192 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Longicorn Coleoptera 
brevissima cinerea vestitus ; antennis corpore dimidio longioribus, 
thorace utrinque spina recta armato, supra postice linea transversa 
impresso ; elytris punctatis, punctis apud discum sublineatim or- 
dinatis. Long. 2-2? lin. 
Head convex in front; central line deeply impressed ; muzzle 
narrowed below the eyes; the latter moderately large, distant on 
the vertex ; rusty brown, clothed with ashy pubescence. Antenne 
half as long again as the body, nearly naked, ferruginous. 
Thorax subquadrate, constricted behind the spines, the latter stout, 
very acute, and straight; surface closely punctured, dark rusty, 
scantily clothed with ashy pubescence. Elytra oblong-ovate, con- 
vex, very thinly clothed with short, shining, cinereous hairs, 
thickly punctured, the punctures on the disk partly arranged in 
rows; colour rusty, in some examples with a brassy tinge. Body 
beneath dark rusty, scantily clothed with ashy hairs. Legs dark 
rusty, thighs abruptly clavate. 
Santarem, on slender dry twigs. 
Genus BLABICENTRUS, nov. gen. 
Body oblong-ovate, convex, clothed with longish stiff hairs. 
Head small ; muzzle narrowed below the eyes ; the latter large and 
nearly approximating on the vertex. Antenne filiform or seta- 
ceous, a little longer than the body, clothed with stiff hairs ; basal 
joint narrowed towards the base. Thorax tumid on each side in 
the middle, but quite destitute of spine. Elytra oblong-ovate, 
convex, rounded or briefly and obliquely truncated at the apex. 
Legs moderately elongated ; thighs abruptly clavate ; tarsi rather 
narrow and shorter than the tibize even im the hind legs; claw- 
joint elongated, claws divergent. 
1. Blabicentrus hirsutulus, n. sp. 
B. oblongo-ovatus, convexus, undique setosus, brunneus, nitidulus ; 
elytris maculis elongatis griseis lineatim ordinatis, apice rotundatis. 
Long. 3 lin. 
Head dingy brown, clothed with coarse light-brown pubescence 
and with longish stiff hairs; central line faintly impressed ; eyes 
simple. Antenne very little longer than the body (? ? ), rusty 
red, scantily clothed with longish stiff hairs. Thorax equal in 
width to the head, much narrower than the elytra, convex above, 
very slightly tumid on the side in the place of the missing lateral 
spine, faintly constricted posteriorly; rusty brown, shining, 
sparsely pubescent, and clothed with a few longish stiff hairs. Ely- 
tra elongate-ovate, rounded at the tip ; surface punctured in rows 
and bristly with dark-coloured hairs, brown, pubescence greyish 
except near the base, and forming several rows of short linear spots 
