130 Mr. H. W. Bates on the 



vol. iv. p. 23), having parallel mesosternal episterna, must be 

 removed from the Rhinotragincej from which it also differs 

 in its lateral eyes, &c. Its proper place seems to be near 

 Coremia. 



Pasiphile mystica^ Thorns. Syst. Ceramb. p. 164 (Lacord. 

 Genera, vol. viii. p. 508), is unknown to me, both genus and 

 species. The descriptions of the two authors are scarcely recon- 

 cilable, Thomson stating the elytra to be " punctata," and 

 Lacordaire '^ vitr^es ;" the descriptions in other respects seem 

 scarcely to apply to the same species. 



The following genera are closely allied to the RMnotragincB, 

 but differ in one or more of the essential characters of the sub- 

 family ; at the same time they do not quite agree with any of 

 the allied growpes established by Lacordaire. 



Apostropha, nov. gen. 



(J et $ . Modice elongata, linearis. Caput retractile, latum, genis 

 paululum elongatis. Oculi magni, convexi, laterales, antice valde 

 distantes. Palpi brevissimi, apice subovati, truncati. Antenncs 

 ( J ) corpora multo, ( 5 ) vix longiores, filiformes, articulis a sexto 

 leviter serratis, tertio usque septimum extus sparsim setosis. 

 Thorax cylindricus. Elytra apicem segmenti secundi vix attin- 

 gentia, versus apicem extus curvata, apice late rotundata, supra 

 passim punctata. Pedes graciles, elongati ; femora abrupte cla- 

 vata, intermedia et postica elongata ; tihice lineares ; tarsi postici 

 graciles, articulo primo cseteris longiore. Prosternum inter coxas 

 latiusculum ; coxse vix exsertse. Mesosternum et abdomen normalia. 

 c? segmentum idtimum ventrale breve, apice late rotundato-emar- 

 ginatum ; $ modice elongatum, rotundatum. 



A genus allied to Ommafa, but differing in the widely sepa- 

 rated eyes (even in the male) from all the typical forms of 

 Rhinotragince. The eyes, although lateral, are turned a little 

 towards the front ; and this character, taken together Avith the 

 distinct and moderately broad prosternal process, may bring the 

 genus within the limits of this subfamily. The external 

 margin of the elytra is very strongly incurved towards the apex, 

 and the suture widely dehiscent. 



Apostropha curvipenms, n. sp. 



A. rufo-castanea, vix pubeseens, opaca ; antennis dimidio basali, 



capite et thorace obscurioribus, hoc utrinque griseo-lineato. Long. 



3-3i lin. J 2 • 



Prov. Parana, Brazil [coll. W. W. Saunders and H. W. 

 Bates) . 



Head punctured, opaque, blackish ; front plane, griseo-pubes- 



