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COMETES. 
Cometes, Serville, Encyl. Méth. x. p. 485 (1825). 
Distinguished from Distenia by the rather stouter antenne, the joints of which are 
very thickly clothed beneath with excessively long silky hairs, adpressed in repose. 
Four or five species are known, all American, ranging from a little beyond the Tropics 
in South Brazil to Nicaragua. 
1. Cometes pulcherrimus. (Tab. VI. fig. 18.) 
Cometes pulcherrimus, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1872, p. 196. 
Hab. Nicaraeva, Chontales (Belt). 
Subfam. CALLICHROMINZ. 
Equally with the preceding subfamily Cerambycinz, this group is here only pro- 
visionally adopted. It includes all those species of Cerambycide which have finely- 
faceted eyes—an assemblage even more numerous and diversified than its predecessor. 
Almost all the diurnal, gaily-coloured, and flower-frequenting species belong to this 
group. | 
GAUROTES. 
Gaurotes, Leconte, Journal Acad. Phil. ser. 2,1. p. 324. 
Hight species are known from the temperate latitudes of North America, Europe, 
and Asia. The two here described are the first recorded from the Tropics. 
1. Gaurotes donacioides. (Tab. IV. fig. 23.) 
Brevis, nea, pilis brevibus cinereis vestita ; thorace rotundato, antice subito valde angustato, crebre punctu- 
lato, linea dorsali levi; elytris trigonis, quam thorax duplo latioribus, crebre punctulatis, basi convexis, 
apice truncatis, utrinque bispinosis; antennis nigris ; corpore subtus fusco-eeneo vix metallico. 
Long. 44-53 lin. $6 Q. 
Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). 
A distinct species, allied to the North-American G. cyanipennis in the form of the 
thorax and the prominent mesosternal process; the thorax, however, is relatively 
broader behind and more strongly narrowed in front, and the mesosternal process is 
much more elevated and advanced. In its rather obscure brassy colour, sometimes 
inclining to greenish or slate-colour, and especially in the uniform and rather dense 
clothing of short ash-coloured hairs, it is very distinct from G. cyanipennis. 
2. Gaurotes ochropus. 
G. donacioidi proxime affinis, at differt pedibus antennisque fulvo-rufis. Auneo-fusca, pilis brevibus cinereis, 
subtus densius vestita ; antennis (articulis basalibus fuscis exceptis), femoribus (genibus fuscis exceptis) 
tibiisque basi fulvo-rufis ; thorace nitido, minus crebre punctato, linea dorsali levi; elytris trigonis, apice 
truncatis, angulo suturali acuto, exteriore spinoso, dorso crebre punctulatis. 
Long. 44 lin. 
Hab. Mexico (Hége). 
