of the Amazons Valley. 201 
4. Desmiphora elegantula, White. 
Desmiphora elegantula, White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. 1. p. 401. 
D. cylindrica, ferrugineo-castanea, longe hirsuta, nitida; thorace et 
elytris grossissime punctatis, illo disco cristis duabus parallelis et 
lateribus fulvis, his utrinque prope basin unipenicillatis, apice albo 
Strigatis et penicillatis ; corpore subtus tenuiter cinereo pubes- 
cente. Long. 2?—3 lin. 
Forests of the Tapajos. 
5. Desmiphora multicristata, n. sp. 
D. elongato-oblonga, fulvo-testacea, undique longe hirsuta; antennis 
gracilibus ; thorace convexo, crebre punctato, tripenicillato; ely- 
tris grosse punctatis, utrinque prope basin cristis tribus densis 
elongatis parallelis, prope apicem penicillis tribus, testaceo-fulvis ; 
corpore subtus subnudo; pectore abdomineque lateribus nigrican- 
tibus. Long. 432 lin. 
Head coarsely punctured, brown, clothed with pale-tawny pu- 
bescence, the forehead and vertex having numerous long and 
erect pale hairs. Antenne rather longer than the body, slender, 
the joints being much longer and thinner than in the other 
species; third joint rather strongly curved ; fourth less curved; all 
the joints pale testaceous tawny, shining, and clothed through- 
out with long pale hairs. Thorax convex, surface even, coarsely 
punctured, tawny-pubescent, and clothed with erect hairs; disk 
on each side and front margin each with a thin pencil of hairs. 
Elytra oblong, coarsely punctured, especially towards the base, 
tawny testaceous, shining; each elytron towards the base with 
three rather long parallel crests of dense hairs all of equal height, 
and towards the apex with three thin pencils of similar hairs ar- 
ranged in a row across the elytron. Body beneath and legs pale, 
tawny testaceous, shining, clothed with long pale hairs ; sides of 
breast and basal segments of abdomen black*. 
Forests of Obydos, Lower Amazons. 
[To be continued. | 
* The following new species, sent from South Brazil by Mr. Squires, 
belong also to this genus :— 
Desmiphora ornata. E\ongato-oblonga, fulvo-ochracea, nigro lineata et 
variegata. Caput grosse punctatum, fulvo hirsutum, vertice nigro 
bipenicillato. Antenne corpore breviores, robustz, hirsute, dimidio 
basali rufo, apicali nigricante. Thorax fulvo-ochraceus, lateribus 
utrinque ‘igro trilimeatis, disco postice brunneo; juxta marginem 
anticum penicillis tribus porrectis quarum una antica fusca, alters 
due postice fulvo-ochracew. Elytra grosse_ punctata, fulvo- 
ochracea, pone medium annulo communi nigro, fasciaque subapicali 
alba; singulis cristis setosis parum elevatis, una prope basin, altera 
longe ante apicem. Corpus subtus fulvo villosum, pectore nigro. 
