440 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide. 
(although still used in several of our European catalogues, and applied 
to H. vitis) into a synonym, As it seems a pity that the well-known 
name of Bromius should be entirely lost, I have transferred its use 
to the exotic portion of the genus (as originally understood by 
Cheyrolat), taking #. hirtus, Fab., for the type. Little need be said 
about geographical distribution, all the species, without exception, 
being found in India, Birmah, and the Malay Archipelago. The 
common species B. hirtus, Fab., has a much wider range than the 
rest. 
Note.—The species of Bromius having been described by myself 
and others under several generic heads, I give for convenience sake 
a list of all known to me as belonging to the genus. 
Bronuus hurtus, Fabr...........+. Bisa India, Malay Archipelago. 
Philippinensis, MUN... 5 eyore = Manilla. 
——— Hebe amin ome eine cn es 5.4 avatars = wh Siam. 
CVEMESCENS, SMILE: otal. wists oleae tee e's Penang. 
vestita (Trichochrysea), mihi...... Northern India. 
—— Mouhoti ( Trichochrysea), mihi... . Cambodia. 
—— Japana (Heteraspis), Motsch. .... Japan. . 
—— imperialis (Calomorpha), mihi .... Northern China. 
Genus Syricra. 
Calomorpha, Stal, Ofvers. af Kongl. Vetens. Akad. Forh. xv. p. 251. 
Body oblong, convex, metallic, clothed with coarse pubescence. Head 
deeply buried in the thorax, perpendicular; antenne moderately ro- 
bust, six upper joints thickened and slightly compressed, basal joint 
thickened, second nearly as long as the first, third, fourth, and fifth 
about equal in length, slightly increasing in thickness, each scarcely 
longer than the second; eyes entire. Thorax subcylindrical above, 
lateral margin distinct posteriorly, its anterior fourth obsolete, upper 
surface irregularly pitted. Elytra broader than the thorax, their apex 
broadly rounded; surface coarsely punctured, ornamented with patches 
of adpressed, pale, metallescent hairs. Legs robust; thighs simple ; 
intermediate pair of ¢ibie with their outer edge notched near the apex. 
Prosternum united into a single piece with its episterna, the latter sub- 
cuneiform. 
Type, Syricta (Calomorpha) Walbergii, Stal. Port Natal. 
The present genus was originally established by Dr. Stal for the 
reception of a beautiful species from Port Natal: Callimorpha having 
been previously used by Latrielle for a Lepidopterous genus, I have 
been compelled reluctantly to change Dr. Stal’s name. Syricta may 
be known from Bromius by the imperfect lateral border to the thorax, 
as well as by six (instead of five) of the upper joints of the antenne 
