CoJcoptcroas Fainilij Cleridte. 81 



Rather shining, clothed witli a hue erect pile. Head with a 

 deep douhle fovea between the eyes, antennie pale red at the 

 base, the basal two or three joints pitchy above, the club fuscous. 

 Thorax with a few scattered punctures, not much narrowed 

 behind, base margined. Elytra half as wide again as thorax, 

 rather convex, sides parallel, ai)ical half of suture with a stria, 

 disc with indistinct and irregular series of punctures. The 

 narrow black fasciae do not touch the margin, and the posterior 

 one is indented on its front margin. Breast black, rest of under- 

 side red. Hab.— 1 (Dr.^Baden). 



Resembles G. hicindns Ivlug. Tlie black legs and breast 

 will distinguish it. 



Clems riilpliuis, n. sp. 



Niger, supra dense tomentosus, capite, prothorace disco nigro 

 excepto, elytrorum basi apicecjue, rufo-villosis ; elytris fasciis 

 duabus (anteriore interrupta) nigris, a fascia mediana flava, fere 

 nuda, separatis, sutura antice cinereo pilosa. Long. lin. 4|. 



Var. .? a. Minor, elytrorum basi nigro, pilis ruhs fasciato, 

 fascia mediana flava ad suturani interrupta. Long. lin. 4. 



Thorax very globular, nearly as wide as elytra, densely 

 clothed with rufous pile, black in the centre, anterior con- 

 striction scarcely visible. Elytra cylindric, base narrowly and 

 apex widely rufo-villous ; two black nearly straight fasciae (the 

 anterior interrupted) and a median pale yellow one, the latter 

 nearly denuded and showing distinct punctures. Legs black 

 with grey pubescence. AntemiiB with two joints at the base red. 



Hab. — ] (l-)r. Baden). Var. IVIexico, (fSaunders). 



Cler/i-s caprasreusj n. sj). 



Capite et thorace nigro-;eneis elytris sub-violaceis his multo 

 latioribus, antennarum basi, ore, pedibus, abdomine(j[ue hete 

 rutis, tarsis fuscis. Long. lin. bl. 



Head and thorax very obsoletely and closely punctured, 

 scarcely shining, finely pubescent, the latter with the base 

 margined, and transversely impressed in front. Elytra im- 

 punctate but with several rows of small tubercules, only distinct 

 near the suture, and three raised costie or lines on each, the first 

 of which (or the one nearest the suture) coincides with a row of 



