. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. PROTHEMA. 235 Genus PROTHEMA. Prothema, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. >Soc. (2j iv; p. 43 (1855) ; Lacord. Gen. Coleopt. viii, p. 526 (18G9). Sigeum, Pascoe, P. Z. S. ISGti, p. 523. Type, P. signata, Pasc, a species from JVorth China. Range. Bhutan, Assam, North China, Malay Peninsula and Philippine Islands, Closely allied to Homalomelas, "White, from which it differs chiefly by the structure of the elytra. These have narrower and less distinct epipleures, and the sides extend downwards near the base only to a slightly greater
. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. PROTHEMA. 235 Genus PROTHEMA. Prothema, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. >Soc. (2j iv; p. 43 (1855) ; Lacord. Gen. Coleopt. viii, p. 526 (18G9). Sigeum, Pascoe, P. Z. S. ISGti, p. 523. Type, P. signata, Pasc, a species from JVorth China. Range. Bhutan, Assam, North China, Malay Peninsula and Philippine Islands, Closely allied to Homalomelas, "White, from which it differs chiefly by the structure of the elytra. These have narrower and less distinct epipleures, and the sides extend downwards near the base only to a slightly greater extent than in the rest of their length, so that the lateral jnargins are but feebly sinuate and nearly straight. The prothorax is relatively shorter and broader than in Ilomalomelcoi, and is not wrinkled or granulated above. The one species included in the Indian fauna is in form, colour and markings somewhat suggestive of a Clytid. 265. Prothema aurata, sp. u. $ . Black, densely covered above with silky pubescence of a somewhat golden yellow colour, and marked with some densely punctured glabrous black bands ; the body beneath covered with pubescence, which is yellowish towards the sides, ashy-grey in the middle. Antennae of the $ slightly longer than the body, with the proximal three or four joints black, the rest brown, all faintly covered with pale grey pubescence ; joints sixth to tenth rather sharply angu- lated anteriorly at the apex. Protliorax not longer than broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, slightly constricted at tlie base ; the disc with two black bands that run forward from the base and slightly con- verge anteriorly, but do not reach quite to the front margin ; the sides each with one black band that extends from the base to a little beyond the middle. Elytra with the sutural and lateral margins black, marked each with a black baud that runs backwards from the shoulder and ends in a transverse black bar placed just behind the middle, and a black band or spot
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