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Mr. J. F. S. Parry on some 



Fig. A, b, c. Details of Taphroderes 4-sig7iatits $ .* 



A, head seen from above ; b, fore leg ; c, hind leg. 



D, e, f, g, h. Details of Taphroderes Whitei, $ . 



D, head ; e, head and prothorax seen sideways. 



f, fore leg ; g, fore tarsus ; h, hind leg. 



I, k, 1, m, n. Details of Taphroderes Westwoodii, $. 



I, head ; k, head and prolhorax seen sideways. 



1, fore leg; m, hind leg seen sideways ; n, ditto seen more obliquely. 



Cerambyx Gracilipes. (Plate XVIII. fig. 6.) 

 This insect, it appears to me, belongs to the same great division 

 of the Longicorns as the genera Aromia, Calichroma and their 

 allies. In having the hinder tibia slender and compressed, and 

 especially in having the nrst joint of the hinder tarsus elongated 

 and much compressed, combined with a thorax destitute of lateral 

 spines, it approaches most nearly to Chrysoprasis and Promeces. 

 With the latter it further agrees in having the antennae incrassated 

 at the apex ; the femora, however, are not clavate as in the spe- 

 cies of Promeces, the elytra are much shorter and broader, and 

 the basal joint of the posterior tarsus is distinctly longer than in 

 either of the genera mentioned. 



Ceramb. niger, thorace rugulis transversis, ad latera puncto 

 albo, postice punctis tribus albis, notato ; scutello albo ; ely- 

 tris singulis in medio fascia obliqua intcrrupta, notaque trans- 

 versa ad apicem, albis ornatis. 

 Long. Corp. 9 lin. Hab. Ceylon. 



The head is rugose, and longitudinally grooved between the 

 eyes. The thorax is subconical, becoming gradually broader 

 towards the hinder part, and presents numerous transverse waved 



* [The insect here represented agrees with the female of a singular new species 

 of Taphroderes from Port Natal, to which I have given the name of T. distortus. 

 on account of the singular formation of the mandibles of the male, that on the 

 right hand side being small, whilst the left hand one is as long as the head, and 

 very irregular in form. Had the males only been known, it would have been sup- 

 posed necessary to form a new subgenus for its reception. The female, however, 

 proves it to belong to the genus Taphroderes, and I have but little doubt that 

 when the females of T. Whitei and Cyphagogus Westwoodii are known, they wil 

 prove to be genuine Taphroderes. J. O. W.] 



