EPHIMIA.—HAMOTUS. 3 
bifoveolate between the eyes; bearing much sugary-white pubescence behind the eyes. 
Thorax rather broader than long, a little narrowed in front; with a large fovea filled 
with white pubescence near the base in the middle, and a conspicuous patch of white 
sugary pubescence on each side of the base. Elytra shining, brighter red than the 
rest of the surface, narrowed at the shoulders, the latter scarcely elevated ; with a 
curved, rather deep, discoidal stria and a deep sutural stria; the apex covered with a 
dense pallid, sugary, or glandular pubescence. Hind body rather short, strongly 
margined, with a depressed fine squamose pubescence. 
EPHIMIA. 
Ephimia, Reitter, Verh. Ver. Briinn, xx. p. 185 (1882) ; Deutsche ent. Zeit. xxvii. p. 34. 
This genus has recently been established by Reitter for a West-Indian insect. I 
have now to add a species from our region. 
1. Ephimia crassicornis. (Tab. I. fig. 2.) 
Rufo-castanea, elytris sanguineis, pube depressa flavescente irregulariter vestita; antennis articulis 3° ad 7™ 
brevissimis, tribus ultimis elongatis ; prothorace parvo, basi in medio foveolata; elytris quam prothorax 
longioribus. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Panama, San Miguel in the Pearl Islands (Champion). 
Antenne thick; pubescent, so that the articulations are not very distinct; the 
terminal three joints elongate, quite as long as the other eight together; the terminal 
joint rather longer than the preceding two joints united. Head narrow, with convex 
coarsely faceted eyes; the antennal tubercles quite connate; the front placed quite at 
right angles with the vertex. Thorax only about half as broad as the elytra; finely 
pubescent, with a large pubescent basal fovea. Elytra rather elongate, narrow at the 
shoulders, the latter not raised; the surface within the shoulders broadly depressed ; 
with a fine sutural stria, but no discoidal one; the hind margin very densely covered 
with yellow pubescence. 
This insect is rather larger than L£. simoni, Reitter, and also has a longer terminal 
joint to the antenne, much larger eyes, broader thorax, and longer elytra. The sex of 
the unique example discovered by Mr. Champion is doubtful. 
Group TYRINA. 
HAMOTUS. 
Hamotus, Aubé, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1844, p. 92. 
This is a genus peculiar to Tropical America; it comprises about twenty very closely 
allied species. An examination of the maxillary palpi is essential for the discrimination 
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