228 Mr. H. W. Bates on Longicorn 



Phcea lineola, n. sp. — Cylindrica, elongata, rufo-coc- 

 cinea, setosa^ elytris vitta abbreviata prope basin, an tennis 

 (articuli primi dimidio basali excepto) geniculis, tibiis at 

 tarsis (articulo uuguiculari rufo-excepto) nigris ; capite 

 vix convexo, grosse sparsim punctato ; tliorace antice 

 hand profunde, postice fortiter sulcato, disco simpliciter 

 convexo, grossissime punctato ; elytris dimidio basali 

 lineatim punctato, posticali sublsevi. 



Long. 4^ lin. 



Var. ? lineola nigra deficienti ; abdomine apice inter- 

 dum nigrescenti. 



Two examples of each variety received. * 



Lycidola Beltii, n. sp. — L. ijalliatce et simulatrici affinis, 

 elytris adhuc magis dilatatis : supra ochreo-fulva, triente 



* Add : — Phaea rufiventris, n. sp.^-Elongata, sublinearis, nigra nitida, 

 setosa, abdomine coccineo, elytris fusco-nigris ; thorace <J ris plaga me- 

 diana transversa, $ nas maciila magna postico-laterali coccinea ; capite 

 punctato ; thorace tuberibus tribus magnis transversim positis, parum 

 punctatis, nitidis ; elytris lineatim hand grosse, apicem versus confuse 

 punctatis. 



Long. 4|-6 lin. <? ? . 



Mexico (Boucard). 



The female is much larger than the male, and the tubercles of the tho- 

 rax are much more elevated. Besides the sexual diiJerence in colour 

 mentioned above, the $ has a red spot on each side of the metastemum. 



Phma vitticollis, n. sp. — Elongata, sublinearis, nigra subnitida, nigro- 

 setosa, capite thoraceque melleo-fulvis, hoc dorso vittis duabus postice 

 conjuuctis et episteruis nigris ; capite punctato, interdnm nigro -maculate, 

 fronte inter antennas depressa ; thorace tubere utriuque elongate postico- 

 laterali, medio dorsi vix convexo, sparsim punctato ; elytris versus basin 

 lineatim, versus apicem confuse punctatis ; corpore subtus nigro nitido. 



Long. 5 lin. (J ? . 



Mexico (Boucard). 



Phoea tenuata, n. sp. — Angustissima, linearis, nigra nitida, setosa; capite 

 ruf o, rugoso-punctato ; thorace cylindrico, sulcis transversis obsoletis, dorso 

 vix convexo, omniuo grosse scabroso-punctato ; elytris grosse sublineatim 

 punctatis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Mexico. 



Phma semirufa, n. sp. — Augusta, linearis, nigra, setosa, capite, thorace, 

 dimidioque basali elytrorum (vitta suturali excepta) melleo-rufis ; capite 

 discrete punctato, thorace elongate cylindrico, sulcis auteriori et poster- 

 iori profundis, medio dorsi obtuse longitudinaliter bicarinato, grosse spar- 

 sim punctato ; elytris lineatim crebre grosse i>unctatis ; corpore subtus 

 nigro grosse punctato, prothorace melleo-rufo, vitta lata utriuque nigro, 

 coxis omnibus, articulisque (a 5to) antennarum basi, fulvis. 



Long. 3| lin. 



Mexico. 



