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Hastatis galerucoides^ n. sp. 
H. oblonga, breviter setosa, fulvo-bmnnea, vertice thoracisque lateri- 
bus cinereis ; elytris marginibus lateralibiis lineaqne longitudinali 
discoidali pallide testaceis ; anteimis nigris, articulis apice 
dilatatis, angulis productis. Long. 5 lin. $ . 
Head brown, partly clothed with yeiiowish-ashy pubescence, 
which forms two divergent stripes on the vertex. Antennae a 
little shorter than the body ( ? ), black, clothed with short 
bristles; third to sixth joints gradually dilated at the apex, with 
the apical angles produced. Thorax clothed with dense tawny- 
brown pubescence, sides each with a broad ashy vitta, lateral 
tubercles large and acute. Elytra oblong, obtuse at the apex ; 
surface clothed with short bristles, finely punctate-striate, de- 
pressed along the suture, tawny brown, with the lateral and 
apical margins and a line from base to apex terminating at the 
sutural angle pale testaceous. Body beneath dusky castaneoiis ; 
mesosternum with two tubercles in front. Legs pale-reddish 
testaceous, with a large black spot on the outer side of the 
middle and posterior femora. 
Santarem. 
Genus Gallia, Serville. 
Serville, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iv. (1835) p. 60. 
The species composing this well-known genus are all of small 
size and of the most diversified colours — some being metallic, and 
others. resembling species of various other families of Coleoptera. 
The antennse are filiform, with the joints from the third (inclu- 
sive) gradually and proportionally decreasing in length. The 
tarsal claws have a broad and acute tooth at their base. 
1. Callia fulvocincta, n. sp. 
C. oblonga, setosa, chalybea, nitida ; elytris violaceis, cano tomen- 
tosis, basi fascia lata fulvo-aurantiaca. Long. 3 lin. $ . 
Head glossy steel-blue, thinly clothed with hoary tomentum ; 
front with a deeply impressed longitudinal line. Antennge dark 
metallic blue, setose. Thorax short (much shorter than in the 
allied C. axillaris), glossy steel-blue, smooth, convex. Scutellum 
steel-blue. Elytra oblong, setose, punctured, violaceous, ob- 
scured with fine hoary tomentum ; base with a broad tawny- 
orange fascia, broadest a little before the lateral margin. Body 
beneath and legs steel-blue. 
Santarem, flying over masses of dried branches. 
2. Callia chrysomelina, Pascoe. 
Callia chrysomelina, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. v. p. 34. 
C. oblonga, postice paulo dilatata, setosa, nigra ; capite, thorace, an^ 
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