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ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY.
postlds aeutis ct exfus divergeutilius ; scutello postice rotunclato atro ; elytois acuminatis fusco-flavis, lineis tribus
pai'um elevatis, corpore iufi'a atropiceo, feiiioribus coucoloribus, mcsostcruo ibrtiter excavato, cornu prostcrni ad
pedes medios extenso. Fremina major auteuuis simplieibus.
Oxjuopteiiis blackisli-bi'ora, head aud protliorax clothed with short grey pubescence, antcnnse ferruginous,
clypeus of the head roiuided, black ; the middle of the disc subsidcated ; prothorax brown, with the lateral margins
elevated, the anterior angles somewdiat produced, the hind ones acute and extended outwardly, the seutellum
rounded behind, and black, the elyti'a acuminate at the tips, fulvous-brown, with three slightly elevated lines, the body
beneath pitchy-brown, the thighs of the same colom', the mesostermmi strongly excavated, the prosterual spine
extending to the middle feet. The female is about a quarter of an inch larger, and has simple ajitennoa.
Length of the insect about 3 inches. Inhabits the Philippine Islands. Mr. Cuming. In the British Museum.
FIGURE 6.—PECTOCERA MELLII. HOPE. (Or. Cix. p. 79.)
Pectocera flavo-fusca, griseo variegatus ; antennis pectinatis, prothoraee subtomentoso angidis posticis acutis, clytris
postice valde acuminatis ; pedibus ñavo-fuseis et pubescentibus.
Pectocera yellowish-brown, variegated with grey, the anteunce pectinated (the pectinations not so long as in P.
Cantori) prothorax somewhat tomentose, posterior angles acute, elytra posteriorly very much acuminated ; legs
yellowish-brown and pubescent.
Length of the insect about 1 inch. Inhabits Simlah in Thibet. In the Collection of A. MeUy, Esq.
FIGURE 7.—ALAUS MCERENS. WESTW.
Alans supra laeteo-grisens, griseo nebulosus nigroque maculatus ; occipite piano ; pronoto oblongo convexo
lateribus sinuatis, mai-gme postieo in medio carina elevata insti-ueto, prothoracis anguhs anticis, macuhs lateraUbus
duobusque discoidahbus nigris ; elytrornm regione scntehari, humeris, macuhs lateralibus (duabus in medio
majoribus) nigris, regione sutm'ali nigi-o tesseUato apicibus subrotundatis ; aaitemiis pedibusque fuscis ; corpore
subtus luteo-fusco, fusco tessellato.
Alans, above cream-coloured, mixed mth grey, and varied wdth grey clouds and black spots ; forehead flat,
pronotum oblong, convex, the sides in the middle sinuated ; the hind margin with a raised space in front of the
scuteUum ; the anterior angles aud lateral spots, as well as two more distinct ones on the disc, black ; the elyti'a
near the seutellum, the shoulders, and lateral spots (two of which are larger than the rest) black ; the space near the
sutui'e tessellated with black, the tips rather rounded ; antennee and legs brown, body beneath luteous-brown,
tessellated with dark brown.
Length of the insect nearly 2 inches. Inhabits India. In the British Museum.
FIGURE S.—ALAUS SCULPTUS. WESTW".
Alans niger, puhescentia lutea maculatus, punctisque atris velutinis varius, capite punetato, inter oenlos profunde
impresso, prothoraee subrotundato supra valde convexo varioloso, livulis impressionibusque numerosis punctatis,
interstitiis glabris lateribus marginis postici excavatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, basi prope seutellum et inter
humeros profunde impressis ; apicibus tnmcatis ; copore subtus luteo magis tessellato.
Alans black, spotted with luteons pubescence, and varied ivith black velvet-hke patches ; head punctm-ed, deeply
impressed between the eyes ; prothorax nearly rounded (much constricted before the hinder angles) very convex,
sui'face uTegulai', with channels and numerous impressed spots, which are tliicldy punctured, leaving the interstices
glabrous ; the sides of the hind margin excavated, the elytra puuetate-striate, the base near the scutehum and
between the shoulders deeply impressed ; the tips truncated, body beneath more thickly tessellated with luteous.
Length of the insect nearly inch. Inhabits the Kasyah HiUs of India. In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope.
FIGURE fl.—ALAUS SORDIDUS. WESTW.
Alaus opacus pnbescens, sordide albidus maculis numerosis nigris, fascia media inteiTupta elytrorinn alteraque
suhapicah in medio angulata, nigris; prothoraee subquadi-ato supra convexo ; utrinque versus ángulos anticos W
nigra, medioqne • nigra notato ; elytris punctato-stiiatis, basi subimpressis apicibusque truncatis ; corpore subtus
sordide albido opaco abdominis lateribus nigro maculatis.
Alaus opaque pubescent, dirty buff-coloured, varied with numex-ous black spots ; a broad interrupted fascia in the
middle of the elytra, and a narrower subapical one angulated at the suture, all black ; the prothorax is nearly
square, convex, and marked near each of the anterior angles with a black W> i'l'l "i® middle with a black • ;
elytra pimctate striate, slightly impressed at the base, and truncate at the tips ; body beneath dirty buff opaque ; the
sides of the abdomen with small black spots. The specimen figured is a singular monstrosity ; the middle leg on
the light side having the coxa and trochanter of the normal form, followed by three femora conjoined together at the
base, each with its perfect tibia, and with one imperfect aud two perfect tarsi.
Length of the insect 1 | inch. Inliabits the Island of Ceylon. In the Collection of R. Templeton, Esq.
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