128 Mr. H. W. Bates on the ' 



Ph.cercerina^ reaching to base of penultimate segment, blackish 

 at base and tawny reddish at apex, roughly punctured near 

 the base and shoulders ; a line of golden pubescence on each 

 side of the scutellum and a naiTow vitreous yellowish vitta 

 beginning near the shoulder and ending long before the apex, 

 with a transverse dusky spot across it before its termination. 

 The breast and abdominal segments have similar transverse 

 lines of pubescence (rich golden) as in Ph. cercerina. The 

 legs are reddish tawny, with the exception of the dense brush- 

 like pubescence of the hind tibise reaching nearly to the base, 

 which is blackish. 



3. Phespia corinna, Pascoe. 

 Charts corinna, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3. vol. v. p. 290. 

 New Granada. 



Genus TOMOPTEEUS, Serville. 

 Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 544. 



I. Eli/tra short, quadrate, not reaching the base of the abdomen. 



1. Tomojjterus staphylinus^ Serv. 



Tomopteriis staphi/linus, Serv. /. c. p. 545. 

 Tomopterus pretiosus, Newm. Entom. p. 2l (?). 



Brazil. 



The only character mentioned by Newman as distinguishing 

 his T. pretiosus iron). T. stajihylinusi's, its much larger size and 

 greater beauty ; but I have no doubt he had not the true T, 

 staphyliniis before him when he made the comparison, and was 

 misled by the T. quadratipennis (described further on) being 

 named as Serville's species. Serville gives his species as 6-7 

 lines in length, and as having the basal segment of the ab- 

 domen testaceous. 



2. Tomopterus hispeculife.ra^ White. 



Odontocera bispeculifera, White, Cat. Long. Col. Bril. Mus. p. 190 ; 

 Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 330. 



R. Tapajos, Amazons. 



3. Tomopterus quadratipenms^ n. sp. 



T. niger, opacus, thoracis marginibus anticis et posticis fasciaque 

 utrinque abbreviata laterah aureo-tomentosis ; elytris apice recte 

 truncatis, apud suturam leviter obliquis, vitta obliqua testacea ; 

 antennis (scapo nigro excepto) rufo-piceis. Long. 4-5 lin. ^ $ . 



Rio Janeiro {coll. Dr. Baden and H. W. Bates). 



Differs from T. staphylinus by its much smaller size, and from 





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