of the Amazon Valley. 333 



1. Pandrosos exilis. 



RJmiotragus exilis, White, Cat. Longic, Brit. Mus. 

 p. 201. 



Linearis, tenuis, fulvo-testacea ; elytris passim punc- 

 tatis ; antennis fuscis ; femoribus posticis apice, tibiis 

 tarsisque mediis et posticis, nigro-fuscis. 



Long. 3 lin. ? . 



The eyes are widely distant in front and on the crown, 

 and prominent. 



Hub. — Villa Nova, Amazons ; on flowers. 



Sub-fam. CALLICHEOMATINiE. 



Genus Callicheoma. 



Latreille, Regno Anim. (ed. 1) iii. 341 ; Lacord. Gren. 

 ix. 15. 



1. Callichroma suturale. 



Ceramhyx suturalis, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. i. 212; Oliv. Ent. 

 No. 67, p. 25, pi. vi. f. 40. 



Nigrum, subtus paulo vii-escens, supra velutinum, 

 elytris vitta suturali alteraque discoidali (postice co-eunti- 

 bus) cupreo-aureis ; pedibus nigris, tibiis posticis dilatatis 

 et compressis. 



Long. 10-19 lin. c? 9 • 



Eab. — Para and Tapajos. 



2. Callichroma porphyrogenitum, n. sp. 



Magnum, robustum, subtus viride, dense argenteo- 

 velutinum ; supra capite thorace et scutello violaceis, hoc 

 nigro-bivittato, elytris Isete cyaneis, ad latera violaceis, 

 utrinque vitta discoidali prope suturam nigro-velutina ; 

 pedibus nigris, femoribus basi grosse punctatis, posticis 

 sericeis, tibiis dilatatis et compressis. 



Long. 1 un. 9 lin. c?. 



A magnificent species, with the hind tibiae dilated in 

 the same manner as C. suturale. The legs, however, are 



