330 Mr. H, W. Bates on Ceramhi/ciJif 



2. Tomopterus hispecuUfer . 



Odontocera hispeculifera, Wliite, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. 



p. 190. 



Niger ; thorace rotundato, grosse reticulato-punctato, 

 margine postico scutelloque aureo-tomentosis ; elytris 

 apice rotundatis nee truncatis, grosse punctatis, disco 

 macula oblonga sub-obliqua flavo-testacea vitrea ; corporo 

 subtus nigrOj nitido, epimerisaureo-toraentosis, segmeuto 

 vontris primointerdum( ? ) rufo; pedibus nigris, femori- 

 bus posticis interdum {S) albo-testaceis. 



Long. 5-6^ lin. S ? . 



ITah. — River Tapajos. 



3. Tomopterus larroides. 



White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 177. 



Brevis, robustus ; thorace valde transverse, convex o, 

 lateribus rotundatis, piloso, punctate, opaco ; elytris 

 brevibus, apice recte truncatis, extus valde rotundatis, 

 vitta obliqua obscure flava; abdominis segmentorum 

 marginibus flavo - pilosis ; femoribus posticis gradatim 

 incrassatis, supra valde arcuatis. 



cJ, Supra nigor, absque nigris. 



? . Supra thorace medio flavcscente, elytris lateribus 

 castaneis, alis fulvis. 



Long. 3-4 lin. ^ 9 . 



Abundant once at flowers; closely resembles a small 

 bee of the genus Mcgachile. 

 Hah. — Santarem. 



Epimelitta, nov. gen. 



Tomoptero aftinis, diftbrt corpore toto piloso, elytris 

 abdominis basin attingentibus, apice valde attenuatis, sub- 

 acuminatis. Rostrum breve, latum. Antennte pauUo in- 

 crassatoe, sorratae. Thorax brevis, valde transversus, 

 convexus, hirtus. Tibia3 posticaa longe piloste. 



The tapering apices of the elytra, A\ndely dehiscent at 

 the suture, and the jnlose body and limbs, distinguish this 

 genus from Tomopt<n-us . In facies the species bear very 



