NEW CERAMBYCID BEETLES—FISHER 53 
tending to second abdominal sternite, abruptly expanded toward apex; 
segment 1 robust, slightly expanded toward apex, subequal in length 
to third segment; segments 2 to 6 slender, cylindrical, the third one- 
fourth longer than fourth; segments 7 and 8 elongate-triangular; 
segments 9 to 11 robust, cylindrical, the eleventh acute at apex. 
Pronotum cylindrical, distinctly longer than wide, subequal in width 
at base and apex, widest at middle; sides slightly arcuately rounded; 
disk strongly convex; surface coarsely, deeply, confluently ocellate- 
punctate, sparsely clothed with long, inconspicuous, erect hairs, 
Scutellum rather densely clothed with recumbent, whitish hairs. 
Elytra cuneiform, extending to middle of first abdominal sternite, 
at base slightly wider than pronotum at middle, strongly dehiscent 
along sutural margins, the tips narrowly rounded; surface rather 
sparsely, coarsely, shallowly punctate, sparsely clothed with rather 
long, inconspicuous, erect hairs. 
Abdomen beneath indistinctly punctate, sparsely clothed on median 
part with long, erect, white hairs and along sides densely clothed with 
short, recumbent, white hairs. Posterior legs very long and slender; 
femora abruptly clavate; tibiae gradually expanded and densely 
clothed with semierect, stiff hairs toward apices, but the hairs not 
forming tufts. 
Length 5 mm., width 1 mm. 
Type locality —Guatira Valley, El Marquez, Venezuela. 
Type—vU.S.N.M. No. 57679. 
Remarks.—Described from a single male collected June 19, 1926, 
by H. E. Box. 
This species is allied to /schasia crassitarsis Gounelle, but it differs 
from the description given for that species in having the eyes con- 
tiguous on the front of the head, the sides of the pronotum more 
parallel, the head and the pronotum black, the elytra brownish yellow, 
and the posterior tibiae densely clothed with rather stiff hairs toward 
their apices, but the hairs not forming tufts. 
ISCHASIA NEVERMANNI, new species 
Female.—Elongate, strongly flattened above, moderately shining, 
brownish yellow, except head, antennae, middle and posterior tibiae, 
outer surface of anterior tibiae, and tarsi, which are brownish or 
reddish black. 
Head with a short snout, coarsely, sparsely, irregularly punctate, 
longitudinally rugose, sparsely clothed with short, erect, inconspicu- 
ous hairs, and with a shallow, longitudinal groove between the eyes; 
eyes large, deeply emarginate, separated from each other on the 
front by about one-half the width of lower lobe. Antenna extending 
to second abdominal sternite, strongly expanded toward apex; seg- 
