PRI0NID.E. 29 



Head and thorax ferruginous, covered with short hairs ; man- 

 dibles red at the, base and punctured, black at the tip and smooth. 

 Antennae ferruginous, with the joints at the tip black. Elytra 

 brown, margined with ferruginous and with a ferruginous spot 

 on the shoulder, with three longitudinal elevated costse of a pale 

 ferruginous ; the two costae next the suture connected two-thirds 

 down, and crossing each other ; the costa nearest the suture runs 

 on nearly to the tip, and is incurved towards the suture at the 

 end ; the second costa on crossing the other shows only an ab- 

 breviated line ; between the point of connexion and the tip of 

 the second costa, and extending back to the middle of the elytra, 

 there is a straight costa ; the suture is slightly spined at the end : 

 under side of body ferruginous, the metathorax covered with 

 longish yellowish brown hairs. Legs ferruginous, punctured, 

 with small hairs, the knees black. 



Length llf lines. 

 Hab. Silhet. 



55. ERIODERUS. 



Erioderus, Dej. Cat. p. 343. 



Blanch. Hist, des Ins. ii. 141 (1845). 

 Callidium, p., Fabr. 

 Prionus, p., Fabr. 



1. Erioderus hirtus. B.M. 



Callidium hirtum, Fabr. Syst. El. ii. 339. 



Oliv. CoLiv. t. 5. f. 62. 

 Prionus pallens, Fabr. Syst. El. ii. 259. 



Schoenh. Syn. Ins. i. 3. 337. 

 Hab. S. Africa (Dr. A. Smith). 



56. PHILUS. 

 Philus, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. n. s. ii. 



1. Philus inconspicuus. B.M. 



Philus inconspicuus, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. n. s, ii. 



pi. 4. f. 3 3,14 ?-. 

 Hab. N. China (Coll. Fortune). 



< • 57. ^GOSOMA. 



JEgosoma, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 162. 

 Cerambyx, p., Scop. 

 Prionus, p., Fabr. 



