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riuea Saperda. Paifa; oculis 4 nigemmis ; antennis apice fuscis : 

 elytra nigra, basi rufa: cretera rufa: elytra profimde puncta, 

 pimctis vix liiieatim dispositis. (Corp. long. "4 unc. lat. "l vmc.) 



Inhabits Mexico. In the cabinet of the Entomological Club. In 

 many of its characters this little insect nearly resembles the genus 

 Tetraopes. 



Genus. — Callia, Serville. 



Callia axillaris. Antennse nigra? ; caput chalybeum : prothorax 

 chalybeus,punctus : elytra nigro-purpurea, hunieris ferrugineis, 

 obscure striata, striis subtillissime punctis : abdomen et pedes 

 chalybea. (Corp. long. "SS unc. lat. '15 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. Tliis pretty little insect, which occurs in every 

 box of Brazilian insects, has long stood un-named in the cabinet of 

 the Entomological Club. It appears to me to agree exactly with Ser- 

 ville's genus Callia. 



Natural Order. — Leptukites, Newman. 

 Genus. — Pytheus, Newman . 



Caput vix porrectum vix exsertum, oculi mediocres, laterales, fere 

 rotundi : antennae dimidio corporis hand longiores ; articuli latitudine 

 fere a^quantes ; longitudine primo ultimoque exceptis crescentes : 

 prothorax inermis, capite manifesto longior, medio pauUo latior, later- 

 ibus antice posticeque constrictis: elytra complanata carinata parallela 

 apicibus inarmatis : pedes breves, femoribus apice tumidis. 



Pytheus jugosus. Caput et prothorax rugata : elytra dorso com- 

 planata, jugosa, interstitiis profunde punctis, marginibus suturali 

 et laterali elevatis, lineai quoque 2 discoidales elevatae in angu- 

 lum analem desinent : caput, antennae, prothorax, pro- meso- et 

 metasternum coxaeque nigra: elytra pedes et abdomen ferrugi- 

 nea ; elytris macula communi dorsali alteraque apicali nigris. 

 (Corp. long. "5 unc. lat. •1125 unc.) 



Inhabits New Holland. In the cabinet of the Entomological Club, 

 taken by Mr. Kirk near Sydney. 



