20 Mr. J. O. Westwoud's Descriptions, S^c. 



planum, dentibus duobus minutis fere ad oculos positis, an- 

 gulisque ante oculos acute spinosis ; clypeo in cornu valde 

 elongato, elevato, subrecurvo, apice longe bifido producto. 

 Antennarum clava mediocris ; maxillarum lobus externus in 

 mare in unguem corneum acuturn productus. Prothorax 

 transversus convexus, fere semicircularis, margine postico 

 ante scutellum parum emarginato. Elytra subconvexa, postice 

 sensim attenuata, maculis pallidis numerosis guttata. Pro- 

 cessus sternalis antice porrectus, apice subobtuso. Pedes 

 antici elongati, tibiis anticis curvatis, externe fere ad apicem 

 emarginatis, interne serratis ; tarsis elongatis, simplicibus. 

 Tibiae quatuor posticae in medio inermes. 



Species unica. Megalorhina Harnsii. (PI. I. fig. 2.) 



Supra opaco-velutina; capite supra albido, cornu subtus 

 castaneo ; antennis nigris, pronoto brunneo opaco luteo- 

 tenuiter marginato, scutello brunneo ; elytris olivacaeo-nigris, 

 maculis numerosissimis fulvescentibus in seriebus 5 in singulo 

 elytro dispositis ; pedibus castaneis, tibiis anticis tarsisque 

 quatuor anterioribus nigris, tarsis posticis flavescentibus 

 articulis obscuris ; corpore subtus castaneo, cupreo, niti- 

 dissimo et aeneo certo situ tincto, tibiis anticis intus denticulis 

 7 armatis. 



Long. corp. (excl. cornu capitis $) lin. 18; lat. elytrorum ad 

 basin lin. 9. 



Habitat cum praecedenti. 



D. Savage misit ad D. Hope, in cujus musaeo hospitatur. 



This magnificent insect is here named in compliment to Dr. 

 T. W. Harris, one of the most zealous and learned Entomologists 

 of North America, in pursuance of a suggestion made to me by 

 Mr. Savage, by whom the unique specimen was forwarded to 

 Mr. Hope. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES. 



Plate I. fig. !• Smicorhina Sayii ; la, the head seen sideways; 1ft, the 

 head seen in front ; Ic, maxilla ; Id, sternal process ; le, ditto seen 

 sideways. 



Fig. 2. Megalorhina Harrisii ; 2a, head seen in front; 2ft, ditto sideways; 

 2c, maxilla ; 2d, sternal process ; 2e, ditto seen sideways. 



