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1. 0. Sollii. 



This splendid species is dedicated to Richard Horsman Solly, Esq., 

 F.R.S. & L.S., in whose cabinet the chief part of the insects described 

 in this paper is contained. To the same genus belong Lamia punctata 

 of Fabricius, and two undescribed Indian species. 



G. N. ANOPLOPHORA. 



Caput quadratum. Antenna corpore duplo longiores, ultimo articulo 

 valde elongate Thorax utrinque spinosus, medio depressus. Elytra 

 anticd et postice fere sequalia, apicibus rotundatis. Corpus infra 

 squamosum, pectore inermi. Pedes difformes et robusti. 



1. A. Stanleyana. 



This insect, distinguished for its brilliant colours, which rival those 

 of some of the more splendid Lepidoptera, has been named in honour 

 of the Lord Bishop of Norwich, President of the Linnean Society. 



CALLICHROMA, Latr. 



1. C. Cantori. 



Long. lin. 21 ; lat. lin. 5. 



Viride, nitidum ; antennis violaceis, femoribus tibiisque lsete cyaneis 

 tarsisque aureo-ornatis. 



This species is named in compliment to Dr. Cantor, a distinguished 

 zoologist in the service of the East India Company, and whose va- 

 luable collection of Indian Reptilia and drawings are deposited in the 

 Radcliffe Library at Oxford. 



2. C. Griffithii. 



Long. lin. 20§ ; lat. lin. 8. 



Obscure" atrum ; antennis tarsisque luteis, elytris nigris et flavo- 

 fasciatis. 



This species is dedicated to its discoverer, an acute and enterprising 

 botanist, and author of two valuable memoirs on the development of 

 the ovulum of Santalum and Loranthus, printed in the 18th volume 

 of the Society's Transactions. 



MONOCHAMUS, Megerle. 



1. M. ruber. 



Long. lin. 11 ; lat. lin. 4|. 



Ruber ; antennis corpore duplo longioribus, thorace elytrisque nigro- 



maculatis, pedibus concoloribus. 

 Read also, " On Cuscuta epilinwm and halophyta." By Charles C. 

 Babington, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 



