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The females of some of the species resemble Oncideres very 
closely; and almost the only feature by which their generic 
position may be recognized is the peculiar dark patch, streaked 
with paler colours, which exists on the apical part of the elytra 
of all the species. The head is broad, very little broader in the 
females than in the males ; but the forehead is not so plane or 
so much elongated as in Oncideres. The basal joint of the an- 
tennse forms a smooth ovate club ; the thorax is relatively a little 
longer than in Oncideres ; the elytra are free from ridges and 
tubercles, and are obtusely rounded at the apex ; the claw-joint 
of the tarsi is moderately elongated, and is about equal in length 
to the remaining three. 
1. Eudesmus ruhef actus , n. sp. 
E. cylindricus, convexus, rufescens ; thorace nigro-lineato ; elytris 
dimidio basali grisescente, apice utrinque macula magna ovata 
saturatiore strigis nigris et griseis ornata. Long. 7i-9 lin. c? 2 • 
Head reddish tawny, vertex streaked with black ; front plane, 
coarsely punctured, dingy grey ; eyes oblong, one-half the length 
of the front; antenniferous tubercles in the male acute on their 
inner sides. Antennse about the length of the body, reddish 
tawny; apices of joints, from the fourth, blackish. Thorax 
cylindrical, of same width as the head, very uneven, especially 
on the sides, where the inequalities rise to broad, obtuse tuber- 
cles ; colour pinkish red, centre with two black lines continuous 
with those on the vertex, sides each with two or three much- 
broken and oblique lines. Scutellum and basal margin of ely- 
tra reddish, spotted with black. Elytra cylindrical, convex, 
abruptly declivous near the apex ; surface uneven, with faintly 
raised lines, thickly punctured, especially towards the base, 
basal half occupied by a large, triangular, common, dingy-grey 
patch; on this follows a belt of pale greyish red, which broadens 
greatly on the lateral margins; the apical portion of each elytron 
is occupied by a dark, neatly limited, oval patch, streaked longi- 
tudinally with black, tawny red, and grey. Body beneath and 
legs reddish brown ; breast ashy in the middle. 
Ega, clinging to dead boughs of trees ; rare. 
2. Eudesmus caudalis, n. sp. 
E. cylindricus, depressiusculus, cinereo-brunneus ; thorace postice 
fusco notato ; elytris dimidio basali griseo-fusco, apice utrinque 
macula magna ovata nigricante fulvo strigata, medio cinereo fas- 
ciata. Long. 5^-6 lin. S $ • 
Very closely allied to E. rubef actus ^ and scarcely differing in 
the disposition of the colours and markings of the elytra. The 
latter, however, are much more depressed; and the insect is of a 
