of the Amazon VaUey. 245 



] . Nioph'is Goptorrliina, Bates, I. c. 



Tawny reddish, opaque, clothed with fine erect hairs ; 

 apices of antennal joints darker, tips of thighs bhick ; 

 thorax with two broad and shallow longitudinal dorsal 

 chanuels; elytra finely punctured, the apex of each with 

 an acute spine. 



Long. 4<\ lin. S • 



Hah. — Santarem, River Tapajos. 



Genus CEme, 

 Newman, Entom. i. 8; Lacord. Gen. Col. viii. 222. 



In this genus, the thorax (unarmed) is abruptly nar- 

 rowed near the base, and the prosternal process is reduced 

 to an extremely narrow vertical partition. 



1. CEme ■picticornis, n. sp. 



Blongata, linearis, depressa, pallido-fulva, antennarum 

 articulis (a tertio) et tarsis nigris ; capite et antennarum 

 articulo basali crebre et grosse punctato ; thorace sub- 

 quadrato, basi subito constricto, dorso subtiliter creberrime 

 punctato, sericeo ; elytris pube erecta tectis, crebre punc- 

 tulatis, apice conjunctim rotundatis ; (abdomen deest) . 



Long. 8 lin, $ . 



Apparently allied to CR. annul icornis, Buq., which, how- 

 ever, is described as having the head smooth, and the 

 thorax " en ovale tres allonge." In the present species, 

 the thorax, except the constricted hind portion, forms a 

 square, almost exactly as broad as long, with the angles 

 rounded. Besides the black tips of the antennal joints 

 and the tarsi, the tergum of the mesothorax, uncovered 

 by the base of the thorax, has a distinct black spot. The 

 antennae are regularly ciliate beneath, and have only a 

 short pubescence above. 



One example, taken at Ega, evidently a male. 



Genus Phrynocris. 



Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. iv. 26; Lacord. Gen. Col. 

 viii. 226. 



L Phrynocris notabiUs, Bates, I. c. 



Body elongate, subdepressed. Head and thorax coarsely 

 and scantily tomentose, the rest of the body clothed with 



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