30 Mr. J. S. Baly on the Eumolpidae. 



men distinctly punctured ; anterior pair of thighs incrassnte, tlieir lower 

 edge flattened, and produced in the centre into an acute tooth ; anterior 

 tibi;e strongly curved, gradually thickened from their base to the apex; 

 outer edge of four posterior tibiae produced immediately before their apex 

 into a flat obtuse process. 

 Hub. Amazons. Collected by II. W. Bates, Esq. 



Genus Callisina. 



Caput (fig. 6 c) exsertum, declive ; oculis prominentibus, oblongo-ovatis, 

 intus sinuatis ; antenms (fig. C a) ad apicem valde compresso-dilatatis, 

 articulis quinto ad nouum perparum ampliatis, tribus ultimis latitudine 

 sequalibus ; pa/pis maxillaribus elevatis. Thorax transversus, convexus, 

 lateribus marginatis; antepectoris segmento antero-laterali (fig. 6 b) tri- 

 gonato, angulo postico obtuso, angulo exteriori ad thoracis angulum 

 anticum non producto. Scutellum subtrigonatum, apice rotundatum. 

 Elytra thorace latiora, oblonga, convexa. Pedes (fig. G d) robusti, 

 femoribus (praesertini anticis) incrassatis, subtus dente acuto armatis ; 

 tarsi's articiUo primo duobus sequentibus conjunctim breviori ; unguiculo 

 (fig. G e) appendiculato. Corpus oblongo-elongatum, valde convexum. 



Type, Callisina fasciata, Baly. 



Approximating closely to Cori/nodes, Hope, through its dilated 

 antennae, but easily separated by the transverse thorax and toothed 

 thighs. 



Callisina fasciata. (Plate I. fig. 6.) 

 C. oblonga, convexa, nitido-rufo-testacea ; antennis extrorsum nigris; 

 thoracis basi elytrorumque sutura fasciisque duabus latis, nigro-piceis. 

 — Long. 2| lin. 



Oblong, convex, shining rufo-testaceous ; the seven outer joints of the 

 antenme black ; the base of the thorax, the suture, and two broad trans- 

 verse bands on the elytra, nigro-piceous. Head remotely punctured ; 

 eyes black, surrounded by a deep circular groove ; clypeus separated 

 from the face by a short oblique groove on each side ; forehead with 

 an oblong fovea; jaws nigro-piceous ; four basal joints of antenna? 

 rufo-testaceous, the rest black, second and two following joints slender. 

 Thorax broader than long ; apical margin entire, convex ; sides nar- 

 rowly margined, obtusely rounded, armed just behind the middle with 

 a small obtuse tooth, anterior and posterior angles notched; above very 

 convex, constricted and cylindrical at the anterior margin ; surface re- 

 motely impressed with large deep punctures ; the base, together with the 

 extreme lateral margin, nigro-piceous. Scutellum piceous. Elytra oblong, 

 slightly narrowed behind, convex ; on the basilar portion of each elytron 

 is B slightly elevated transverse space, which, covering the shoulders, 

 extends inwards nearly to the suture, behind being bounded by a shallow 

 transverse p^oove ; each elytron with ten rows of punctures, the first 

 abbreviated ; the outer stria, which is placed on the lateral margin. 



