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duplt) longiores, articulus 1"^ et 3"^ ad 8™\ compressi, apice sub- 

 dilatati : ceteri gracillimi, ultimo valde elongate ; femince dimidio 

 corporis vix longiores, serratae : elytra ampla, pone medium dila- 

 tata, margine laterali recurvo, apice truncate, utrinque extus spina 

 acuta armato : pedes breves, femoribus simplicibus. 



Pter. fasciata. Nigra; prothoracis tuhermlis, pro- meso- et me- 

 tasterni lined communi, ehjtrorumque fascia mediand fuhis : 

 caput prothorax et elytra rugose punctata ; prothoracis lined 

 lo7igitudinali mediand hand marginem posticum attingente, 

 elytrorumque tribus discoidalibus {extemo sesquialtero) glaher- 

 rimis. (Corp. long. T^ unc. ; elyt. max. lat. '475 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. The female presented by Mr. Walker; 

 the male is in the cabinet of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Genus. — Obrium, Megerle. 



Obri. rubrum. Rubrum, pilis nigris tectum; caput rufum, 

 octdis antennisque nigris ; prothorax ruber, levigatus ; elytra 

 rubra, punctata ; meso- et metathorax subtus nigra ; abdomen 

 subtus rufum; pedes nigri, femoribus medio rufis. (Corp. 

 long. '^75 unc. ; lat. "1 unc.) 



Red, with a black pilosity ; head red, eyes and antennae black : 

 prothorax red, smooth: elytra red, coarsely punctured: meso- and 

 metathorax beneath black : abdomen beneath red : legs black : 

 femora red in the middle, particularly the fore and middle pair. 



Inhabits the United States of North America. A single 

 specimen was taken by Mr. Foster, at Mount Pleasant, in 

 Ohio. 



Genus. — Callidium, Fabricius. 



Call, antennatum. Chalybeum; atitennw, prcesertimbasi, quam 

 \ in Call, violaceo crassiores: prothorax latior, late bifoveotus: 



femora incrassata ; tibice subincurvce. (Corp. long. '45 unc. ; 



lat. '2 unc.) 



Call, sereum. jEreo-brutmea, pedibus pallidioribus : prothoracis 

 dorsum obsolete 4<-tubercidatuni : elytra rugose punctata, lined 

 elevatd fere obsoletd : femorum apicibus subito valde incras- 

 satis. (Corp. long. '4 unc; lat. '15 unc.) 



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