281- Mr. II. W. Bates on Ccraiubycidce 



Genus Hemilissa. 



Pascoo, Trans. Eut. Soc, 2 ser., iv. 238; Lacord. Gen. 

 viii. 327. 



1. Hemilissa sulcicollis, n. sp. 



Elongata, subcylindrica, nigro-castanea, abdomine ru- 

 foscenti, setis longis Inrsuta, nitida ; capite grosse sparsim 

 punctatOj nitidOj tuberibus antenniferis intus vix perspicuo 

 productis ; antennis corpora longioribus, articulis Laud di- 

 latatis sed distincte serratis, basali scabroso, a 3io ad 1 1 mum 

 c irinatis ; thorace oblongo, grossissime scabroso, sulco 

 medio lato profundo^ fundo politissimo ; elytris truncatis, 

 extus longe spinosis, augulo suturali recto, supra basin 

 versus asperato-punctatis, punctis seriatis, parte apicali 

 sublaevi polita'; femoribus abrupte clavatis. 



Long. 4^ lin. $ . 



Resembles in form and colouring Sphcerion (Perihonim) 

 puhescens ; but clearly allied to Hemilissa gummosa , the 

 type of the present genus. 



Hah. — Ega. 



2. Hemilissa cornuta, n. sp. 



Elongata, breviter pilosa, fusco-violaceaj supra opaca, 

 infra nitida, abdomine rufescenti ; capite opaco, grosse 

 punctate, tuberibus antenniferis intus valde productis 

 cornutis ; antennis opacis, compressis, serratis, articulo 

 basali scabroso ; thorace oblongo, postice constricto, sine 

 sulco, medio dilatato rotundato, opaco, reticulato-scabroso 

 et asperato, medio supra nigricanti ; elytris apice trun- 

 catis, extus unispinosis, supra lineatim punctatis, postice 

 punctis minoribus et magis confusis ; pedibus vahdis, 

 femoribus clavatis scabrosis. 



Long. 7 lin. ( ? ?) . 



A handsome and remarkable species ; differing from 

 ir. fjiimmosa in the total absence of gloss from the elytra, 

 but presenting in a still more marked degree the generic 

 character of pointed inner angles of the antenniferous 

 tubers. 



Hah. — River Tapajos. 



One example, found on a leaf in the forests of the Cupari. 



