436 Mr. n. W. Bates on Ccramhycirlce 



Lacordairo. It is clearly allied in all essential points to 

 the Trachydcrlncc, and forms an unnecessary exception, 

 in the fine granulation of the eyes, to the section in which 

 the author of the " Genera " has placed it. 



1. Metopocoekis Rojasi, 

 Salle, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1853, p. G50, pi. xx. f. 1, 2, (? $ . 



Magnus, valde elongatus, testaceo-fulvus, nudus, niti- 



dus, supra rugoso-punctatus ; thorace vittis duabus nigris ; 



elytris (^ lineis posticis et margine apicali, ? dimidio 



apicali, nigris ; antennis nigris, brevibus, $ subserratis, 



? fortiter serratis. 



Long. 15-18 lin. S ? • 



ITab. — Santarem . 



On flowers in open grassy districts, at the beginning of 

 the wet season in December. Originally found near 

 Caraccas. 



Sub-fam. LissoNOTiN^. 



Genus Lissonotus. 



Dalman, in Schonh. Syn. Ins. App. p. 364; Lacord. Gen. 



ix. 209. 



1. Lissonotus Sheitheii'di. 

 Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc, 2 scr., v- 16. 



Nigerrimus, politus ; elytris late recte truncatis, 

 angulo exteriori spinoso, ante medium fascia lata coc- 

 cinea, prope suturam angustata et abbreviata. 



Long. 6^-7 lin. S ? • 



Hah. — Altar do Chao, River Tapajos. 



3. Lissonotus fallax, n. sp. 



Nigerrimus, politus, scutello et macula ovali obliqua 

 adjacente, metasterno, abdomine, femorumquo basi, 

 coccineis; elytris apice acute conjunctim rotundatis. 



Long. 5 lin. $ . 



Hub. — Esra. 



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