30 Mr. J. S. Baly on the Eumolj)icl8e. 



men distinctly punctured ; anterior pair of thighs incrassate, their lower 

 edge flattened, and produced in the centre iuto an acute tooth ; anterior 

 tibife strongly curved, gradually thickened from their base to the apex ; 

 outer edge of four posterior tibiae produced immediately before their apex 

 into a flat obtuse process. 

 Hab. Amazons. Collected by H. W. Bates, Esq. 



GeniLS Callisina. 



Caput (fig. 6 c) exsertum, declive ; oculis prominentibus, oblongo-ovatis, 

 intus sinuatis ; antennis (fig. 6 a) ad apicem valde compresso-dilatatis, 

 articulis quinto ad nonimi perparmn ampliatis, tribus ultimis latitudine 

 fequalibus ; palpls maxillanhus elevatis. Tliorax transversus, couvexus, 

 lateribus marginatis ; antepectoris segmento antero-laterali (fig. 6 h) tri- 

 gonato, angulo postico obtiiso, angulo exterior! ad thoracis anguium 

 anticum non producto. Scutellum subtrigonatimi, apice rotimdatmn. 

 Elytra thorace latiora, oblonga, convexa. Pedes (fig. 6 d) robusti, 

 femoribus (prsesertim anticis) incrassatis, subtus dente acuto armatis ; 

 tarsis articulo primo duobus sequentibus conjimctim bre\'iori; unguiculo 

 (fig. 6 e) appendicidato. Corpus oblongo-elongatmn, valde convexum. 



Type, Callisina fasciata, Baly. 



Approximating closely to Corynodes, Hope, through its dilated 

 antennae, but easily separated by the transverse thorax and toothed 

 thighs. 



Callisina. fasciata. (Plate I. fig. 6.) 



C. oblonga, convexa, nitido-rufo-testacea ; antennis extrorsum nigins; 

 thoracis basi elytrorimique sutm-a fasciisque duabus Litis, nigTo-piceis. 

 — Long. 2| lin. 



Oblong, convex, shining rufo-testaceous ; the seven outer joints of the 

 antennae black ; the base of the thorax, the suture, and two broad trans- 

 verse bands on the elj-tra, nigro-piceous. Head remotely pimctured ; 

 eyes black, surrounded by a deep circidar groove ; clj'peus separated 

 from the face by a short oblique groove on each side ; forehead with 

 an oblong fovea; jaws nigro-piceous; four basal joints of antennae 

 rufo-testaceous, the rest black, second and two following joints slender. 

 Thorax broader than long ; apical margin entire, convex ; sides nar- 

 rowly margined, obtusely rounded, armed just behind the middle with 

 a small obtuse tooth, anterior and posterior angles notched ; above very 

 convex, constricted and cyliudi'ical at the anterior margin ; sm'face re- 

 motely impressed with large deep pimctm'es ; the base, together with the 

 extreme lateral margin, nigro-piceous. Scutellmii piceous. Elj'tra oblong, 

 slightly narrowed behind, convex ; on the basilar portion of each elytron 

 is a slightly elevated transverse space, which, covering the shoulders, 

 extends inwards nearly to the sutm-e, behuid being boimded by a shallow 

 transverse groove ; each elytron with ten rows of punctures, the first 

 abbreviated; the outer stria, which is placed on the lateral margin, 



