Mr. A. White on a new species of Longicorn Beetle. Ill 



the first examination I found myself rather doubtful whether the 

 P. Cacicus was not the same species. The following is the de- 

 scription of M. Fries : PsalidognathtLS {Prionacalus) modestus ; la- 

 bium short, bifid. 



M. Fries had only seen two specimens, a male and female ; the 

 former, from being very small, he imagines must be a very dimi- 

 nutive example of the sex, while he judges that the female must 

 be amongst the largest individuals of the species. In the male the 

 head is smaller than the thorax, with a little pointed spine on 

 both sides, and a sort of hook where the mandibles are attached. 



Mandibles are as long as the head, resembling those of the 

 female of Psalidognathus super-bus ; in the middle of the thorax 

 there is an excavation ; the elytra have hardly any trace of the 

 reticulated and elevated lines ; the humeral hook is very small ; 

 the wings together are as long as the body. 



In the female the ridge of the head is less marked and ends in 

 a raised point ; the appendages on side of head are very short 

 and fine ; the mandibles as in the male ; labrum at tip bent in 

 the same as the preceding (?) ; elytra more thick and firm, 

 without raised lines, deeply pitted and granular ; there are no 

 wings. 



M. Nisser found this very distinct species at Antiochia in 

 Columbia, and deposited the male and female in the Academy 

 Museum. 



Jan. 16, 1845. 



On the same plate are figured two Coleoptera from Xanthus in 

 Asia Minor, found by Charles Fellows, Esq., and now in the 

 Museum collection. In a subsequent number of the *^ Annals' 

 descriptions of these will be given. The smooth Carabus with 

 thick legs and dilated thorax was found close to the "Horse 

 Tomb'' as it has been called, but now more properly denominated 

 the " Winged Chariot Tomb ;" it was the monument of Paiafa, 

 one of the satraps of Lycia : I have named it Carabus [Pi-ocrus- 

 ticus) Paiafa. There are characters that would separate it from 

 both Carabus and Procrustes. The longicorn may be an extreme 

 variety of Cerambyx Kcehlerij L. Syst. Nat. 393. 31, between 

 which ?indC.Desfontainii, Fabr. S. E. 274. 37. (Oliv. t. 23. f. 183), 

 it seems to come. As a small compliment to the distinguished tra- 

 veller and archaeologist who found it close to the " Harpy Tomb," 

 as well as to mark his fondness for entomology in his youth, I 

 have named it Purpuricenus Fellowsii : it is very common on the 

 trees about Xanthus. — A. W. 



