280 Linrk^an Society. 



minis ad apicem sensim attenuatis. Pectus valde convexum, mucrone 

 armatum. Pedes difformes et robusti. 



1. 0. SoUii. 



This splendid species is dedicated to Richard Horsman Solly, 

 Esq., F.R.S. & L.S., in whose cabinet the chief part of the insects 

 described in this paper is contained. To the same genus belong 

 Lamia punctata of Fabricius, and two undescribed Indian species. 



G. N. ANOPLOPHORA. 

 Caput quadratiira. Antenna; corpore duplo longiores, nUimo articulo 

 valde elongato. Tliorax iitrinque spinosus, medio deprcssus. Elytra 

 antice et postice fere aequalia, apicibua rotundatis. Corpus infra squa- 

 mosum, pectore inermi. Pedes difformes et robusti. 



1. A. Stanleyana. 



This insect, distinguished for its brilliant colours, which rival those 

 of«ome of the more splendid Lepidoptera, has been named in honour 

 of the Lord Bishop of Norwich, President of the Linnean Society. 



CALLICHROMA, Lair. 



1. C. Ca?itori. 



Long. Hn. 21 ; lat. lin. 5. 



Viride, nitidum ; antennis violaceis, femoribus tibiisque laete cyaneis tar- 

 sisque aureo-ornatis. 



This species is named in compliment to Dr. Cantor, a distinguished 

 zoologist in the service of the East India Company, and whose va- 

 luable collection of Indian Reptilia aiid drawings are deposited in the 

 Radcliffe Library at Oxford. 



2. C. Griffithii. 



Long. lin. 20§ ; lat. h*n. 8. 



Obscure atrum ; antennis tarsisque luteis, elytris nigris et flavo-fasciatis. 



This species is dedicated to its discoverer, an acute and enter- 

 prising botanist, and author of two valuable memoirs on the deve- 

 lopment of the ovulum of Santalum and Loranthus, printed in the 

 1 8th Volume of the Society's Transactions. 



MONOCHAMUS, Megerle. 



1. M. ruber. 



Long. lin. 1 1 ; lat. hn. 4*. 



Ruber ; antennis corpore duplo longioribus, thorace elytrisque nigro-ma- 

 culatis, pedibus concoloribus. 



Read also, " On Cuscuta epMinum and halophyta." By Charles C. 

 Babington, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 



The first of these species has been recently added to the British 

 Flora by J. E. Bowman, Esq., F.L.S., having been found by him 

 growing abundantly on flax, near Trelydan Hall, Montgomeryshire, 



