CERAMBYCID^. 157 



A second specimen in the Museum Collection is darker iu co- 

 lour and more tinged with purple, the palpi are more rufous, and 

 the tibiae and tarsi are hghter in colour than the femora. 



15. Callichroma basale, n. s. B.M. 



C. viridi-prasinum, elytris basi suturaque subflans, antennis pe- 

 dibusqne rufis. articulo primo antennarum basi obscuro, arti- 

 culis tertio et quarto postice subciliatis. ,. 



Green, antennae rufous, basal joint striated across in front, the 

 base blackish, the third and fourth joints behind somewhat 

 ciliated. Thorax above transversely striated, a smoothish line 

 down the middle. Elytra at the base and on the suture yel- 

 lowish. Legs rufous, femora thickened, tibiae of hind legs much 

 compressed; tarsi rufous hke the legs. Under side of abdomen 

 green, hind margins of abdominal segments nari'owly margined 

 with coppery red and brown. 



Length 7i hnes. 

 Hab. Ashantee. 



16. Callichroma splendidum. B.M. 



CalUchroma splendidum, Leconte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 



n. s. ii. 37. 

 Callichroma splendida, Dej. Cat. p. 349. 

 Hab. N. America (U. States). 



17. Callichroma rugicolle. B.M. 



Callichroma rugicollis, Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) iii. 220. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



18. Callichroma Cayexnexse. B.M. 



Callichroma scitula, Dej. Cat. p. -349. 

 Callichroma Cayennensis, Dup. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. S. America. 



19. Callichroma vittatum. B.M. 



Cerambvx \attatus, Fabr. S. El. ii. 268. 



Oliv. Col. iv. 32. t. 2. f. 10. 

 Cerambyx ochropus, Voet, Col. iii. t. 10. f. 41. 

 Leptura viritU-aurea, Degeer,Mem. v. 145. t. 15. f. 1. 

 Leptura aurea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. iv. 1877- 

 Calhchroma vittata, Serv. Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. ii. 55/. 

 Calhchroma rufipes, Dej. Cat. (olim). 

 Hab. Brazil. 



