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Sub-fam. Stenaspidinj!:. 



Genus Eriphus. 



Serville, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 88; Lacord. 

 Gen. ix. 190. 



1. Eriphus dimidiatus. 

 White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 293, pi. vi. f. 7, S- 



Elongatus, capite nigro, thorace et elytrorum dimidio 

 basali croceo-fulvis opacis, illo vitta dorsali et scutello 

 nigris; elytris dimidio apicali nigris, sericeis; pectore 

 abdomineque nigris, cinereo-pubescentibus ; antennis 

 pedibusque nigris. 



Long. 7 lin. 



Hah. — Para. 



2. Eriphus xanthoderusy n. sp. 



Subcylindricus, niger, opacus, pectore et abdomine 

 dense cinereo-pilosis ; thorace croceo-rufo, grosse punc- 

 tate, opaco, dorso medio leviter infuscato et nitido; 

 scutello nigro ; elytris apice obtuse truncatis, supra crebre 

 punctatis; pedibus nigris, nitidis, femoribus posticis 

 apice bispinosis, spina interiori longiori; antennis brevi- 

 bus ( ? ), articulis 5-10 subserratis. 



Long. 5 lin. $ . 



Hah. — Para. 



Apparently closely allied to E. collaris, Erichs. (Schomb. 

 Reise), which, however, has a yellow scutellum. 



3. Eriphus croceicollis . 

 White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 292. 



''Niger, crebre et rude punctatus; thorace croceo, 

 elytris asnescenti-nigris." 



" Prothorax beneath saffron, mesothorax the same, and 

 marked with a V -like raised figure ; metathorax pitchy, 

 with a light spot in the middle and behind ; underside of 

 abdomen pitchy-black, shining." (White.) 



Long. 5 lin. 



ila&.— Para. In Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Although taken by me, I do not find the species 

 among my own reserved collection of Amazonian Longi- 

 corns. 



