108 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Longicorn Coleoptera 



^ . Terminal abdominal segment with the ventral plate semi- 

 circularly emarginated, angles acute ; dorsal plate triangularly 

 emarginated. Anterior tarsi dilated and fringed. 



Ega and S. Paulo, Upper Amazons ; rare. 



39. Colohothea lunulata, Lucas. 



Colobothea lunulata, Lucas, Voyage de Castelnau, Entomologie, p. 190, 



pi. 13. f. 5 (1857). 

 Fryi, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. i. 41 (1861). 



C. elongato-elliptica, nigra ; vertice, thorace et elytris albo bivittatis, 

 vittis longe ante apicem elytrorum convergentibus et annulo albo 

 utrinque connexis. Long. 7|-9^ lin. d $ • 



This very distinct and handsome species was one of the com- 

 monest of its genus at Ega, on the trunks of fallen trees in the 

 forest. The shoulders are extremely oblique and scarcely pro- 

 minent, so that the insect has the form of an elongated ellipse 

 truncated at the elytral end. The terminal abdominal segment 

 in the male has both the dorsal and ventral plates truncated ; 

 in the female it is elongated, and the angles of the ventral plate 

 are produced. The anterior male tarsi are widely dilated and 

 fringed*. 



* The following species of Colobothea have not yet been described : — 

 Colobothea hebraica (Chrevrolat, MS.). Modice elongata, postice at- 

 tenuata, fusco-nigra, griseo maculata. Caput nigrum, fronte griseo 

 trilineata, occipite maculis duabus, genis vitta lata, griseis. Antennae 

 nigrse, articulis basi griseis. Thorax basi paulo angustatus, dorso 

 linea abbreviata, disco utrinque maculis parvis, lateribus vitta latius- 

 cula cinereo-griseis. Elytra apud humeros lata, deinde usque ad 

 apices attenuata, truncaturae angulis externis spinosis, supra fusco- 

 nigra maculis cinereo-griseis (partim subagglomeratis) adspersa, apice 

 haud pallide marginato. Corpus subtus griseum, lateribus cinereis, 

 nigro maculatis. Pedes nigri, cinereo annulati. 'Fceminse segmentum 

 ultimum abdominale attenuatum; lamina dorsali apice rotundata, ven- 

 tral! truncata, angulis productis. Long. 5-7 lin. 5 . Ha6. in Mexico. 



Colohothea fasciata. Modice elongata, postice valde attenuata, tomento 

 brunneo fulvo-maculato vestita; elytris fascia lata nigro-velutina. 

 Caput nigrum, fulvo-brunneo vestitum, vertice linea unica fulva. 

 Antennae breviores, nigrae, breviter setosae, articulis basi griseis. 

 Thorax fusco-niger, dorso vittis duabus fulvo-bruuneis. Elytra apud 

 humeros lata, deinde valde attenuata, apice sinuato-truncata, anguUs 

 externis longe spinosis, supra brunnea obscure fulvo maculata, pone 

 medium fascia nigro-velutina apud dorsum dilatata, apices versus 

 nigro liturata. Corpus subtus rufescens, medio nigricans. Pedes 

 nigri. Maris segmentum ultimum ventrale subtumidum, apice obtuse 

 truncatum ; tarsi antici haud dilatati. Fceminae segmentum ultimum 

 paulo elongatum, valde attenuatum, lamina ventrali sinuato-truncata, 

 baud spinosa. Long. 4-6. S $ . Hub. in Rio Janeiro. 



Colobothea lateralis. Elongata, postice valde attenuata; corpore supra 

 cinereo-ochraceo, rufo variegato, lateribus nigris. Caput nigrum, 

 fronte fulvescente, vertice et maculis quatuor occipitalibus cinereis 



