504 CATALOGUE OF 



sulcatum, fronte tricarinata, lateribus pnslicis tuberciilalis. Oculi fusi- 

 formes, subobliqui, non jn-omimili. Antenna) lanceolalae, capile hreviores ; 

 articuli 3us et 4us dilaiali. Prolhoiax antice et poslice subtruncatiis ; linea 

 transversa irapies-sii imlisiincta ; latera tuberculala. Prosternuin dente lato 

 annatum. Pedes qiiaUior anlerioies graciles, breves. Tibiae posticae 

 biserialim spiiiulosie. 



Male. Body slender, apterous, elongate-fusiform, punctured. Head 

 lanceolate, slightly ascending, much longer than the protborax ; part 

 ill front of the eyes longer than the hind part, which has a line of 

 tub; icles on e;ich side; tip keeled and furrowed; under side wiih three 

 slij^ht keels. Eyes fusiform, sliy:hlly oblique, not prominent. Antennae 

 lanceolate, shorter than ihe head; third and fourth joints dilated. Pro- 

 thorax with two very slight transverse impressed lines ; fore border and hind 

 border slifjhtly truncated ; sides tuberculate. Prosternum with a broad 

 tooth in the middle. Legs slender; four anterior legs short; hind tibiae 

 with two rows of small spines. 



1. Omura congrca. 



Mas. Picea ; caput utringue et subltis rufescens ; oculi lividi, striga 

 nigra fusifonni ; pedes rufesccnles, femurihus poslicis piceo-rujis, 

 tarsis poslicis nigris. 



Mule. Piceous, tawny, testaceous or green. Head dull red on each 

 side and beneath. Eyes livid, with a fusiform black streak in the disk. 

 Legs dull red; hind femora with a piceous tinge ; hind tarsi black. Length 

 of the body 21 — 24 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 



b. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 c — d, Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



^ Prothoracis latera non serrata. 

 § Caput antice non atienuatum. 



Genus 7. PARGA. 



Mas. Corpus compressura, gracillimum. Caput et prothorax cari- 

 nulis nonnullis instructa. Caput jilanum, prothorace paullo loiigius, 

 antice rotundatum ; frons quadricarinata. Oculi fusiformes, obliqui, sub- 

 convexi. Antennae lanceolatae, capite paullo lougiores; articuli 3o 7um 

 dilaiati, serrati. Prothorax antice et postice rotundatus; latera recta. 

 Prosternum transverse jugalum. Pedes graciles; femora subcarinata; 

 femora postica apice calcarata ; tibice spinulosae. Alse abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body compressed, very slender. Head and prothorax with 

 several slight longitudinal keels. Head horizontal, a little longer than the 

 prothorax, rounded and not attenuated in front, a little longer before the 

 eyes than behind them ; under side with four keels, of which the inner pair 

 diverge from each other towards the mouth. Eyes slightly convex, fusi- 

 form, oblique. Antennae lanceolate, a little longer than the bead ; joints 

 from the third to the seventh dilated, acutely angular on each side of the 

 fore border; the seven following joints small, closely connected. Prothorax 

 rounded in front and behind j sides straight. Prosternum with a transverse 



