440 Mr. H. W. Bates on Cframbycidce 



etiam producto acuto, supra grosse striato-punctntis, 

 interstitiis nonnullis costatis, apice sublaevibus ; pedibus 

 omnino nigro-aeneis, trochanteribus pallido-testaceis ex- 

 ceptis ; fcmoribus subclavato-incrassatis, iutermediis et 

 posticis apice bispinosis. 



Long. 10-12 Im. $ . 



flab. — Ega. Three examples, one of which is now in 

 the collection of Mr. Alexander Fry. 



4. Distenia sittnralis, n. sp. 



Angustata, gracilis, cyanea, nitida, subtns pectore in 

 medio fulvo-testaceo, elytris vitta communi lata saturali 

 purpureo-rufa, pedibus flavo-testaceis, antennis nigris, 

 infra {<$) longe penicillatis ; thorace tuberculo elongate 

 mediano distincto, ca)teris partibus irregulariter grosse 

 punctatis ; elytris sparsissime setosis, apice unispinosis, 

 angulo suturali producto, supra crebre punctatis, vitta 

 suturali postice ante apicera terminata ; femoribus omni- 

 bus apice spina unica elongata arraatis. 



Long. 7 lin. $ . 



Hah. — Ega.* 



Genus Cometes. 



Serville, Encycl. Meth. x. 485; Lacord. Gen. ix. 229. 

 Syn, Uetero palpus, Buquet, Mag. Zool. 1843, pi. cxviii. 



The sole constant character which distinguishes this 

 genus from Distenia is the relative shortness and thick- 



• The following are also undescribed species of this genus : — 

 Distenia rufipes. 



Viridi-senea, pedibus testaceo-rufis, antennis uigris, apicem versus 

 piceis ; thorace grosse tuberculato et punctato ; elytris apice unispinosis, 

 angulo suturali nullo, supra Lrevissime setosis, passim subtilissime puno- 

 tuliitis et grosse striato-puuctatis, interstitiis nounullis costatis ; femoribus 

 haud spinosis ; antennis ( <J ) sparse penicillatis. 



Long. 6^ lin. S ■ 



Hab. — Santa Marta, Nova Granada (Bouchard). 



Distenia angustata. 



Angustata, linearis, capito et thorace prfrcipue parvis ; viridi-renea, 

 corpore subtus et elytris fuudo testaceis, pedibus sordide fiavo-testaceis, 

 antennis fusco-ieneis, infra longe penicillatis ; thorace tuberculato, grosse 

 fiparsim punctata ; elytris apice unispinosi.-f, angulo suturali producto, 

 acuto, supra sparsim longe setosis, ut in D. s^iturali crebre puuctulatis ; 

 femoribus omnibus apice spina unica elongata armatis. 



Long. 0^ lin. <J . 



Hah. — Cayenna interiure (D. Bar). 



