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Fam. Cerambicidse. 



Genns Cuktomerus. 



Stephens, Man. Brit. Col. 269 (1839). 



Curtomeriis ])ilicornis *. 



Callidium pilicorne, Fab., Ent. Syst. ii. 327 (1792). 



luteum (Mshm), Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. iv. 249 (1831). 



Curtomerus luteus, Id., Man, Brit. Col. 275 (1839). 



Three examples of this pale reddish-brown subcylindrical 

 Longicorn are amongst the St.-Helena Coleoptera which have 

 been submitted to me by Mr. Melliss ; and there can be no 

 doubt, I think, that the species has been introduced into the 

 island. They were captured in Jamestown, near the sea, 

 " flying into a house at night 5" and Mr. Melliss himself ob- 

 serves that " from its locality the species is probably an im- 

 ported one." It is the opinion likewise of Mr. Pascoe that it is 

 not truly a native of St. Helena ; for he informs me that its 

 proper country is the West Indies, and that it is so liable to 

 accidental transportation (I presume along with timber) that 

 it has been taken alive on one or two occasions even in Eng- 

 land. Mr. Pascoe adds that the insect " is very variable in 

 size, and slightly so in the comparative thickness of its 

 femora." 



Fam. Lamiidae. 



Genus CoPTOPS. 

 Serville, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 64 (1835). 



Coptoj^s hidens*. 



Lamia bidens, Fab., Ent. Syst. ii. 291 (1792). 



This robust Lamia-like Longicorn has been captured occa- 

 sionally by Mr. Melliss in the houses in Jamestown ; and he is 

 of opinion that, like the Curtomerus pilicorniSy it has probably 

 been naturalized at St. Helena. I am indebted to Mr. Pascoe 

 (who equally believes it to have been imported into the island) 

 for identifying it with the Lamia hidens of Fabricius. 



Fam. HalticidsB. 



Genus Longitarsus. 



Latreille, Fam. Nat. 405 (1825). 



Longitarsus Mellissii, n. sp. 



L. elongato-ellipticus, obscure seneo-viridis, nitidus ; capite fere im- 

 pnnctato ; prothorace punctato, utrinque ad latera late transversim 

 biimpresso et distincte marginato, angulis anticis incrassatis siib- 

 ferrugineis, posticis rotundatis ; elytris profunde et rugose pune- 

 tatis, ac distincte marginatis ; antennas pedibusque longissimis, 



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