214 Mr. H. W. Bates on Ccranihijcldce 



adopted by him. On a careful examination, I have no 

 doubt it belongs to his group CEmidcs-, and that its place 

 would be probably in Section I. of that group. The 

 angulation of the anterior sockets is not so strongly 

 pronounced as in (Erne and the other genera of the 

 group ; but this may be attributable to the narrow form 

 of the prothorax. The sternal processes between the 

 anterior and middle coxa3 appear to be wholly wanting. 

 The abdominal segments are normal, and not distorted 

 as in the Obrionince. 



1. Atenizus laticeps, Bates, /. c. 



" Sublinear, reddish-testaceous ; antenna3 from the 

 third joint bi'own, bases of joints pale testaceous. Body 

 and limbs finely setose ; head and thoi'ax sparingly punc- 

 tured ; elytra regularly and closely punctured." 



Long. 2^-4-4 lin. r? ? . 



Hah. — Para and Santarem, Amazons j on dry twigs. 



Genus Niophis. 

 Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. iv. 27 (18G7). 



(Charac. emend.). Corpus parvum, elongatum, linearo, 

 deprcssum, pubescens. Caput postice haud angustatum, 

 genis brevissimis, fronte concava ; oculis magnis pra3- 

 cipue lobo inferiori, supra longe scparatis ; t^aljus apice 

 truncatis ; tuberculis antenniferis haud elevatis, vertice 

 piano. Antenna3 [S) corpore multo longiores, longe 

 pubescentes, articulis 3-5 longitudine subnequalibus. 

 Thorax elongatus, inormis, a medio usque ad basin angus- 

 tatus. Elytra postice attenuata, utrinque longe spinosa. 

 Pedes elongati, femoribus valde elongatis, compressis, 

 gradatim clavatis ; tarsis articulo basali elongate. Coxa3 

 anticto exserta), conica3, extus modice angulatfc, processu 

 sternali angustissimo ; acetabula intermedia extus aperta, 

 processu sternali latiusculo piano. Abdomen ( c?) seg- 

 monto basali cteteris haud longiori. 



This genus is evidently allied both to Atenizus and 

 CEinc, and on this account, although unable to ascertain 

 the texture of the ligula, I have no hesitation in placiug 

 it in the present group. The antonnal joints are clothed 

 all round with a long ]nil)escenco. The buccal ajiorture 

 is close to the lower margin of the eyes, there being no 

 muzzle. The eyes are emarginate, with well-developed 

 ujipcr lobe. 



