. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. PYBOCALYMArA. 89 prostenmm narrow, A'ery slightly dilated posteriorly ; the coxae prominent, closely approxiniated to each other, the acetabula ungulate outwards and open posteriorly. Acetabula of middle coxae open widely to the epimera. Metathoracic episterua nai'- rowed posteriorly and pointed at the end. Stridulating area ot mesonotum divided by a faint median groove. So. Pyrocalymma pyrochroides, Thorns. Si/st. Cemmb. p. 160 (1864). Head on top, pronotum, and elytra red, rather densely covered with a somewhat velvety pube
. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. PYBOCALYMArA. 89 prostenmm narrow, A'ery slightly dilated posteriorly ; the coxae prominent, closely approxiniated to each other, the acetabula ungulate outwards and open posteriorly. Acetabula of middle coxae open widely to the epimera. Metathoracic episterua nai'- rowed posteriorly and pointed at the end. Stridulating area ot mesonotum divided by a faint median groove. So. Pyrocalymma pyrochroides, Thorns. Si/st. Cemmb. p. 160 (1864). Head on top, pronotum, and elytra red, rather densely covered with a somewhat velvety pubescence of a bright red colour; body beneath, legs and antennte black ; head more or less black in front, at the sides and beneath. Antennae reach to the posterior third of the elytra in the (S, barely to the middle in the 5 , densely covered Avith short black pubescence; the joints from the third to the tenth flattened and trian- gular, projecting strongly at the apex on the anterior side, subequal to one another in length in the § , successively and very gradually longer in the c?, each as broad as it is long or almost Fig. 35. gQ jj^ ^j^g 2 , and longer than broad in the J. ''mrocCoidis Pronotum, owing to the arrangement of the pubes- Thoms., 2. ' cence, appears to have a broad shallow groove along the middle and a slight depression on each side near the base. Elytra furnished each Avitb four narrow slightly raised longitudinal costae, the two inner more distinct than the outer. Body beneath and legs minutely and densely punctulate, thinly clothed with blackish pubescence. First joint of hind tarsus narrower than the second or third, nearly as long as these two united. Levgth 16-21 ; breadth (at shoulders) 3|-5 mm. Hah. Sikhim : Darjeeling, Pedong ; Manipur (Doherfj/) : Burma Euby Mines (Dohcrtj/). 80. Pyrocalymma conspicua, sp. n. Black, the elytra reddish ; the vertex of the head, the pro- notum and the elytra densely covered with red, silk}'- pubes- cence. Head with a rat
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