10s Mr. WAuatHOUSE ov the i/enns Calocliromiis. 



Hues, tlie interstices narrow and slightly convex. The penul- 

 timate segment of the abdomen has a trapezoidal emargination 

 at the apex. 



Hab. Nepal. Brit. Mus. 



The above descrijition is taken from Hope's original sjiecimen. 



r'. (vnn/his, n. s]i. (PI. II, f. C.) 



Niger, sid3-opaciis ; thorace medio canaliculato, utrlnqiie biim- 

 presso ; elytris dimidio basali ferrugineo-flavo, singulis tricostatis. 

 Long. 3|— 4| lin. 



Head convex, shining, rather closely and excessively finely 

 ])unctured, rostrum* very short, strongly transverse, at the base 

 of each antenna there is a slight round tumour ; mandibles 

 pitchy. Thorax shining, clothed Avith very delicate grey pubes- 

 cence only A'isible in some lights. Elytra densely pubescent, 

 with the basal half rusty-yellow, each with three distinct roof- 

 like costa', and with an indication of a fourth. 



$ Antenna? nearly as long as the elytra, third joint a little 

 elongate, A^ery obliquely tnmcate at the apex, fourth joint as 

 long as the tAvo preceding taken together, compressed, broader 

 than the third, the 5th to 10th the same length as the third, 

 the eighth, ninth and tenth diminishing in Avidth, the fifth to 

 eighth AA'ith the loAver anterior angle a httle produced, the 

 eleventh joint a little longer and much narroAver than the pre- 

 ceding. Thorax sub-quadrate, rather straight at the sides, 

 arched in front, AA^tli a deep mesial longitiidinal channel, and 

 on each side tAvo deep fo\-ea^, the raised portion diA'iduig the 

 fovea^ oblique. Penultimate segment of abdomen triangularh^ 

 emarginate at the apex, and Avith a deep longitudinal mesial 

 channel. 



9 Antenna; ^ the length of the elytra, third joint as broad 

 at its apex as long, fourth to ninth scarcely longer than broad, 

 the tenth a little narroAver, eleventh narrowed at the apex. 

 Thorax a little l)roader than long, rather narroAved in front ; 

 the rest as in the male. 



Hab. SaraA\ak (Wallace). Brit. Mus. 



* The portion of the head which is in front of the insertion of the 

 antennas, not strictly a rostrum in this .qfeniis. but I use the word as a 

 convenient one. 



