322 Mr. H. W. Bates on Ceramhycidce 



5. Odontocera parallela. 



White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 189. 



" Pallide flava ; antennis nigro-annulatis ; thoracis 

 dorso lineis duabus parallelis nigris ; elytris apice an- 

 gustatis, singulis linea marginali nigro-fusca ; pedibus 

 posticis subhirsutis, femoribus tibiisque apice fusco- 

 nigris." (White.) 



Long. 3i lin. S ? . 



The sexes, which I took in cojndd, do not differ in 

 colour, and very little in the length of the antennae, or 

 form of abdomen. The antennae are scarcely those of 

 the typical Odontocerce, being slender, with the 7th- 11th 

 joints shortened and thickened, and not at all serrate ; 

 they are, however, even in the c? , decidedly shorter than 

 the abdomen, which character separates the species from 

 Ommata, while the thickened apices distinguish it from 

 Afjaone, to which the species bears some resemblance. 

 The elytra, however, are shorter by one-fourth than the 

 abdomen, and have vitreous discs. The hind femora 

 are abruptly clavate. 



Hai>. — River Tapajos. 



6. Odontocera mellea. 



White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 188. 



*' Melleo-flava, antennis nigro-annulatis ; elytris cor- 

 pore multo brevioribus, basi punctate, membranacco, 

 tunc vitreo, apice attenuate nigro ; abdomine subtus 

 medio nigro." (White.) 



Long. 5t lin. S- 



White's description applies only to the S ; the $ is 

 totally different in coloration, being sooty-black, with 

 the Jiead and antenna) fulvous, spotted with black, the 

 legs dusky, with the middle part of the femora pitchy- 

 red, and the apex of the abdomen yellowish. The abdo- 

 men, in most examples of the $ , is black from the base, 

 ^vith the apex yellow, and the hind femora are black at 

 the base. 



The antennae, in this species, are perfectly filiform, 

 being neither thickened nor serrate towards the apex. 



