of the Amazon Valley. 409 



1. Lissozodes basalis. 



Cycnoderus basalis, White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 213, 

 pi. vii. f. 5. 



Subtus viridi-seneus, griseo-pilosus, supra cyaneus; 

 capite tlioraceque dense transversim strigosis, vix nitidis ; 

 elytris creberrinie punctato-rugosis, opacis, macula hu- 

 tnerali aurantiaca; pedibus viridi-geneis, femoribus basi 

 coxisque posticis albo-testaceis. 



Long. 4-6 lin. cJ ? . 



Hah. — Ega; common on dead trees. The legs break 

 oflf almost at a touch, as in Ozodes. 



Genus Ozodes. 



Serville, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 98; Lacord. Gen. 



ix. 116. 



1. Ozodes infuscatus, n. sp. 



0. nodicolli (Serv.) siraillimus; differt capite, thorace, 

 corpore subtus, femorum dimidio basali, et antennarum 

 articulis apice, nigro-fuscis. Robustus, nigro-fuscus, 

 cinereo-sericeus ; elytris obscure ferrugineis, fascia lata 

 postica antice obliqua obscuriori ; antennis rufo-testaceis, 

 articulis 3-11 apice fuscis; pedibus rufo-testaceis, femori- 

 bus annulo lato nigro-fusco. 



Long. 7^ lin. ? . 



Hab. — River Tapajos.* 



2. Ozodes ibidiimis, n. sp. 



Parvus, nigro-obscurus ; capite thoraceque creberrime 

 punctulato-scabrosis, hoc supra inaequali, tuberculis duo- 

 bus antico-discoidalibus parvis; elytris fulvo-testaceis, 



* The following large species is also distinct from 0. nodicollis. 



Ozodes multituherculatus, n. sp. 



Elongatus, supra planus, ferrugiueo-fuscus, sericeus ; thorace quam in 

 0. nodicolli lougiore et angustiore, dorse utrinque tuberculis duobus altis 

 valde compressis, qiiinto parvo medio acuto, et anguUs tuberculiformibus ; 

 elytris fasciis tribus angustis, valde undulatis, sericeo-griseis. 



Long. 8 lin. <? . 



Hab. — Chontales, Nicaragua. 



