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Jfonof/iaph oftJw ('(/Ini/ifcroiifi genus Calociiromus of tite /aiiu'li/ 

 Lycid.e ; by Chas. O. Wati; rhouse. 



Calochuomus, Guerin, 1833. 



The species of this genus differ from all the other Lijcidce 

 (except Homalisus) in having the elytra without distinct carinas 

 separated by rows of punctures ; the whole surface of the elytra 

 is finely and densely punctiu'ed and pubescent, and there are 

 generally two or three obscure raised lines on each elytron. 

 The species of the genus will probably be found to be numer- 

 ous ; some of them very much resemble Telejihorus in their 

 appearance. The males have the antennae much longer, and 

 less compressed, than in the females, and the penultimate seg- 

 ment of the abdomen is notched or emarginate at the apex. 

 Before attempting to determine any species it is quite necessary 

 to ascertain the sex of the specimen foi- Avhich a name is sought. 



I. MaxUlary palpi very short, thick and compact, the apical 

 joint nearly globular. 



(\ f//(niropt('nis, Guerin. 



Cyaneo-uiger, sub-nitidiis, thorace elytrorumque basi fiavis. 

 Long 5-g— 7 lin. 



Ilab, Dorey and Waigiou. Brit. Mus, 



C. scvtc'Uaris, Erichs (PI. II, f. \). 



Niger, nitidus; elytris ferrugineo-fiavis, pu])escentibus. Long. 

 4-51 lin. 



Tliorax with a dee23 mesial channel, deepest behind, with a 

 line line runniijg through the middle of it, from the anterior to 

 ])osterior margin ; the lateral impressions very deep, the anterior 

 one not separated from the posterior. The elytra arc sub- 

 parallel, rusty-yellow, sometimes with the scutellar region black. 



Hab. iN.W. Australia. Brit. Mus. 



