18 The Rev. F. W. Hope's Descriptions 



5. Slenoderus pulchei\ 



Flavus ; antennis nigris, elytrisque postice cyaneis. 

 Long. lin. 6-J-, lat. lin. 2. 

 In museo Dom. Hope. 

 Habitat in Nova Hollandia. 



Caput j)orrectum, supra et subtus flavum. Antennae nigrre. Thorax 

 obscure flavus. Scutellum concolor, postice rotundatvim. Ely- 

 tra basi aurantia, apice ccerulea, nitida, elevato-quadrilineata. 

 Corjius infra cyaneum, nitidum; femoribus quatuor anticis flavis; 

 tibiis tarsisque nigi"is ; pedibus posticis concoloribus. 



I perfectly agree with Mr. Kirby that this genus recedes from the 

 Lepturidce : it belongs undoubtedly to the Ceramhycidce, and ajj- 

 pears to have some aflinity with the South American Rh'motragus of 

 Dalman and Cosmlus of Klug ; it agrees with both in regard to the 

 produced head, and with the latter in having the antennae some- 

 times penicillated. 



Tragocerus, Dejean. 

 Tragocerns Spencii. Plate II. fig. 4. 



Aurantius ; thorace nigro elytrisque nigro-bifasciatis. 

 Long. lin. 16, lat. lin. 4-|. 

 In museo Dom. Hope. 

 Habitat in Nova Hollandia. 



CajDut antice rufo-piceum, medio pilis flavescentibus ornatum, fo- 

 veolatum, posticeque atrum. Antennae setaceae, elytris breviores, 

 rufo-piceae. Thorax ater, nitidus, subvillosus, ad latera pilis 

 flavescentibus indutus, marginibusque lateralibus in medio sub- 

 unidentatis. Scutellum atrum. Elytra abdomine longiora, apice 

 angustiora, dehiscentia, truncato-suberaarginata; sutura lineis- 

 que quatuor in utroque elevatis longitudinalibus, quarum ex- 

 terior vix distincta, binae sequentes aequales e humeris ad ajiicem 

 extensae quartaque interna e latere scutelli decun-ens et paullo 

 ante apicem terminata. Elytra parum nitida, fascia media nigra 

 deflexS., secundd postica latiori. Thorax subtus et pectus atra, 

 cinereo-pubescentia. Abdomen antice posticeque rufo-piceum, 

 segmentis tribus internis nigris nitidis. Segmenta basi utrinque 

 albo-maculata, iiltimo solummodo excepto rufo. 



I have considered this very beautiful insect as not unworthy to 

 bear the name of our distinguished countryman and Honorary Mem- 

 ber, William Spence, Esq., F.R.S. &c., whose labours, in con- 

 junction with those of our Honorary President, have tended to give 



