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

16 CERAMBYCID.i:.long, bispinose at each side, veiy closely, rugosely punctured,dull, but with two small slightly raised spaces uear the middlew hich are sparsely punctured and glossy. Elytra more than twiceas long as broad, dull and somewhat coriaceous in appearance,finely rugulose and very minutely punctnlate. Thorax underneathrather thickly covered with longish tawny hairs, shorterhairs of the same colour being less thickly spread on the tarsi andtibise ; abdomen \\ith very short, sparse!}- scattered hairs. Lastventral segment sinuate at the apex.2 . Antennae much shorter, joints third to eleventh serrateinstead of Habellate. Elytra slightly expanded below the middle.Abdomen glabrous and more highly polished ; the last ventralsegment with rounded hind inargin.Length 33-46 ; hrccuWi 11-17 mm.Hah. Murree ; Kashmir.15. Prionus elliotti, sp. n.6 . Black above ; antennte, legs and body underneath pitchybrown; tarsi reddish brown. Head closely punctured, impressedwith a median groove, which is finer and less distinct behind.Antennae scarcely extending beyond the middle of the elytra,12-jointed, joints third to eleventh each with a long process projectingobliquely in front from the apex ; third about one-thirdlonger than the first and twice as long as the fourth, its processhalf as long as the joint itself ; fourth to eleventh subequal inlength, the ramus of each much longer than the stem ; twelfthjoint nearly twice as long as the eleventh. Prothorax closelypunctured ; with two spines on each side—one short, at theanterior angle, the other long and slightly recurved just beforethe middle. El}tra less than twice as long as broad, denselyrugulose and some^^hat sparsely punctured. Breast thicklycovered with long greyish hairs; the abdomen with some shortersparsely scattered hairs. Eirst joint of front tarsus longer thanthe second, that of the hind tarsus almost as long as the secondand third united ; third joint of hind tarsus cleft to the middle,Lem/th 33 ;hreadtli 13 mm.Hah. Baluchistan : near Quetta (C Elliott).Genus PRIONOMMA.Priouomma, White, Cat. Coleojit. B. 31., Loiujic. \, p. 19 (1853) :Lacord. Gen. CoUopt. viii, p. 58 (18G9).Type, P. atratum, Gmelin.Eange. That of the type species.(5 . Head short and broad ; the clypeus deeply depressed,bounded above by an arcuate groove ; antenniferous tubers flat,separated by a narrow but deep median groove, which is continuedalong the vertex between two prominent supraorbital carinas ; eyes