THE ANNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SIXTH SERIES.] 

 No. 113. MAY 1897. 



XLIX. — Notes on the Longicorn Genus Glenea, Newm., with 

 Descriptions of New Species. By C J. Gahan, M.A., 

 of the British Museum (Natural Ilistorj). 



Through the kindness of M. Rene Oberthiir I have been 

 enabled to compare the series of types belonging to the 

 genus Glenea which are contained in his collection, with the 

 types in the British Museum, now largely augmented by 

 the addition of those contained in the collection of the late 

 Mr. Pascoe. As a result I have prepared a list of synonyms, 

 which will show that the suspicions entertained by M. Ober- 

 thiir and myself as to the identity of many of the species 

 described by Thomson and Pascoe are fully confirmed. 

 The close examination of species necessary in making these 

 comparisons has led to the observation of certain characters, 

 previously overlooked, to which I call attention in the 

 following notes. Descriptions of some new species are 

 added, and a new genus is characterized for the reception of 

 two species hitherto placed in Glenea. 



1. On the Structure of the Tarsal Claws in the 

 Genus Glenea. 



In a note appended to his description of the genus Glenea 

 Lacordaire* writes in reference to the tarsal claws : — " Je les 

 ai examines chez un grand nombre d'esp^ces et les ai trouve? 



* ' Genera des Col^opteres,' torn. ix. p. 843 (3). 

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