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longiorl ; antennis lete rufis, nonnullorum exemplorum ad 
clave apicem infuscatis ; prothorace conico modice trans- 
verso, lateribus vix arcuatis; elytris fortiter punctulato- 
striatis, puncturis in striis quadratis, interstitiis sat planis 
(his exemplorum abrasorum rugulosis magis convexis) ; 
femoribus omnibus subtus, et tibiis anterioribus 4 intus, 
unidentatis. Long. (rostr. excl.), 14 1.; lat., 13, 1. (vix). 
A pretty little species, easily redopnicable Gone the Hap- 
lonyces of the group devoid of tubercles and of fascicles on the 
upper surface and having a short depressed rostrum) by the very 
conspicuous bright red median fascia on its elytra; this fascia is 
of a curved form with its convex side directed forward. Besides 
the above-mentioned fascia the scales form the following markings 
(which, however, seem to be more easily abraded than the median 
fascia, as abraded examples generally have the median fascia 
even if all the other scales have been lost) :—On the prothorax, 
a dark median patch and two indistinct whitish vitte on each 
side ; on the elytra a bright ochreous basal fascia and more or 
less bright ochreous coloring about the sides and apex, and a 
white scale on each interval between puncture and puncture in 
the elytral striz (these white scales, however, very deciduous, 
and therefore wanting in all but very well preserved examples). 
The rostrum does not appear to differ much sexually. 
Victoria ; sent by Mr. French. 
LONGICORNES. 
PHORACANTHA. 
P. letabilis, sp. nov. (Mas.). Castanea, elytris flavis castaneo- 
notatis, femorum parte apicali infuscata; capite prothor- 
aceque pube subtili grisea confertim vestitis; antennis 
subtus parum fimbriatis, quam corpus multo longioribus, 
articulo 3° haud supra canaliculato quam 4% manifeste 
longiori, articulis 3—6 extus breviter spinosis ; prothorace 
vix transverso, in disco tuberculis 5 vel 7 munito, lateribus 
tuberculo magno conico-obtuso armatis ; scutello dense flavo- 
hirto; elytris quam prothorax plus quam quadruplo longi- 
oribus, a basi ad medium grosse [hine (subito) ad apicem 
subtiliter] punctulatis, ad apicem truncatis et bispinosis 
(spinis subeequalibus), latitudine majori longe pone medium 
posita , segmento ventrali apicali sinuato-truncato. Long., 
Hots lat, 4 1. 
The castaneous markings on the elytra consist of a spot round 
the scutellum, the whole suture, a narrow zig-zag fascia in front 
of the middle, and a wide egg behind ane “middle which is 
narrowly prolonged hindward along the lateral margin to meet 
the castaneous suture so as to enclose a very large spot of the 
