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specimens of this beautiful little Ceramhyx for several weeks 

 alive in a tumbler, with gauze tied over the top : they usually 

 stood on the gauze, with their backs downwards ; and, in 

 walking about, their long and singular hind legs seemed an 

 incumbrance rather than otherwise. Regularly once a day I 

 sprinkled the gauze with water, which they drank with avidity, 

 first ascertaining with the tips of their antennae the exact po- 

 sition of the drops. As the subject of the use of antennae 

 has been afresh brought under the notice of entomologists, I 

 will here mention a fact which Mr. Walker has just communi- 

 cated to me, viz. that he has seen ants seize flies with their 

 antennge, and detain them securely with their organs. Mr. 

 Taylor likewise has called my attention to the fact, that the 

 antennae of insects are invariably placed within the area, which 

 may be defined as bounded superiorly by the eyes, inferiorly 

 by the mouth, a situation precisely analogous to that of the 

 nose in all other animals. 



Genus, — T^niotes ? Serville. 



Taen. lineatus. Nigerrimus, lineis 4 longltudinalibus albidls, 

 qiiarum 2 conniventihus, dorsalibus, 2 lateralibiis ; linea quoque 

 obliqua albida infra oculos; prothorax inermis. (Corp. long. 

 1'05 unc. ; lat. 'S unc.) 



Glossy black, with four white or slightly yellow lines, which extend 

 the entire length of the insect ; two of these closely approximate, 

 sometimes even appearing united ; they commence between the 

 antennas, and pass over the crown of the head, along the prothorax, 

 and down the suture of the elytra, terminating just before the ex- 

 treme tip ; the other two are situated laterally, one commences 

 at each eye, passing thence along the head, prothorax, and margin 

 of the elytra to the tip : beneath each eye is a short oblique line 

 of the same colour: small circular white spots occur occasionally 

 on the disk of the elytra : the scutellum is whitish : the antennae 

 are nearly black at the base, and fuscous beyond the fourth joint. 



Inhabits Mexico. Presented by Mr. Walker. Appears 

 allied to Ceramhyx ocellatus of Fabricius, which M. Serville 

 gives as the type of his genus Tceniotes ; but the prothorax is 

 without lateral spines, and the eyes are very small, characters 

 at variance with M. Serville's descriptions. 



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