  We present the first $BVI$ CCD photometry to $V=22.0$ of 4 fields centered on
the region of the southern Galactic star clusters Ruprecht~61, Czernik~32, NGC
2225 and NGC 2262 and of 4 displaced control fields. These clusters were never
studied before, and we provide for the first time estimates of their
fundamental parameters, namely radial extent, age, distance and reddening. We
find that the four clusters are all of intermediate age (around 1 Gyr), close
to the Sun and possess lower than solar metal abundance.
