THE CERAMBYCIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF NEPAL COLLECTED BY THE KYUSHU UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION1

T h e s u b f a m i l i e s Prjoninae, L e p t u r i n a e a n d C e r a m b y c i n a e o f t h e f a m i l y Cerambycidae taken by the Kyushu Univers i ty Sc ien t i f ic Expedi t ion to the Nepal Himalaya in 1971 and 1972 are dealt. Out of 24 species, 5 species, Strangaliella emotoi, Idiostrangalia quadrisignata, Rosalia (Eurybatus) nakanishii, Glaphyra shimai and Rhaphuma nishidai are described as new and 6 species, Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat, X. incurvatus contorsus Gahan, Chlorophorus shoreae G a r d n e r , Rhapkuma fulgurata Gahan, Aglaophis fasciata Thomson and Artimpaza obscura Gardner are recorded from Nepal for the first time. The Cerambycidae of Nepal have been rather poorly known to science since Hope (1381), in comparison with the surrounding regions such as Sikkim, Assam and Burma or even Kashmir and Bhutan. Recently Villiers et Ch,fijB (1966) and Hayashi (1979, 1980) have contributed toward the knowledge of the Nepalese Cerambycidae based on the material brought back by Japanese expeditions. This paper reports the results of our study on the material of the subfamilies Prioninae, Lepturinae and Cerambycinae of the family Cerambycidae taken by the Kyushu University Scientific Expedition to the Nepal Himalaya in