. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. 300 CEKAMBTCIDyi;. This genus resembles Demo),Thoms., but is somewhat narrower in form, and distinguishable from it by the relatively short third antennal joint, and the peculiar form of the spine with which this joint is armed at the apex. 368. Psilomerus angustus, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Liege, xviii, p. 257 (1863). Head and prothorax ferruginous red, with a thin covering of luteous-grey pubescence; elytra densely covered with yellow pubescence, marked each with three large dark brown spots, the first two oblong, pl
. Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]. Beetles; Cerambycidae. 300 CEKAMBTCIDyi;. This genus resembles Demo),Thoms., but is somewhat narrower in form, and distinguishable from it by the relatively short third antennal joint, and the peculiar form of the spine with which this joint is armed at the apex. 368. Psilomerus angustus, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Liege, xviii, p. 257 (1863). Head and prothorax ferruginous red, with a thin covering of luteous-grey pubescence; elytra densely covered with yellow pubescence, marked each with three large dark brown spots, the first two oblong, placed on the disc, one near the base, the other at the middle; the third begins as a transverse spot on the disc at about one-third from the apex, and is continued backwards along the side almost up to the apex. Body beneath dark brown, with dense white pubescence that forms a spot on each of tiie mesothoracic episterna, a band along the metathoracic episterna, and a large spot at the side of each abdominal segment; an- tennae and legs dark brown, somewhat reddish towards the base. Head and prothorax finely and very densely punctulate. Third antennal joint about half the length of the fourth, its long slender apical spine slightly thickened at the extreme end. Hind femora extend by a third of their length past the apex of the elytra in the <3. Lenr/tJi ; breadth l-l-f mm. Hah. Southern India : Nilgiri Fig. 96. Psilomerus angustus, Chevr 369. Psilomerus timaculatus, sp. n. Head and prothorax ferruginous red, faintlv covered with tawny pubescence; elytra brown, somewhat densely covered with rather long, closely-laid ta\A"ny pubescence, each marked with a dorso-Jateral round black spot at about one-fourth of its length from the apex ; body beneath brownish black, the episterna of the meso- and metathorax and the sides of tlie abdomen co\ered with ashy-white pubescence ; antennae and legs ferruginous, the thickened part of the femora dark brown. Head and protho
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