128 CERAMBYCID^E. 



13. Hammaticherus Paris. B.M. 



Cerambyx Paris, Wied. Germ. Mag. iv. 167. 

 Cerambyx Brania, Newman, Ent. Mag. v. 493. 

 Hammaticherus Paris, Dej. Cat. p. 347. 

 Hab. Bengal. 



14. Hammaticherus indutus. B.M. 



Hammaticherus indutus, Newman, Entom. p. 245. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands (Coll. Cuming). 



15. Hammaticherus Natalensis, n. s. B.M. 



H. umbrinus, thorace lateribus inermibus, dorso transversim stri- 

 gato, elytris pube sericea luteo-fusca tectis, sutura spinigera, 

 apice intus obliquis°; pedibus, tibiis praesertim, compressis et 

 longitudinahter subsulcatis. 



Head with a longitudinal grooved line between the eyes ; on each 

 side near the eye there is a slight tubercle ; back part of the head 

 protuberant, free from hairs, scabrous with small distinct warts. 

 Antennae (male) with the basal joint scabrous from largish irre- 

 gular excavated points, seventh, eighth and ninth joints sulcated 

 longitudinally, the sixth slightly at the tip, the eleventh joint 

 not so long as the two preceding taken together. Thorax with- 

 out spine on the sides, back deeply striated across the front 

 striae, somewhat concentric. Elytra covered with a short yel- 

 lowish brown silken pubescence, suture produced into a spine, 

 tip obliquely cut off inwards. Legs compressed; femora, but 

 especially the tibiae, grooved on the outside longitudinally. Allied 

 to H. indutus. 



Length 14i to I6i lines. 

 Hab. Port Natal. 



16. Hammaticherus holosericeus. B.M. 

 Cerambvx holosericeus, Fabr. S. El. ii. 281. 



Olw. Col. iv.t. 17. f. 127. 

 Cerambyx bombycinus, EscJisch. 

 Hammaticherus holosericeus, Dej. Cat. p. 347- 

 Hab. Java; China (Hong Kong). 



17. Hammaticherus Aurifaber, n. s. B.M. 



H. fuscus, thorace transversim profunde striato, medio longitu- 

 dinahter bisulcato, pilis aureis ornato, elytris pilis cinereo- 

 fuscis velutinis confertissime vestitis, elytris apice bispinosis. 



Head with a wide furrow between the eyes, with a transverse 

 groove behind it and one on each side between the furrow and the 



