. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. KOSALIA. 17 black ; the sides sparsely punctate, glabrous aud glossy; the front minutely, aud the vertex more strongly, puuctulate, both faintlv pubesceut; mandibles vary iu the male according to the size and development of the iudividual—iu large males they are rather long and horizontal, furnished each with a strong dorsal i-idge and a tooth near tlie base; iu smaller males obliquely incliiied as in the female, with the dorsal tooth small or even entirely absent. Anteunce longer than the body by the last five joints iu the
. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. KOSALIA. 17 black ; the sides sparsely punctate, glabrous aud glossy; the front minutely, aud the vertex more strongly, puuctulate, both faintlv pubesceut; mandibles vary iu the male according to the size and development of the iudividual—iu large males they are rather long and horizontal, furnished each with a strong dorsal i-idge and a tooth near tlie base; iu smaller males obliquely incliiied as in the female, with the dorsal tooth small or even entirely absent. Anteunce longer than the body by the last five joints iu the S aud the last four iu the ? ; pale blue, with the first two joints entirely and the rest at the apex black ; third to sixth strongly, and some of the suc- ceeding joints feebly, tufted with black hairs at the apex, Prothorax rounded at the sides, slightly narrowed towards the base ; the disc with a large black spot that extends from the middle to the front margin and spreads out in front, also a small round black spot on each side. Scutellum blue. Elytra marked each \vith four large transverse spots or bands—one at the base, the second at one-fourth from base, the third just behind the middle, and the fourth a little before the apex. Body beneath for the most part pale blue, with the raesothorax almost wholly black. Le^s black • the femora, which are gradually thickened and subfusifornrtowards the apex, with a pale blue ring or spot ou the thickest part; hind tibiffi dilated and fringed with hairs at the apex; middle and hind tarsi pale blue above. Length 16-28 ; breadth 4-7 mm. Hab. Burma: Ruby Mines, North Chin Hills; Fig. 70.—Eosalia lamecrei, Brongn., J. X -j. II. Puhescmce vermilion, with blach spots and bands; antennce ivithout strong tufts of hair except in the 5 of one species; mandibles without dorsal tooth in (S . (Subgenus Euetbatus.) A. Bodg beneath entirely black ; femora fusiform or suhlinear. 192. Rosalia laterilia, Hope (Lamia), Grays Zool. Misc.
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