. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. 276 CEEAMBTCTDJ5. 326. Rhaphlima fallax, Cheir. 3Iem. Soc R. Lierje, xviii, p. 276 (1863). Resembles R. 2)lacida, Pasc.,iu colour and structure, but differs as follows : only one black spot (tbat at the apex) on each elytron ; on the ventral side, the abdomen only black; the antennae and legs entirely yellowish testaceous. The front margin of the apical black spot is almost transverse, with a slight angulation near the middle, its hind border is, as in R. jylacida, covered with ashy-grey pubescence; on each elytron the
. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. 276 CEEAMBTCTDJ5. 326. Rhaphlima fallax, Cheir. 3Iem. Soc R. Lierje, xviii, p. 276 (1863). Resembles R. 2)lacida, Pasc.,iu colour and structure, but differs as follows : only one black spot (tbat at the apex) on each elytron ; on the ventral side, the abdomen only black; the antennae and legs entirely yellowish testaceous. The front margin of the apical black spot is almost transverse, with a slight angulation near the middle, its hind border is, as in R. jylacida, covered with ashy-grey pubescence; on each elytron there is a small ashy-white spot just behind the middle. The body beneath is banded ^^ ith white pubescence in a manner very similar to R. pJac'ida. Length 13|; breadth 2| mm. Hah. Bengal. 327. Rhaphuma praeusta, Lameere, C. R. Soc. Ent. BeUj. 1890, p. ccxii, Eesembles E. pJacida, Pasc.; it is of the same colour above, the head black, the prothorax and elytra testa- ceous red, but there is only one black spot on each elytron, that at the apex; the front margin of this spot is somewhat rounded, the apical border is covered, as in R. placida, with ashy-grey pubescence; there is a very small ashy-white spot behind the middle of each elytron. On the ventral side, the abdomen only is black, the rest testaceous, banded with white pubescence in a similar way to R. placida. The legs and antenna? tes- taceous, the hind femora sometimes blacliish at the a^^ex. Lengtli 12 ; breadth 2| mm. Hdh. Chutia jS'agpur. This species is possibly not distinct from R. frtJlax, Chevr., as it differs only in its somewhat more distinctly reddish colour, and has the front margin of the apical black spot of each elytron rounded instead of trans\ Fig. 93. Shaphuma prmusta, Lameere. 328. Rhaphuma rhea, sp. n. Head black, somewhat sparsely covered ^vith ashy-white pubes- cence ; prothorax dark red, very sparsely covered with tawny pubes- cence, the basal margin on each side narrowly bordered \^it'h white ;
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