504 CATALOGUE OF 



sulcatum, fronle tricarinata, lateribus posticis tuberculatis. Oculi fusi- 

 formes, subobliqui, non prominuli. Antennae lanceolatas, capite breviores ; 

 articuli 3us et 4us dilatati. Prothorax antice et postice subtruncatus ; linea 

 transversa impressa indistincta; latera tuberculata. Prosternutn dente lato 

 armalum. Pedes qualuor anteriores graciles, breves. Tibiae posticae. 

 biseriatim spinulosae. 



Male. Body slender, apterous, elongate-fusiform, punctured. Head 

 lanceolate, slightly ascending, much longer than the prothorax ; part 

 in front of the eyes longer than the hind part, which has a line of 

 tubercles on each side; tip keeled and furrowed; under side with three 

 slight keels. Eyes fusiform, slightly oblique, not prominent. Antennae 

 lanceolate, shorter than the head; third and fourth joints dilated. Pro- 

 thorax with two very slight transverse impressed lines ; fore border and hind 

 border slightly truncated ; sides tuberculate. Prosternum with a broad 

 tooth in the middle. Legs slender; four anterior legs short; hind tibiae 

 with two rows of small spines. 



1. OMURA CONGRUA. 



Mas. Picea ; caput utrinque et sublus rufescens ; oculi lividi, striga 

 nigra fusiformi ; pedes rvfescentes, femoribus posticis piceo-rujis, 

 tarsis posticis niyris. 



Male. Piceous, tawny, testaceous or green. Head dull red on each 

 side and beneath. Eyes livid, with a fusiform black streak in the disk. 

 Legs dull red ; hind femora with a piceous tinge ; hind tarsi black. Length 

 of the body 2124 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 



6. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c d. Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Jf Prothoracis latera non serrata. 

 Caput antice non attenuatum. 



Genus 7. PARGA. 



Mas. Corpus compressum, gracillimum. Caput et prothorax cari- 

 nulis nonnullis instructa. Caput planum, prothorace paullo longius, 

 antice rotundatura ; frons quadricarinata. Oculi fusiformes, obliqui, sub- 

 convexi. Antennae lanceolatae, capite paullo lougiores ; articuli 3o 7um 

 dilatati, serrati. Prothorax antice et postice rotundatus; latera recta. 

 Prosternum transverse jugatum. Pedes graciles; femora subcarinata; 

 femora postica apice calcarata; tibiae spinulosae. Alae abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body compressed, very slender. Head and prothorax with 

 several slight longitudinal keels. Head horizontal, a little longer than the 

 prothorax, rounded and not attenuated in front, a little longer before the 

 eyes than behind them ; under side with four keels, of which the inner pair 

 diverge from each other towards the mouth. Eyes slightly convex, fusi- 

 form, oblique. Antennae lanceolate, a little longer than the head ; joints 

 from the third to the seventh dilated, acutely angular on each side of the 

 fore border; the seven following joints small, closely connected. Prothorax 

 rounded in front and behind; sides straight. Prosternum with a transverse 



