. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. 62 elytra ; first joint stout, strongly punctured and sparsely ciliate ; third shorter than the fourth, slightly nodose at the apex ; fourth to tenth sub- in length, eleventh longer than the tenth ; each joint from the fifth or sixth with a feeble longitudinal channel in front and another behind near the lower border. Prothorax with a broad dark channel or depression along the middle bearing four or five longitudinal ridges ; the sides red- dish, strongly rugose-punctate, furnished like the head with som
. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. 62 elytra ; first joint stout, strongly punctured and sparsely ciliate ; third shorter than the fourth, slightly nodose at the apex ; fourth to tenth sub- in length, eleventh longer than the tenth ; each joint from the fifth or sixth with a feeble longitudinal channel in front and another behind near the lower border. Prothorax with a broad dark channel or depression along the middle bearing four or five longitudinal ridges ; the sides red- dish, strongly rugose-punctate, furnished like the head with some longish setae. Elytra sparsely setose, each with two dorsal carinae and one lateral, also about eight rows of strong punctures, some of the rows long, some short, the intervals between them shghtly i-aised; none of the rows or carinae extend to the apex ; apical part closely and very finely punctulate. Apex of femora and base of tibiae blacldsh ; femora with large sparse punctures, the hind pair asperate beneath. This is a very rare species, of which I have seen only three examples, two in the collection of M. Eene Oberthiir and one in the collection of Mr. Fry. In the smaller specimen, from Ivurseong in Sikhim, the antennae extend to the middle of the elytra, while in the larger one, ticketed "India" and probably the type, they do not extend beyond the anterior third of the elytra. The difference is probably sexual. Length 16-22 mm. Hah. Sikhim; Manipur. Fig. 23. Di/naoiiostes audax, Pasc. Genus DISTENIA. Distenia, Serville, x, p. 485 (1825); id. Ann. Soc. JEnt. Fr. 1835, p. 207 ; Lacord. Gen. CoUojyt. ix, p. 227. Apheles, Blessig, Hor. Soc. Eni. Boss, ix, p. 1G5 (1872). Sakuntala; Lameere, C. R. Soc. Ent. Behj. 1890, p. ccxiii. Type, B. columbina, Serv., a South-American species. Hange. Keotropical, African and Oriental Eegions; represented also in North America by one species and in East Siberia and Japan by another. Head strongly exserted, graduall)
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