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TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS APRIONA CHEVR. (CERAMBYCIDAE, LAMIINAE, BATOCERINI) Apriona hageni nov. spec. ♂ (fig. 1). Length 32 mm, breadth at the shoulders 9.2 mm, length of the antennae 56 mm. Locality: Sumatra (Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, N. E. Sumatra, Dr. B. Hagen). Holotype. Closely related to Apriona cylindrica Thoms., more slender. Thorax less compressed, anterior transverse furrow less distinct and curved. Elytra almost parallel, with light sepia-brown pubescence and ornated with many milky white spots, which are irregularly spread over the surface. Shoulders not armed with a tooth. Basal quarter of the elytra with black, shining granules, which diminish from the shoulder towards the suture, where they are nearly absent. Apex truncate. Sutural angle with a thorn. Scutellum posteriorly Fig. 1. Apriona hageni nov. spec. truncate with rounded angles. Type ♂. Natural size Antennae dark brown with greyish pubescence. Legs dark brown with yellowish grey pubescence.
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