116 CERAMBYCID^E. 



the base ; these spots are more or less completely margined with 

 brown; the elytra are punctured, and have two paler-coloured 

 costae down the middle. Antennae thickly ciliated on the out- 

 side, joints long and, excepting the basal, not much thickened. 

 Legs pale, much compressed, knees brownish. 



Length 13 lines. 

 Hab. Brazil (Coll. Plant.). 



55. OPHRYOPS. 

 Ophryops, White, Zool. Ereb. 4* Terror, Insects, p. 19. 



1. Ophryops pallidus. B.M. 



Ophryops pallidus, White, Zool. Ereb. Sf Terror, p. 19. t. 4. f. 8. 

 Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson). 



56. PHORACANTHA*. 



Phoracantha, Newman, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 1/. 



Mallocera, p., Dej. Cat. p. 352. 



Stenocorus, p., Fabr. 



Stenochorus, Hope, Trans. Zool. Soc. i. iii. 



Callirho'e, Newm. Entom. p. 3. 



Coptocercus, Hope, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. 195. 



1. Phoracantha hamata. B.M. 



Phoracantha hamata, Newman, Entom. p. 3. 

 Hab. Australia (Sydney) (Ent. Club). 



2. Phoracantha gigas. 



Stenochorus gigas, Hope, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. 190. t. 12. f. 5. 

 Hab. Australia (interior). 



3. Phoracantha lata. 



Stenochorus latus, Hope, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. 190. 

 Hab. Australia (Swan River). 



4. Phoracantha longipennis. 



Stenochorus longipennis, Hope, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. 190. 

 Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 



* The Rev. F. W. Hope makes a family " Stenochoridae " with this 

 and the genera Mallocera, Cordylomera, Elaphidion, Achryson, Chlo- 

 rida, Eburia and Uracanthus. See Trans. Zool. Soc. i. 106 & iii. 187. 



