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fascia lata ante medium ohscure miniacea ; marginibits apicali 



et laterali miniaceis ; punctis quatuor nigris in i^arfe postica 



elytrorum. 



These three fine species of the peculiarly Brazilian genus Aniso- 



cerus are described in tlie second part of the Museum Catalogue of 



Longicom Beetles, pp. 405, 406. It is just possible that the two 



lašt so-called species may eventually be found to be one. We have 



two specimens of the lašt which differ from each other in coloration, 



and probably connecting varieties may yet be sent to our collections 



from the bauks of the Amazon. The A. capucinus vras first ob- 



tained at Para by J. P. George Smith, Esq. of Liverpool ; the A. 



dulcissimus was found on the Tapayos, a tributary of the Amazon, 



by Mr. Bates, who also sent the A. Onca from Ega, a locaUty on the 



šame great river, which has proved to be very prohfic in insect life. 



8. Ph.edinus xanthomelas, n. s. (PI. XL. fig. 11.) 



P. niger, abdomine subfus jiaUido, ehjtris sulphureis, apice macu- 

 laųue ante medium nigris; femoribus subtus ultra medium 

 ciUatis. 



Long. lin. 6į. 



Hab. Villa Nova, in ripis fluvii Amazon {Coli. Bates). 



Head wideish, black ; eyes ferruginous ; a yellow mark on the cly- 

 peus, with many scattered punctures. Antennse ■nith the two basai 

 joints shining, the others dull ; joints from the third to the tenth 

 dilated triangularly at the tip on the inner edge ; terminai joint ob- 

 long, sides parallel, tip pointed. Thorax densely punctured and 

 liairy, a smooth spear-shaped space on the back in the niiddle, pointed 

 in front, a tubercle on each side ; scutellum black. Elytra rounded 

 at the tip, of a sulphur-yellow, each broadly tipped with black, and 

 having a subtriangular spot just before the middle ; each elytron witli 

 two parallel costse, evanescent about the middle just behind the black 

 spot which lies across them. Under side of abdomen pale ochra- 

 ceous ; legs black ; femora grooved beneath at the base, edges of the 

 groove ciliated with pale hairs. 



Having only seen a single specimen of this curious species, I am 

 uuwilling to give it a new generic name, although its short form, 

 šimple sternum, grooved and ciliated femora, and the soft under side 

 of abdomen, with other characters, show that it considerably differs 

 from Phcedinus. 



9. Phoebe concinna, n. s. (PI. XL. f. 12.) 



P. albido-pubescens, thoraee postice pallide violaceo, ehjtris pallide 

 violaceis, fascia latiitscula ante apicem alba, pedibus pallide 

 flavis, antennis basi Jlavis, apice fuscis, capite bicornuto. 



Long. lin. 5-5^. 



Hab. Ega, on the banks of the Amazon (Coli. Bates). 



A most delicately coloured species of the genus Phoebe of Serville. 

 The head, thorax, and body are clothed with a deuse white pubes- 

 ''ence ; the hinder part of the thorax has a ])ale violet band with a 

 projecting lobe in front. The elytra are covered with a most deli- 



