ICO 



CERAMBYCID.E. 



scutello medio cavato ; elytris angustatis depressis ; pedibus 

 chalybeato-viridibus tarsis posticis elongatis ; corpore subtus 

 pilis brevibus adpressis cinereis tecto. 



Dull green ; the sides of the thorax behind the middle spined ; 

 the thorax above transversely strigose and with two smooth spots 

 in the middle, one behind the other ; tivo large velvety marks 

 on the back part of the thorax ; scutellum hollowed out in the 

 middle ; the elytra narrowed and depressed. Legs of a greenish 

 chalybeous ; the femora of hind legs scarcely reaching to the end 

 of the elytra ; the tarsi of hind legs very long and compressed, 

 nearly as long as the tibia. Body beneath covered with short 

 adpressed grey hairs. 



Length llf lines. 

 Hob. N. China (Coll. Fortune). 



29. Callichroma gibbicolle, n. s. B.M. 



C. obscure viride ; thorace supra transversim strigoso, dorso supra 

 postice bigibboso, lateribus post medium spinosis; pedibus 

 posticis purpureo-chalybeis, tarsis posticis elongatis com- 

 pressis. 



Nearly allied to C. Sinicum, but differs in having two tubercles 

 on hind part of thorax, one on each side ; there are no velvet- 

 like marks on the thorax, and the surface is more deeply grooved. 

 The antennae are purplish black, except the first joint, which is 

 green ; the scutellum is hollowed out in the middle and the sides 

 are margined; the first pair of legs are green, the tibia? being 

 clothed with shining brown bans on the fore margin, the inner 

 side of the middle femora is of a dark chalybeous; the hind 

 legs are of a purplish chalybeous ; the tarsi of hind legs are much 

 elongated and compressed. 



Length 11 hues. 

 Hab. N. China (Coll. Fortune). 



30. Callichroma Phaethusa, n. s. B.M. 



C. nigro-viride; thorace strigis radiatis ; scutello nigro, sutura 

 obscura ; pedibus virescenti-nigris ; corpore subtus pilis cine- 

 reis brevibus sericeis induto. 



Dark green ; the thorax with close strigse, many of which 

 radiate from a centre ; sides with a short spine in the middle. 

 Scutellum black, a short impressed line at the base. Elytra at 

 the base close to the suture, with a small space covered with 

 coarser punctures than the rest of the surface, the suture darker ; 

 under side of body dark green, covered with ashy grey pubes- 



