LYCID i 



thoraoe uA depresso latitudine paulo breviori, medio Unel tenui im- 

 presso; elytria atriis plurimia. $. Long. 44 liu. 



II, ib. Java (./. ft Bowring, Esq.). 



M.-t nearly allied ko <\ velutinus^ but more depressed. Thorax 



above Leas uneven, the mesial line Oner, the sides rather straighter; 

 the lateral ridge is less strong, a little more posterior, and vory 

 short. Soutellum red at the apex. Elytra nearly parallel, flat; 

 each elytron with abonl seven finely impressed lines, the interstices 

 tlat ; the extreme apex is bordered with black. 



Calochromus tarsalis. 



(Plate I. fig. 9.) 



Niger, parallelus; thoracc transversim quadrato, latcribus rufis, 

 hand marginatis; elytris rufis hand striatis; pedihus tenuibna, 

 t arsis longia gracilibus. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. India. 



General form and appearance of Lygistopfterus sanguineus, \mt a 



little narrower. Host rum none. Antenna? slender. Thorax a little 

 broader than long, straight at the sides, which are red, the disk 

 with a fine mesial line ; the lateral margins not incrassated ; a 

 slight swelling near the posterior angle indicates the usual lateral 

 plica. Elytra as in L. sanguineus, but with no visible striae. 



Calochromus vestitus. 



(Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Waterh., Vistula Ent., ii. 1877, p. 200. 



Elongatus, postice paulo ampliatus, nigcr, vis cyanescens ; thorace 

 nigro (vel rubro), tenuissime rubro-sericeo ; elytris rufo-testaceis, 

 dense rufo-sericeis, costatis, apice nigro. J • Long. 3-4 lin. 



2 • Long. 5-6 lin. 



Huh. Penang {J. C. Bowrincj, Esq.). 



cj . Antennae about two thirds the length of the elytra, moderately 

 broad in the middle, tapering to the apex. Postrum extremely 

 short, the space between the antennal pit and the base of the man- 

 dible about one third the diameter of the antennal pit. Thorax 

 black, clothed with very fine silky-red pubescence, only visible in 

 certain lights ; the discoidal channel rather deep, the lateral impres- 

 sions deep and well-defined. Scutellum black. Elytra clothed with 

 bright red pubescence ; each elytron with two not very prominent 

 costae. The underside and the legs black, scarcely" tinged with blue. 

 Penultimate segment of the abdomen emarginate. 



5 . Antenna? rather shorter and broader than in the male. Ros- 

 trum a little more prominent; the space between the antennal pit 

 and the base of the mandible about half the diameter of the nit. 



