Rev. F. W. Hope’s Descriptions, §c. 18] 
XXVII. Descriptions of a few nondescript Species of 
Beetles. By the Rev. F. W. Hops. 
[Read 2d October, 1843.] 
Genus Catuiruiris, Latr. 
Sp. 1. Call. Laportet, Hope. (Pl. XIII. fig. 1.) 
Rubro-testaceus, antennis nigris, articulo primo excepto, crasso, 
antrorsum flavescente. Thorax aurantius, linea media longi- 
tudinali nigra, duabus aliis lateralibus majoribus. Elytra 
rufo- flava, 6 lineis elevatis in singulo conspicua, maculis 
tribus atris, ad basin positis, apicibusque nigris. Corpus 
infra rubro-testaceum, lateribus pectoris atris, abdomine ni- 
gricante. Pedes femoribus parum incrassatis rubris, tibiis 
tarsisque nigris chelisque ferrugineis. 
Long. lin. 64, lat. lin. 13. 
Habitat in Columbia. 
The above insect is most probably allied to Callirhipis scapularis 
of M. Laporte ; I received it lately trom Coban, and name it in 
honour of the monographer of the Rhiphiceride, M. Laporte, now 
better known as the Count de Castelnau. He is now actively 
engaged as the leader of the expedition sent out by the French 
government to explore the interior of several of the unknown 
regions of South America. There is a second species of Calli- 
rhipis from the same country in my Cabinet, closely allied to the 
former, but as it has probably been described by M. Guerin, I do 
not at present attempt to describe it till it has been compared with 
several of the genus lately described by him. 
Genus Sarrerpa, Fabr. 
Sp. 2. Saperda ocularis, Hope. (Pl. XIII. fig. 2.) 
Aurantia, antennis nigro-griseis pubescentibus, capite antrorsum 
atro, dorsoque flavo, oculis fere undique albo-cinctis. Therax 
posticé niger, ternis albis maculis notatis, maculis binis aliis 
albis utrinque ad latera positis. Elytra thorace triplo longiora 
aurantia, octo maculis albis atro-cingulatis ornatis, nonoque 
albido infra scutellum posito. Corpus infra nigrum, segmen- 
tis abdominis utrinque albo-maculatis, pedibusque atro-griseis. 
Long. lin. 44, lat. lin. 1}. 
Habitat in America Meridionali. 
The above beautiful species of Saperda will at some future time 
be regarded as a subgenus. I know of no described genus to 
which it can at present be appropriated. 
