246 Mr. H. W. Bates on Ceramhyciil(e 



short hairs. Thorax subcjuadrate, armed on each side 

 with a spine, surface uneven, covered with small scattered 

 tubercles, reddish-tawny, with the depressed parts black. 

 Elytra reddish- tawny, ornamented with three strongly 

 undulated black belts, the apex also black ; surface 

 shining-, punctured and roughened with throe or four 

 rows of small tubercles. Legs reddish, tips of thighs and 

 tibiae black. 



Long. 10 lin. $ . 



Sab. — Eara. 



Genus Zathecus. 

 Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. iv. 2G ; Lacord. Gen. viii. 



2ao. 



In addition to the characters given in the places 

 quoted, may be here mentioned the sockets of the anterior 

 coxae angulate externally, and those of the intermediate 

 coxae open. These characters show that the genus is 

 related to CEine. The markings of the elytra, however, 

 are very similar to those of Ihidion, and allied genera. 

 The thorax is subquadrate, narrowed behind and unarmed, 

 slightly uneven above, without transverse impressions, 

 and opaque; the thighs are elongate, and strongly and 

 abruptly clavate. 



L Zathecus graphites, Bates, I. c. 



Elongate, linear, depressed. Testaceous, head and 

 thorax clothed with a silky tomentum; vertex dusky, 

 basal joints of antenna? blackish beneath. Thorax uneven, 

 black, with a curved testaceous belt across the anterior 

 part. Elytra near the base and suture marked with a 

 black patch, followed behind by two curved black streaks ; 

 the testaceous apical half with a bro^vnish cloud in the 

 middle; whole sui-face roughened with small scattered 

 tubercles, and irregular but not large punctures. Legs 

 and under-surface testaceous, sides of prothorax and 

 breast and basal part of hind thighs blackish. 



Long. 8 lin. c?. 



Hah. — Ega. 



