402 Mr. H. W. Bates's (lescripiions of 



rngulosis, et longitudinaliter vage siiperficialitei* flexuoso- 

 undulatis. Anteanis $ corpore paulo brevioribus ; scapo apice 

 extus spinoso. Long. 10 lin. 9 • 



Differs from the otber species of the genus in the sj)inose apex 

 of the scape, and the feebleness of the tooth on the undersurface 

 of the hindmost femora. The length of the antenna^ in the $ is 

 unknown. 



Gaboon. 



PJiilematiuru natalense. 



Ph. ulhitarse, (Fabr.), Fahra3us, Ofv. Yetensk. Akad. Fcirh. 

 1872, 1, 59. 



Viridi-auratum, subtus aureum, antennis pedibusque nigris, 

 femoribus (basi et apice exceptis) rufis, tarsis argenteo-pilosis : 

 thorace supra passim strigoso, strigis mediis antice usque ad 

 sulcuuT anteriorem curvatis, inter strigas punctato : elytris con- 

 fertissime et subtilissime punctatis et undulato-strigosis : femorum 

 dentibus brevibus vix acutis. Long. 12-14 hn. $ , ^ . 



An ap2:)arently common Natal species erroneously determined 

 in some collections as Call, hottentota, Buq., with the description 

 of which it does not at all agree. Call, hottentota is in fact a 

 true Callichroma, strikingly distinguished by its red metathoracic 

 episterna, as mentioned by Buquet. 



The present species is closely allied to Ph. Sansihuricwn, 

 Gerst., and Ph. Currori, White. 



Callichroma sapphira. 



Saturate ca?rulea tenuiter velutina ; femoribus (basi et apice 

 exceptis) abdomineque rufis ; antennis, tibiis et tarsis nigris : 

 capite grosse punctato ; antennarum scapo grosse rugose, sub- 

 punctato : thorace omnino transversim rugidoso : elytris apice 

 attenuatis siibacutis, supra confertissime et subtilissime punc- 

 tulato-rugulosis : pectore vhidi-cyaneo. Long. 17 lin. ?. 



Mexico. Received from IM. Salle under the inappropriate 

 name of C. smaragdinum, Chevr., M.S. The colour makes no 

 approach to " emerald green." 



Callichroma chiriqiniia. 



C. Itolochlorn' (Bates) proxime affiuis vcl ejusdem var. geo- 

 graphica. Supra violacea, chalybea vel viridi-cyauea, elytris 



