226 Mr. H. W. Bates' Supplement to the 



Desmiphora canescens, n. sp. Parva, cinereo-albo dense 

 pubescens, tlioracis disco postico, liumeris ^ lineolisque 

 laterali-posticis elytrorum fuscis, pilis longissimis passim 

 vestita; thoracis disco fiisco elytris postice albo-fascicu- 

 latis ; antennis robustis dense longissime pilosis. Long. 

 3i lin. 



One example. 



Differs from almost all otber species by tbe absence of 

 crest of hairs from the base of the elytra. There is a 

 small pencil of dark hairs in the usual situation on the 

 front margin of the thorax, and another on each side of 

 the disk ; on the posterior declivity of the elytra there are 

 also pencils of whitish hairs aiTanged almost in a semi- 

 circle round a series of short parallel brown lines. A 

 triangular patch of dark brown covers each shoulder of the 

 elytra, and two large dark brown stripes lie on the posterior 

 part of the surface of the thorax. There is no trace of 

 raised lines on the elytra, and the j^unctuation is irregular. 

 The only species to which it is closely allied is one from 

 Jamaica.* 



Estola vittulata, n. sp. Postice attenuata, setosa ; 

 sordide ochraceo-fiisca, elytris vitta communi postice an- 

 gustata nigro-fusca ; antennis articulis tertio, quarti dimi- 

 dio, octavo et decimo carneo-testaceis. Long. 3^ lin. 



In Mr. Belt's and my own collection. 



Less convex than other species, Avith the el}i;ra slightly 

 and straightly tapering behind. Clothed with short stiff 

 dusky bristles. Dingy light-brown, the elytra with a 

 common blackish stripe, very broad at the base and 

 rapidly narrowing behind, terminating before the apex ; 

 the apex itself singly rounded or very obtusely and obli- 

 quely tnmcated. Antennre dusky, with the tliird, eighth 

 and tenth, and the basal halves of the fourth, ninth and 

 eleventh, pale fleshy-testaceous. Thorax coarsely and 

 thickly punctm-ed. Elytra punctured, chiefly in rows. 



Trestonia assulina, n. sp. Minus elongata, robusta ; 

 fusca, ochraceo-fusco tomentosa ; fronte flava, macula 



• Desmipliora pMlda, n. sp. Pallide fusco-cinerea, pilis brevibns 

 paucis vestita, antennis et tihiis rufescentihns ; capitis vertice, thoracisnue 

 margiue antico tusco-penicillatis ; elytris humeris fuscis, postice cristis 

 duabus transversis cinereo-penicillatis ; sparsim puuctatis. Long. 3-3i lin 



