neio species of CleridcB. 425 



underside of the body shining, testaceous, six ventral seg- 

 ments of the abdomen are visible. 



Hab. — Laos, Mouhot; coll. Gorhara. 



Obs.—l provisionally describe this very curious insect 

 here, as its general characters coincide with those of 

 Pelonium. The most obvious difference is in the entire 

 absence of tubercular lobes to the thorax. It will form 

 the type of a new genus, but at present I cannot point out 

 satisfactory characters. I have only as yet seen the speci- 

 men described which I obtained fi-om the collection of 

 Mr. Saunders. 



Phymatophcea, Pascoe. 

 Type, P. pustulifera, Westwood. {Peloiiium.') 



Mr. Pascoe's remarks, following the characters given, 

 are nihil ad rem. The insect is obviously one of the 

 Enopliides, ha\nng four joints of the tarsi visible above, 

 the basal joint atrophied and covered by the second. The 

 antennae are differently constructed (though with nearly 

 the same proportions) to those of any Pelonium I have 

 examined, their joints being fusiform rather than obconic 

 or bead-shaped. In Pelonium the eighth joint, or the one 

 preceding the club, is often so closely connected with the 

 seventh as to make the organ appear to be ten-jointed, 

 while here it is perfectly visible. The tuberculated thorax 

 and elytra, which at the same time are comparatively fi'ee 

 from hairs, can be compared to nothing in the South 

 American genus, unless it be a remote resemblance to 

 P. scoparium, King. 



Apolopha, Spinola. 



Type, A. Reichei, Spin. 



The reduction of the joints of the antennae is probably 



owing to the fusion of tAvo or more of those immediately 



preceding the club, as is sometimes the case in Pelonium. 



I have not seen the type in any collection. 



Choresine, Pascoe. 

 Type, C. advena, Pas. 

 The combination of characters found here is at variance 

 with the idea of it pertaining to the CleridcR at all. With- 

 out venturing to pronounce on its admission into families 



