1840.] 



Himalayas and of India. 



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European species, the latter rather predominating over the former : it is 

 one of the finest forms of the Himalayan Fauna. 



Lamia Wallichii. 



Long. lin. 10. lat. lin. 5. 



Yiridisericeus, Antennis penicillatis, elytris tribus fasciis nigris, binis- 

 que peuicillis dosalibus ornatis. Antennae corpore longiores et nigro - 

 virides, primo articulo subpenicillato, tribas seqaentibus atris, penicillin 

 magnis pilorum barbatis, et reliquis pubescentibus, ultimo tamen 

 pubescentia densiori tecto. Thorax viridis, spinosus. Elytra ornata 

 tribus fasciis vix suturam attingentibus, una in medio elytrorum, secunda 

 inter mediam et apicem, tertiaque binis peuicillis dorsalibus interrupta. 

 Corpus -ubtus nigro- virens, sanguinea pubescentia aspersum. Segmenta 

 quatuor abdominis sanguineo colore fucata, ultimum omne autem viride 

 et nitidnm. Pedes viridi-pubescentes, femoribus macula rufa notatis 

 tarsisque infi-aflavis. 



It is impossible to describe accurately the beauty of this Insect ; the 

 sericeous covering, in different lights, imitating the various tints of opal, 

 •while the dark fasciae flash with the iridescence of Labrador felspar. 



PORUS, Hope. 

 Stentd^, ml. 



LoN'GlPALPl, Lat. 



Corpus oblongum fere parallelura subdepressura. Caput mediocre 

 oculis magnis iateralibus. Antennae crassse articulis transversis. Man- 

 dibulae acutae dente interiori armatae. Labrum transversum integi*um 

 ciliatum. Maxillae elongatae bilobatje. Palpi maxillares longitudine 

 mediocres articulo 3tio. longo clavato, ultimo miuimo. Labium elong- 

 atum apice lanceolato, paraglossis Iateralibus. Palpi labiales breves, 

 articulo ultimo parvo conico. Thorax fere circularis. i^bdomen elong- 

 atum marginatum. Pedes simplices. Tibiae calcaribus binis armatae 

 T arsis articulis simplicibus. 



PoRus ocHRACEUs. Loug. Hn. 4. lat. lin. f. 



Elytris punctatis antennis fuscis, mandibulisque ad apicem nigris. 



Hab. in Montibus Himalayae ; in Mus. Dom. Royle. 



This genus somewhat approaches our European Evsesthetus. 



APHODIUS. 

 Aphodius irregularis, Hope. 

 Long. lin. 4. lat. lin. 2. 



FlaTUS thorace nigro, elytris subaurantiis, fascia media raaculis quatuor 



