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

22, CEEAMBICIDJE.2 . Aiitennce uitid, shorter thau tlie body. Mandibles toothedaloug the inner edge, touching or overlapping along their wholnlength when closed. Last Aentral segment \\ith rounded hiudmartrin.19, Priotyrannns mordax, White (Piionus), Cat. Coleopt. B. M.,Lomjic. i, p. 18 (1853) ; Thorns. (Priotvraunus) Arcliiv. Ent. \,p. ]*21, pi. 10, fig. 1 6 (1867).S . Dark brown in colour, for the greater part dull. Headstrongly, rugosely punctured; mandibles oblique, closely punctured.Antennte with the first joint subnitid,thickly and rather stronglypunctured ; the third and followingjoints very minutely granidate,entirely opaque, each with acariniform anterior edge and mostof them furnished also with anumber of very fine, longitudinalcarinae above ; third joint a littlelonger than the first and aboutone-third longer than the fourth.Pronotum coarsely punctured allover like the head. Scutellumrugosely punctured. Elytra veryfinely and closely granulated andd\i\], except near the base ; thebase coarsely punctured and somewhatshiny near the suture, alsoat and around tlie shoulder.Hiud breast pubescent.Fig. 8.Prioiyrannus morda.v. V\ hite. 2.($ .Antenna? shorter than thebody, with the third and a few ofthe following joints shiny above. Last ventral segment roundedat the apex.A-^ar. rufescens. Elytra fulvous-red in colour, rugosely punctured,somewhat shiny across the whole of the basal area.Length 22-44 ; hreadth 8-17 mm.Hah. Nilgiri and Anaimalai Hills ;Canara, Tra\ ancore ; Bombay.Group ACANTHOPHOIUSI.This group Mas formed by Lacordaire for three very closelyrelated genera, only one of which is included in the pi*esent fauna,the other two are restricted in their range to the African region.Lameere regards all three as constituting but a single genus, whichhe places in the group Prionini. Erom the genera of that group,Acanthoj)horus differs as follows :—Tlie first joint of tlie antennaerelatively very short and thick, the labrum triangular and the