an ochre-yellow spot, and on each 

 side of it a short slightly raised lineolet somewhat yellow ; each 

 elytron with an ochre-yellow mark at the base close to the scu- 

 tellum, and a large triangular yellow mark near the margin and 

 the upper angle sometimes running up to the shoulder ; elytra 

 with two costse ; under side of abdomen somewhat shining ; 

 under side of body more or less thickly covered with greyish 

 hairs. 



Length 9| lines. 

 Hab. N. India (Himalaya Mountains). 



10. Hesperophanes amicus, n. s. B.M. 



H. fuscus, pilis brevibus flavo-griseis plus minusve dense tectus, 

 elytris cinnamomeis, scutello pilis Havo-griseis dense tecto, 

 oculis magnis, prominentibus, antennis basi ad apicem gra- 

 datim angustioribus. 



Of a deep brown, more or less thickly covered with yellowish- 

 grey short hairs. Head with the eyes large and prominent ; an- 

 tennae with the joints densely covered with short hairs, the joints 

 gradually diminishing in thickness from the base to the apex, 

 where the joints are compressed. Thorax rather coarsely punc- 

 tured, with scattered hairs, as wide as long, in front and behind 

 thickly fimbriated ; before the middle widest ; scutellum very 

 thickly covered with short yellowish-grey hairs. Elytra cinna- 

 mon-brown, thickly but not deeply punctured, and with short 

 hairs from the punctures, which are separate from each other; 

 margin of the apex with the hairs thick and crowded. Legs 

 blackish-brown, femora compressed. Male narrower than female. 



Length from 10^ to 14 lines. 

 Hab. S. Africa (Port Natal, Zooloo) (Coll. Gueinzius). 



