224 LONGICORNIA. 
LYCIDOLA. 
Lycidola, Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 125; Bates, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xvii. p. 368; 
Lacordaire, Gen. Col. ix. p. 884. 
Spathoptera, Bates, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xvii. p. 8369 (nec Serville). 
Nine species of this very remarkable genus are known, all, with the exception of the 
one recorded below, South-American. The dilatation of the elytra and the imitation of 
the genus ycus in form and colouring, which form so peculiar a feature in the group 
of genera to which it belongs, here reach their maximum. The remarkable width of 
the prosternum, a character foreign to the whole series of American Phyteciini, is shown 
only in two of the species, L. simulatrix of the Amazons, and the following, L. belti. 
It is not noticeable to any thing like the extent, as Lacordaire justly pointed out, in 
L. togata. I have consequently been obliged to include in the genus two species from 
the Amazons which resemble LZ. togata in this respect, and which I had referred to 
Serville’s genus Spathoptera. 
1. Lycidola belti. (Tab. XV. fig. 1.) 
Lycidola Beitii, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1872, p. 228. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belz). 
Notr.—During the progress of the above work a large amount of fresh material has 
been received, contained chiefly in the rich private collection of M. Sallé (ceded to 
Mr. Godman) and in successive arrivals from Mr. Champion and other collectors. As 
will have been observed, many of the new genera and species thus obtained have been 
incorporated since the commencement of the Lamiide ; the equally numerous novelties 
in the earlier families, with rectifications of synonymy and additional notes on the 
geographical distribution of the species, will form the subject of a Supplement. 
