Longicorn Coleoptera of the West India Islands. 113 
a distinct species wliich in colour very closely resembles 
the true vittatus. The latter appears to be a common 
species throughout Tropical America. From the West 
Indies I have, so far, seen only a single example. 
107. Callichroma elegans, Oliv. 
Ceramhyx elegans, Oliv., Encycl. Meth., Ins. v., p. 298 
(1790) ; Entom. iv., No. 67, p. 26, pi. 5, fig. 35. 
Hob. Grenada — Balthazar (H. H. Smith), Dominica 
(Ramage and Nicholls). 
Head, prothorax, elytra, and underside of a brownish-red colour 
suffused with metallic-green. Legs and antennse brownish-red, and 
somewhat opaque. Prothorax with the medio-lateral tubercles 
rather feebly developed, and the antero-lateral callosities not 
strongly marked ; the pronotum transversely striated, with an 
indistinct reddish-brown pilose band along each side of the middle. 
Elytra each with a dorsal and a marginal band covered with a 
similar light brown pile. A rather faint silvery pubescence covers 
the underside of the body. 
These characters are taken from a specimen of Dejean's 
collection ticketed — C. degans,0\\Y., Mus. Olivier,^^ 
Hah. America merid. — and therefore authentically named, 
if not one of Olivier^s actual types. The single specimen 
taken by Mr. Smith in Grenada agrees in all respects 
with this typical example. The five received from 
Dominica, though presenting precisely the same col- 
oration, and agreeing in other respects, yet differ 
slightly in the sculpturing of the prothorax; the median 
dorsal band is not transversely striated, but is rather 
closely punctured in the greater part of its extent. This 
difference may possibly be a mark of specific or varietal 
distinction. But until an opportunity is afforded of 
examining a larger series of both forms it will be safer to 
retain them under the same specific name. 
108. Callichroma rufescens, n. n. 
Callichroma aureotinctum, ah., Bates, Biologia C. A. 
Col. v., p. 292. 
Callichroma elegans (Dej. Cat.), nec Oliv. 
Callichroma rufescens (Dej. Cat.). 
Hah. St. Lucia (Chevrolat collection), Guadeloupe 
(Dei. collection, D. Latreille) : and Mexico — Yera Cruz 
