280 Rev. F. W. Hope on 



ribus piceis, tibiis binis anticis denticulatis, quatuor posticis 



in medio unispinosis. 

 Long. lin. 7|, lat. lin. 2i. 

 Habitat in America Meridionali. 

 In Museo Dom. Hope. 



The above insect I have lately received from Chili. It is 

 named in honour of Charles Darwin, Esq., who has greatly con- 

 tributed to our acquaintance with the Entomology of Valparaiso, 

 Chili, and other parts of the South American continent. 



Sp. 4. Valgus argillaceus, Hope. 



Fuscus, capite flavo-tomentoso, thorace antice fere cornuto, 

 denticulato, postice angulis rotundatis. Elytra thorace 

 multo latiora et abdomine breviora humeris rotundatis, ano 

 granulifero, tomento asperso. Corpus infra argillaceum, 

 femoribus robustis, tibiis binis anticis dilatatis, externa 

 denticulatis, quatuor posticis mediocribus, unispinosis et 

 tomentosis, tarsisque piceis. 



Long. lin. 3|, lat. lin, 1|. 



Habitat in India Orientali. 



This remarkable species of Valgiis I have lately received from 

 the Mysore, eventually it will be regarded as the type of a new 

 genus. 



Sp. 5. Gnathocera Natalensls, Hope. 



Smaragdina, capite fere quadrato, marginibus elevatis nigris. 

 Thorax viridis variolosus, laleribus marginatis. Sciitellum 

 laeve, sparsim punctatum. Elytra viridi-opalina crebrissime 

 punctulata, humeris prominentibus, marginibus elytrorum 

 nigro-elevatis. Podex viridis, postice aureo colore tinctus. 

 Corpus infra viride, femoribus tibiis compressis tarsisque 

 piceis, abdomine in medio fortiter impresso. 



Long. lin. 7, lat. lin. 4. 



This insect was received lately by me from Natal, in Africa, 

 and hence its specific name. [Arc. Ent. vol. i. pi. 46, fig. 4.] 



Sp. 6. Dicheros ornatus, Burmeister, MS. 



Affinis Dicker . hicorni, Lat. 



Niger, caput antice clypeo emarginato, medio excavato, postice 

 tridentato. Thorax convexus, niger, fascia obliqud rubrd 

 fere interrupta notatus, marginibus concoloribus et elevatis. 

 Scutellum magnum. Elytra nigra, macula, lata flava con- 



