oS l{ev. H. S. Corlianrs JVofcs on the 



In tlip first plar'H tlioii T have oiveii as I ho|i(- in a succinct 

 form an analytical " Talilc of (4encra" compiled from the 

 characters given by Spinola, Lacordaire, aud otliers, usin<4', how- 

 ever, only such as 1 have heen able to verify ; this is followed 

 by observations on such <;enera as ajipear jienerally misconstrued ; 

 concluded liy critical remai'ks on the specit^s and a list of 

 synonyms. 



The collections which are the basis of this paper are firstly, 

 the collection of Mr. W. W. Saunders, containing a great many 

 of Mr. Wallace's species from the Malay Islands, as well as a 

 fine series of South American and Australian insects ; this collec- 

 tion has passed into my own hands. Secondly, the Cleridie of 

 M. Guerin Meneville containing several old and scarce species. 

 Thirdly, those obtained in the Philippine Isles by Dr. Semper. 

 And lastly, several Cleridoe being my own collection from various 

 sources chiefly obtained through Mr. Janson. I have had the 

 advantage of consulting ]Mr. White's and Xewman's types in 

 the British Museum collection, access to which has freely been 

 given me by the authorities there. 



With ]Mr. Chevrolat I have l)een in correspondence frecpiently, 

 and have to acknowledge his goodness in communicating to me 

 types of a few of his species, as well as in examining several 

 species sent by me to him, nearly all which were returned as new 

 to him. The result is that in the i)resent paper 60 species are 

 described as new in tlu' two first sub-families, and 5 new genera 

 estalilished. This appears to me as a mere instalment of what 

 requires to be done before a systematic arrangement can be 

 settled, or any general conclusion drawn from the distrilmtion 

 of the Cleriihe. Of North American s])ecies I have se.-n Imt 

 few. though they must be numerous. 



The system followed is in general that of Lacord.ure, \ery 

 nearly corresponding as well with the order of the genera in the 

 catalogue of MM. (Temminger and Harold, to which constant 

 reference will be made, as being the only complete list of pub- 

 lished species up to 1861). Since that date M. Chevrolat has 

 described 111* siieeies, Ive>iie et Mag. de Zool. 187-1-, and I have 



