198 Mr, H. W. Bates on Longicoi-n 



flava a vertice usque ad apicem suturas elytrorum extensa, 

 in elytris dentata, his quoque flavo bifasciatis fasciis ma- 

 cularibus interruptis, una ante altera longe post medium, 

 lateribus flavo conspersis et puncto flavo discoidali prope 

 basin; capite et thorace dorso scabrosis, elytris basi tan- 

 tum granulosis deinde punctulata apicem versus leevis- 

 simis ; subtus capite thorace et mesosterno lateribus flaro 

 late vittatis ; metasterno et ventre flavo-maculatis. 



Long. 1 in. 2 lin.-l in. 5 lin. c? ? • 



One example (?) in Mr. Belt^s collection, and one ^ 

 in my own, from Mr. Chesterton^s collection, N. Granada. 



Tceniotes Luciani, Thoms. Classif. Ceramb, p. 101 ; [T. 

 Buquetii, Thoms. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1856, p. 329, pi. 8, 

 f. 1). — Apparently common in Chontales.* 



DeliatUs nivea, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1869, p. 388.— 

 Mr. Belt has now sent the <? of this beautiful species. 

 It does not differ, except in its more slender form, and 

 slightly longer antennae, from the ? described loc. cit. 



Hammoderus spinipennis, Thoms. Classif. Ceramb. p. 

 100 (1860) ; (T. ^/i or aacws. White, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1858, p. 266 ?). — -Many examples from Chontales. 



Hammoderus inermis, Thomson, Arch. Ent. I. 173 

 (1857) Classif. Ceramb. p. 99; {Tceniotes albiplagiatus. 



* The following are also new : — 



Tceniotes Buckleyi, n. sp. — Quoad colores medium tenet inter T. Orbignyi 

 et T. Luciani. Niger pube sericea tenui purpureo-fusca vestitus : liuea 

 angusta flava a froute usque ad scutellum ducta, elytris maculis parvis- 

 simis flavis sparsis quarum quatuor paulo majoribus ut in T. Luciani 

 sitis ; liuea transversa flava sub oculos, vittaque paulo latiori laterali 

 paulo interrupta ab oculis usque ad anum extensa. 



Long. 1 in. 2 lin. 



Gualaquiza, Equador (Buckley). Some of the yellow dots of the elytra 

 are arranged in an oblique line near the apex, similarly to the larger 

 spots of T. Orbignyi. 



Tceniotes ncevius, n. sp. — T. farinose affinis, augustior magis elongatus 

 elytris pauciter maculatis et in S sutura ad apicem recta spinosa. Niger 

 pube tenui grisea vestitus ; capite vertice linea pallide flava, lateribus 

 lineis tantum duabus una supra altera infra oculum ; thorace lineis an- 

 gustis tribus ut in T. farinoso; elytris ^ apice ad suturam baud dehis- 

 centibus ibique longe dentatis vel spinosis, ? paulo hiantibus et breviter 

 spinosis, supra maculis parvis flavis pauciter conspersis quarum 4 vel 5 

 disci paulo majoribus ; subtus pectore et ventre lateraliter flavo macu- 

 latis ; antennis g ris quam in T. farinoso multo minus elongatis. 



Long. 8-12 lin. <J 9 . 



Gualaquiza, Equador (Buckley). 



