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Cl'ANALUES GIORHAMI, U. S. 



Ovutits, niyer, nitiJua. Cupite thoraceque suh-lcevibus. Elytris nigro- 

 vceruhis, hnud sfriafis, suh-fortiter jyunctatls. Suit us niger vix punctntus, 

 abdominis apice in medio testaceo. Antcnnis nigris, jyaljyis j^f^dibusque 

 nigro-piceis. Long. 2\ lin. 



Of this pretty species, for wliieli a new genus has been formed by 

 the Rev. H. S. Gorhani, I have received during the present year a 

 single example from Kawatchi, in the S.E. of Nipon, and it is with 

 much pleasure that I dedicate it to my friend, the author of the genus. 



Xorbiton : June 10th, 187 1- GrEO. Lewis. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CREMASTOCREILUS 

 FROM CALIFORNIA. 



BY PROF. J. O. WESTWOOD, M.A., F.L.S. 



Ceemastocheilus ceassipes, sp. n. 

 Magnus, latus, supra deplanatus, niger, capite punctato ; chjpei 

 margine antico parum recurvo semicirculari ; pronoto latcribus rotundatis, 

 caput versus augustioribus, dorso parum convexo, anqulis ant ids fere ad 

 oculos porrectis subacutis, impressione sat profunda intra angulos notata ; 

 angulis posticis in cornu breve retro productis ; margine postico curvato, 

 disco punctato, punctis prcEsertim lateral ibus majoribus et rotundo-cica- 

 tricosis ; breviter setoso ; elgtris latis, dorso jjlanis, pitnctis ovalibus- 

 postice i?icomplc'tis, jyarani profundis, guttis viinutis strigisque brevibus 

 tenuissimis intcrdum undulafis,propesufur(im albis parce notatis ; pcdibus 

 brevibus, latis, crassis, fossoriis, tibiis anticis dentihns ralde obfnsis, 

 tarsis multo brevioribus, articulis latioribus quam lungis ; niento postice 

 integro, glabro. Long. corp. lin. H\ ; hit. burner, elgtr. lin. SI. 



Habitat in California. j\lus. Parry. 



This very distinct species belongs to the group with the mentum 

 entire in the middle of its hind margin, and in which the anterior 

 tarsi have the terminal joints not suddenly dilated ; but differs from the 

 two species hitherto described as having the legs short and fossorial 

 (C. Schaumii and angularis), by having the legs comparatively much 

 broader and shorter, with the joints of the tarsi broader llian long. 



Oxford: -Juii, lUh. lS7t. 



