482 Mr. F, P. Pascoe on Spherion and Mallocera. 
the tarsi are rather short, with the basal joint of the posterior 
not longer than the two next together. The type is an insect 
collected in some abundance in Central America by M. Pilate, 
who gave it the MS. name of Spherion basicorne. What the 
specific name is in allusion to, I am not aware; as, however, it 
is so known in collections, I have not altered it. Stenocorus 
unicolor, Randal, may be referred to this genus. . 
Psyrassa basicornis. 
P. ferruginea, nitida, dimidio apicali elytrorum nigricante. 
Hab. Yucatan. 
Ferruginous, shining, with sparsely scattered hairs, rather 
coarsely punctured above, less so on the head; scutellum equi- 
. laterally triangular, covered with a close silvery pubescence ; 
elytra with the posterior half blackish, each apex with two short 
spines; body beneath brownish, the abdomen darker, very 
glossy ; legs with long stiffish hairs. Length 6 lines. 
Limozora. 
Antenne mutice ; tuberibus antenniferis approximatis. 
Prothoraz cylindricus, elongatus, lateraliter inermis. 
Hilytra parallela; apicibus emarginatis, haud spinosis. 
The type of this genus is well known under M. Chevrolat’s 
name, Mallocera virgata; but from Mallocera it differs in every 
one of the above diagnostic characters. The head is very short 
in front, its breadth being considerably increased by the large 
prominent eyes ; the antennz are twice as long as the body in 
the male, and without any trace of spines; the prothorax is 
slender and cylindrical, with three small tubercles on the disk, 
giving it that “ personate” appearance of eyes and nose, and 
sometimes of mouth, so common in this subfamily; the elytra 
are narrow, parallel, and rounded at the apices; the legs are 
somewhat slender, the femora slightly thickened, but uot cla- 
vate ; the basal joint of the posterior tarsi slender, and not longer 
than the two next together. 
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Limozota virgata. 
L. pallide flavescens ; elytris lineis flexuosis brunneis ornatis. 
Hab. Columbia. 
Pale yellowish or straw-colour ; head and prothorax with a 
close greyish pubescence mixed with long hairs; the prothorax: 
with two black, round, shining tubercles on the disk, and an 
oblong one behind them; scutellum smooth, cordate; elytra 
with scattered hairs only, irregularly punctured, one principal 
