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Soc. Roy. des Sci. de Liege, xvii. p. 63) . A single spe- 

 cimen is in M. Clievrolat^s collection, now in the British 

 Museum; and so far as I can learn, this species was 

 known in Europe only by that solitary individual, until 

 attention was pointedly called to it by the serious injury 

 done to the coffee plantations of Southern India in 1867. 



Fam. CERAMBYCID^, Div. CLYTIN^. 



Gen. Xylotkechus, Chevr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1860, p. 456. 

 „ Mem. Soc. Sci. Lit%e, 1863, 

 p. 59. 



Xylotrechus quadripes. 



Xyhtrechus quadripes, Chevr. Mem. Soc, Sci. Liege, 

 xvii. 63 (1863). 



Cucujus coffcophafjus , Richter, Proc. Agri-Hort. Soc. 

 Madras, 1867. 



The facial carina) of this insect seem to point to Xylo- 

 trechus, but the globose prothorax is more characteristic 

 of Authohosctis, Ghlorophorus, or 8phegesth.es. In the 

 absence of the type-specimen, for comparison with those 

 sent by Mr. Richter and Dr. Bidie, and judging from 

 description only, I should have referred the beetle to 

 Anthohoscus {Glytcmthus , Thoms.) . The specific descrip- 

 tion given by M. Chevrolat is sufficiently accui-ate, and 

 indicates the Glytus vicinus of Laporte and Gory as a near 

 ally of quadripes. The specimens received from Coorg 

 are pretty constant in colour and marking, but vary in 

 size, the males ranging from 5-7 lines, and the females 

 from 6-8 lines in length. 



The figure of the ovipositor, as seen under continued 

 pressure of the abdomen, has been reduced from a mag- 

 nified di'awing which was kindly sent me by the Rev. G. 



