of Southern India. 127 



Richter. The projection on the right hand side would 

 seem to be a portion either of the alimentary canal, or of 

 the ovary-duct, which has been forced through a fracture 

 of the ovipositor. 



I may perhaps be allowed to say a few words with 

 respect to the recent sub-division of the old genus Clytus, 

 and will confine myself to the period since 18(30, and to 

 the group of Glytince most nearly allied to the now noto- 

 rious coffee-borer. 



In the "Description d'Bspeces de Clytus propres au 

 Mexique" (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1860, p. 455) M. Chev- 

 rolat divided Clytus into eleven groups or divisions, the 

 fourth, fifth, and seventh, of which he called respectively 

 Anthoboscus, Clytus (true), and Xylotrechus. The type 

 species of Antliohoscus was the Mexican tricolor, Chevr., 

 and to this division were also referred the European 

 Massiliensis of Linnseus, and pleheius, trifasciatus, and 

 ornattis of Fabricius. In Clytus (true) were retained 

 arietis, Lin., rliamni, Germ., and lama, Muls., &c. The 

 type of Xylotrechus was again a Mexican species, Sartorii, 

 Chevr., but the European Hafniensis, Fab. {=:Uc{atus, 

 Jjin. ) ,arvicola, Oliv., and antilope, BL, and numerous Asia- 

 tic species, were indicated as belonging to this division. 



In the same year (1860) Mr. James Thomson published 

 his "Essai d'une Classification de la Famille des Ceram- 

 bycides," in which most of the "divisions^' of M. Chev- 

 rolat are raised to generic rank, and other new genera 

 are propounded. Clytus (p. 217) is restricted to the 

 group of which the Tohinice of Forster is taken as the type. 

 Anthoboscus (p. 219) is restricted to the Mexican species 

 indicated by M. Chevrolat, and is said to be scarcely 

 distinct from Plagionotus. Xylotrechus is extended to 

 comprise three divisions ; the first containing Sartorii and 

 its allies ; the second (named Europa, and afterwards 

 Clytumnus) containing Massiliensis, loleheiiis, trifasciatus, 

 ornatus, arietis, rhamni, arvicola, antilope, and also the 

 Jloralis and annularis of Fabricius ; the third containing 

 the semipunctatus of Fabricius and the pcrspicillus of 

 Fischer {=. comptus, Mannerheim) . 



In 1862-63, M. Mulsant published a new edition of his 

 " Longicornes de France,'^ in which he divided " Les 

 Clytaires" into three genera, Plagionotus, Clytus, and 

 Anaglypt'us, and again divided Clytus (p. 143) into five 

 sub-genera, Echinocerus, Xylotrechus, Clytus, Anthoboscus, 

 and Isotomus. Echinocerus is represented by Jloralis; 

 Xylotrechus includes liciatus, arvicola, and antilope; 



