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of deep velvety black, and the space comprised between the 

 first and second pair of stripes, and between the third and 

 fourth, being a fine light blue. The specimen in the British 

 Museum, sent from Celebes by our enterprising collector, 

 Mr.Wallis, does not entirely agree in colour with M. Guerin's 

 description. " This may be accounted for,' 7 says Mr. Noel 

 Humphreys, " by the colours having changed or faded in 

 dead specimens, or from the specimens in M. Chevrolat's col- 

 lection, or the one in the Museum, being a variety. The 

 colours of the large specimen in the British Museum, and 

 also of several smaller specimens, are as follow : The head, 

 ochreous green, with deep brown stripe; the corslet,/ a bril- 

 liant lilac, becoming pink in high light, and changing to 

 green towards the edges ; the elytra are of a bluer lilac, and 

 have five transverse bars of black, the spaces between the 

 first and second bar and the third and fourth being a greenish 

 white, which contrasts very delicately with the blue lilac of 

 the other portions of the wing-cases ; the legs are brilliant 

 metallic green, with the exception of the joints, which are of 

 a rich purplish azure and very brilliant ; the antennae are 

 of a delicate cinereous green, with brown tips. I believe the 

 largest specimen in the Museum is marked as a variety ; but 

 as there are several specimens exactly like it, except in size, 

 our specimens may prove to be distinct species." Several 

 other species of this new genus have since been discovered, 

 some at the same port, Dory, and other parts of New Guinea, 

 and the adjacent islands during the subsequent voyages of 

 the " Astrolabe " and the " Zelee," all magnificent insects, 

 with green and blue elytra finely striped with black bands, 

 but all of inferior size and beauty to the original type of the 

 genus, which, in its turn, is inferior to the variety or new 

 species in the British Museum. 



Another genus of exotic Ctirculionidre, the species of which 

 form a striking contrast with our native kinds, on account of 

 their great brilliancy, is principally founded on the beautiful 

 insects of this class from the Philippine Islands, which were 

 procured a few years ago by Mr. Cuming, an English mer- 

 chant residing at Lima, and trading from thence to the 



