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Monograph of the Coleopterous genm^ CALociiROMrs of the fainilij 

 Lycid.e ; by Chas. O. Waterhousk. 



Calochromus, Guerin, 1833. 



The species of this genus difEer from all the other LfjcUbe 

 (except Iloinalisus) in having the elytra without distinct carinae 

 separated by rows of punctures ; the whole surface of the elytra 

 is finely and densely punctured and pubescent, and there are 

 generally two or three obscure raised lines on each elytron. 

 The species of the genus will probably be found to be numer- 

 ous ; some of them very much resemble Telephorus in theu- 

 appearance. The males have the antennae much longer, and 

 less compressed, than in the females, and the penultimate seg- 

 ment of the abdomen is notched or emarginate at the apex. 

 Before attempting to determine any species it is quite necessary 

 to ascertain the sex of the specimen for ^vhich a name is soiight. 



I. Maxillary palpi very short, thick and compact, the apical 

 joint nearly globular. 



C. glancopterus, Guerin. 



Cyaneo-niger, sub-nitidus. thorace elytrorumqiie basi fiavis. 

 Long 5^7 lin. 



Hab, Dorey and Waigiou. Brit. Mus. 



C. scntellaris, Erichs (PI. II, f. 1). 



Niger, nitidus; elytris ferrugineo-flavis, pubescentibus. Lon"-. 

 4-51 hn. 



Thorax with a deep mesial channel, deepest behind, with a 

 fine line runniDg through the middle of it, from the anterior to 

 posterior margin ; the lateral impressions very deep, the anterior 

 one not separated from the posterior. The elytra are sub- 

 parallel, rusty-yellow, sometimes Anth the scutellar region black. 



Hab. N.W. Australia. Brit. Mus. 



