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548. — Lemidia hilaris, Newm. Zoologist, 1843, page 

 119. 

 corallipennis, Westw. Froc. Zool. Sac, 1852, 

 2Jage 47. 



549. — Allelidea ctenostomoides, Waterh. Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. II., page 194, t. 17, f. 1. 



550. — -TeNERUS RUFICOLLIS. n. sp. 



Length 3 lines. 



Nitid, very finely punctate, and moderately hairy. Head 

 black, with a dull red spot in the middle and at the insertion of 

 the antennae. Thortix red, subquadrate, transversely impressed 

 before the middle, not broader than the head. Elytra shorter 

 than the body and blue, with a broad ill defined fascia behind the 

 middle, and the apex, of a paler hue. Under side of head and 

 prothorax pale red. Legs, meso- and meta-thorax, and three 

 apical segments of abdomen, dark blue. Basal segments of ab- 

 domen deep red. AntennjB black, and subpectinate from the 

 fourth joint. 



551. — Pylus pallipes. n. sp. 

 Length 3j lines. 



Much smaller and of a less elongate form than P. fatuus 

 Newm. Pale chesnut, subnitid, coarsely punctate. Head brown, 

 finely punctate, with the eyes large, granulose, and minutely 

 emarginate in front. Thorax subquadrate, slightly constricted 

 behind the anterior angles, suddenly and largely bulged out in 

 the middle, and rectangular and truncate at base, with the punc- 

 tures thin and one or two shallow impressions on the disk. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, and punctate in regular 

 rows, — the punctures large. Legs pale reddish yellow. 



552. — Necrobta violacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. Ent. 10, 

 page 356. — King. Mon., 'page 349. — Spin. 

 Man. 11, page 105. Syn. angustata, 

 Falderm. Ghalyhea. Sturm. Cyanella 

 Anders., errans. Welsh, quadra. Marsh. 



