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eyes and the base of the mandibles a streak of greyish silky- 

 pubescence. Antennae rufous, first joint somewhat scabrous in 

 front; margins of third joint somewhat scabrous. Thorax deep 

 ferruginous above, the depressed parts black ; fore-edge of hind- 

 most lateral tubercle with a patch of light silky hairs and another 

 between it and the fore margin ; under side of thorax and body 

 closely covered with deep ashy grey silky pubescence. Scutellum 

 covered with gold or silver coloured silky pubescence. Elytra 

 covered with minute tubercles ; of a deep purplish black, each 

 with an orange-coloured linear mark, bent inwards, and with the 

 corresponding mark on the other elytron forming almost the 

 letter X, the sides of these marks margined with very deep black, 

 the black extending behind towards the shoulder. Legs rufous, 

 femora black, rufous at tip. 



Length 8 to 10i hues. 

 Hab. Port Natal (Coll. Gueinzius). 



100. CALLICHROMA. 



Callichroma, Latr. R. A. v. 113. 



Blanch. Hist. Ins. ii. 149. 



p., Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 556. 

 Aromia, p., Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 559. 

 Cerambyx, p., L. 



1. Callichroma moschatum. B.M. 



Cerambvx moschatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 627. 



Oliv. Col. iv. 23. t. 2. f. 7- 

 Cerambyx odoratus, Degeer, Mem. v. 64. 

 Cerambyx citrinus, Voet, Col. iii. 18. t. 6. f. 14. 

 ■ Aromia moschata, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 560. 



Muls. Col. Fr. p. 37. 



Steph. Man. Brit. Col. p. 270. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. xvi. fol. 738. 

 Var. Cerambyx chlorophana, Fisch. Ent. Motch. Bull. Mosc. 



1845, p. 88. 

 Hab. Europe (British Islands). 



2. Callichroma ambrosiacum. B.M. 



Cerambyx ambrosiacus, Steven, Mem. Nat. Mosc. ii. 9. 



Germar, Faun. Ins. Eur. v. t. 8. 

 Aromia ambrosiaca, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 560. 



Mulsant, Col. Fr. p. 37. 

 Var. Aromia thoracica, Fischer, Entom. ii. pi. 48. f. 3, 4. 

 Hab. Russia (Caucasus) ; S. France. 



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