220 Mr. H. W. Bates on Longicorn 



et nigro-fusco minute irrorata, elytria macula vel semi- 

 fascia triangulari laterali pone medium grisea, apice 

 breviter oblique truncata; thorace ante basin tuberculo 

 laterali conico, et pone hoc obliquissime recte angustato. 



Long, 4|-5^ lin. (^ $ . 



(? . Segmento ultimo ventrali ut in N. sedata fortiter 

 emarginato. 



? . Segmento ultimo abdominali tubuliforme, sed 

 brevi. 



Many examples. 



Nyssodrys contempta, Bates, Ann. Mag. N. H. Feb. 

 1864. — Also Mexico. This species is distinguished from 

 N. lentiginosa (Amazons) solely by its more coarsely 

 punctured, and slightly bicostate elytra; the prominence 

 of the thoracic spines, and the vitta of the thorax, vary 

 in different specimens. 



Nyssodrys caudata, Bates, Ann. Mag. N. H. Feb. 1864. 

 — Widely distributed. Cayenne, Amazons, Nicaragua. 



Nyssodrys deleta, Bates, Ann. Mag. N. H. Feb. 1864. 

 — Equally widely distributed with the preceding. 



Nyssodrys poly gramma, n. sp. — Elongato - elliptica, 

 angusta, castanea, tenuiter sericeo - tomentosa, capite 

 thoraceque linea centrali vittaque lata laterali, elytris 

 lineolis utrinque 4 prope suturam, alterisque tribus paulo 

 latioribus lateralibus, et binis transversis ad apicem, 

 ochreo-flavis : fronte flavo trilineata : thorace postice 

 paululum dilatata, ante basin utrinque tuberculo brevis- 

 simo : elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, angulo suturali 

 breviter, exteriori longe, spiuosis, supra dorso piano, 

 lineatim punctate ; antennis pedibusque obscure cas- 

 taneis. 



Long. 4^ lin. (J ? . 



S . Segmento ultimo apice lato ; dorsali anguste, 

 ventrali late, emarginato. 



?. Ovipositor elongatus (ultra elytras 1 lin.), apice 

 integro. 



An elegant and prettily marked species. The dark 

 yellow lines near the suture are generally, from the 

 second, slanting posteriorly towards the suture, and the 



