440 Rev. F. W. Hope on some new Insects collected in Assam. 



I Calli CHROMA. LatreUle. 



Callichroma Cantori. 



Tab. XXX. fig. 3. 



Long. lin. 21. Lat. lin. 5. 



Viride, nitidum ; antennis violaceis, femoribus tibiisque leet^ cyaneis taisisque 

 aureo ornatis. Caput antic^ fovea fortit^r impressa. Antennae mediocres, 

 violaceae, pubescentes, punctulatae, articulo primo anticfe spinoso. Thorax 

 utrinqu^ spinosus, dorso tuberculato. Elytra laeta, depressa, viridia, splen- 

 dida, apicibus rotundatis. Corpus infr^ cyaneum, segmentis abdominis 

 sericie argentea obsitis. Pedes femoribus subscabris laete cyaneis, tibiis 

 concoloribus et compressis. Tarsi flavo-pubescentes, seu aureis capillis 

 ornati. 



The above insect inhabits Assam. The sexes of the species appear to differ 

 in theif antennae, those of the males being more robust, and the elytra are 

 more acuminated at the external angles. The true Callichroma of Latreille 

 seems confined chiefly to the New World, although in modern catalogues we 

 find some African species ranged under that generic title. Those species, 

 however, with very conspicuous dilated tibise ought to be separated from Cal- 

 lichroma, as they evidently belong to a subgenus. M. De Haan mentions one 

 Asiatic species in the Leyden collection. In my cabinet there is another 

 elegant insect, which I have named loscelis from its violet-coloured legs : it is 

 likewise from Assam. The present species is named in honour of Dr. Cantor. 

 It is satisfactory to state, that his valuable collection of Reptitia, with his ex- 

 quisite drawings, are safely deposited in the Radcliffe Library at Oxford, 



Callichroma Griffithii. 



Tab. XXX. fig. 2. 



Long. lin. 20|. Lat. lin. 5. 



Obscur^ atrum ; antennis tarsisque luteis. Elyfris nigris et flavo-fasciatis. 

 Caput ferl quadratum, rufum, oculis nigris. Antenna; mediocres, pallide 

 flavse, articulo primo antic^ acute spinoso. Thorax utrinqu^ obtusfe ar- 

 matus, tuberculatus, dorso ochraceo colore inquinato, margine omni ni- 



