Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]

—12 CERAMBYCID^.Last joint of palpi gradually widened towards the extremity.Eyes large, the upper lobes rather closely approximated tothe antenual tubers in front. Antenna) a little shorter than thebody : first joint not reaching beyond the hind margin of the eye,third to tenth acutely produced at the apex on the anterior side,third with sharp anterior edge near \^hich it is finely and veryclosely punctnlate. Pronotum finely and closely punctured infront and for some distance back along each side of the middleline, more strongly punctured towards the sides ; its hind anglesmore or less obtuse, sometimes slightly projecting. Elvtra rugulose,the ridges finely punctured ; each with two or three feeblyraised obtuse costfe. Hind breast covered with a tawny-colouredsilky pubescence. Last ventral segment sinuate at the apex.2 . Antennae hardly reaching to the middle of tlie elytra,more slender than in the male, the joints, from the fifth only,acutely angulate at the apex. Hind breast bare of pubescence.Last ventral segment with rounded hind margin. Legs smoothunderneath.Length J $ 29-53 mm.Uah. Kashmir ; N.W. Provinces ; Punjab ; Assam.9. LophostermiS falco, Thoms. (Cyitoguathus) Rev. et Mmj. Zool1877, p. 2m.(S. In colour and sculpture greatly resembles the same sex ofL. Jivf/eli, Eedt. ;the chief points of difference are as follows :Eyes slightly narrower, the upper lobes less closely approximatein front to the anteunal tubers ; antennae a little longer,reaching almost to the apex of the elytra ; elyti-a i-elatively shorter,less strongly rugulose, their costse broader and more obtuse.(Female not known.)The author of this species, when describing it, compared it withC. paradoxus ; but the specimen in his collection labelled ixirado.vusis one of L. 7m_«yeZi, Kedt., and not the tvne 2^((radoxus of Falderman,which is a species from Mongolia in nowise closely related to it.Lenr/th c? 30-69 mm.Ha/j.Di^i'jeeling.10. Lopnostemus paipalis, sp. n.(S . Closely resembles :— the same sex of L. Jnir/eli, Eedt., butdiffers as follows Last joint of palpi more triangular in form,widest at the extremity ; eyes narrower, the upper lobe at adistance equal to about half its own width from the antennaltuber ; antenntc shorter, scarcely reaching to the posterior thirdof the elytra, the first joint reaching a little beyond the hindluargin of the eye ; hiud angles of the pronotum acute or subdentate.Length S 40 mm.Hah. Himalayas (in coll. Ohcrthiir).