220 Mr. H. "W. Bates' Supplement to the 



of ochreous toraentum on each side of the disk. Scutellum 

 ochreous-tomentose. Elytra simply truncated at the apex; 

 coarsely punctured near the base, finely so towards the 

 apex, each puncture with a decumbent hair, and each 

 elytron marked with two very oblique and irregular streaks 

 of ashy-ochreous tomentum. AntennEe and legs rufo-fus- 

 cous, the former with 3 — 7 joints unispinose, 4th joint 

 abbreviated. 



Eburodacrys stlcticoHls, n. sp. E. sexmaculato paulo 

 robustior, pilis erectis elongatis sparsim vestita ; fulvo- 

 ochracea, nitida, elytris utrimque lineoht basah, alteris 

 duabus postmedianis (exteriori postice prolongata) ebur- 

 neis, omnibus nigro-marginatis, strigaque nigra colligatis ; 

 thorace supra maculis quiuque nigris ; abdomine nigro- 

 piceo ; femoribus apice spinisque nigris. Long. 10 lin. ? . 



One example. 



Nearest resembling E. longipilis, but much more robust. 

 The thorax is coarsely rugose transversely, Avith a central 

 and two side spots on the disk black, all situated on tuber- 

 cular elevations ; the strong lateral spines are also black, 

 and there is a black streak extending along the flanks from 

 them, besides another spot near each coxa, where the pro- 

 sternum has a remarkable transverse cavity. The antennge 

 are tawny-reddish, with moderate ciliation beneath. Scu- 

 tellum black. Elytra closely and finely punctured, smooth 

 towards the apex ; truncated, with the sutural angle pointed 

 and the exterior angle produced into a long spine, spines 

 tawny-ochreous ; the basal spot is single, narroAV and 

 elongated, connected wdth the median spots by a black 

 streak ; of the two median spots the outer is much pro- 

 longed at the tip, both are narrow and pointed at their 

 extremities. 



^ Nephalius nigriventris, n. sp. Gracihs, testaceo-rufus, 

 nitidus, pilis erectis elongatis sparsim vestitus ; antennis 

 Cscapo rufo excepto), metathoracis episternis, abdomine, 

 tibiis et tarsis nigris ; femoribus gradatim clavatis, apice 

 breviter bidentatis; thorace oblongo, postice constricto, 

 supra injfiquali, lajvi, lateribus vix tumido, sparsim punc- 

 tato; elytris sinuato-truncatis, extus longe spinosis, supra 

 dense breviter erecte pubescentibus. Long. 6 lin. ^,2. 



One example {$) in Mr. Belt's coll. Another ( ? ) 

 from Mexico, in my own. 



Shining ochreous-red ; the abdomen, sides of metaster- 



