of the Amazons Valley. 431 
Body beneath and legs yellowish testaceous ; apex of the abdomen 
blackish. 
Ega; one example. The claws in this species are simple: it 
ought therefore to rank amongst the group Saperdine, if the 
evidence were complete that this is not a sexual character in this 
instance. As only one example exists of the species, its true 
position cannot at present be decided. 
Group Phytecine. 
Genus EraAna, nov. gen. 
Body cylindrical. Head rounded, scarcely depressed between 
the eyes, the latter with the upper and lower lobes connected. 
Antenne moderately elongated, filiform, setose, and beneath 
ciliated ; third joint much longer than the fourth, the remaining 
joints gradually diminishing in length. Thorax short, cylin- 
drical. Elytra cylindrical, obtuse at the apex, and rounded at 
the sides, the discal portion not being separated from the lateral 
by an elevated line. Legs somewhat short, tarsal claws bifid. 
I have adopted this genus from the collection of Mr. Alexander 
Fry, to whom is due the credit of having first detected its dis- 
tinctness from Amphionycha and Hemilophus. It embraces nu- 
merous tropical American species, nicluding Saperda triangu- 
laris (Germar), S. deta (Newman), and others. 
Erana cincticornis, n. sp. 
E. cylindrica, nigra, pilosa, fronte et vitta laterali thoracis albo 
sericeis; antennis nigris, articulis tertio et quarto basi dense 
setosis, quinto et quarto apice albis; elytris apice conjunctim 
rotundatis, angulis suturalibus spinosis. Long. 33-4 lin. 
Head convex above ; front and cheeks clothed with silky 
whitish pubescence; vertex naked, black, coarsely punctured. 
Antenne a little longer than the body, ciliated (except near the 
apex), black, the fifth and apical half of the fourth joints white ; 
the third and basal half of the fourth joints appear to be thicker 
than the rest of the antenne, owing to their dense clothing of 
short hairs. Thorax transversely depressed near the apex ; sur- 
face clothed with very long and fine but erect hairs, centre part 
black ; sides each with a pale vitta, emitting a short branch in 
the middle. Elytra cylindrical, apex rounded, with the sutural 
angles each armed with a short spine; surface clothed with erect 
hairs which are longest near the base, thickly punctured, dull 
black. Body beneath black, thinly clothed with grey pile; sides of 
breast and abdomen pale. Legs yellowish; tarsi and apices of 
tibize black. - 
Kga and 8. Paulo, Upper Amazons. 
