246 Rev. H. S. Gorham's descriptions of 



CLERID^. 

 Sub-family III. PHYLLOB^NIDES. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Palpi all hatchet-shaped . . . . . . . . Pliyllo'bcBn'us. 



A A. Maxillary only do. 



a. Antennae not hairy . . . . . . . . JEpiplilceus. 



t. Ditto hairy . . . . . . . . . . Plocamocera. 



Phtllob^nus, Spinola. 

 Type, P. dislocatus, Say. 



Epiphloeus, Spinola. 

 Type, E. duodecimmaculatus, Klug. 



Epiphloeus Chevrolati, n. sp. 



Ferrugineus, capite thoraceque nigro-fuscis, elytris basi 

 rufis, sutura, apice, fasciisque duabus ad marginem 

 attenuatis, albido-tomentosis, fusco irroratis. Antennis 

 fuscis articulo basali testaceo. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Head and thorax pitcby-black, with greyish pile on the 

 sides, the former very closely, the latter more sparsely 

 punctured, elytra red at the base, with series of deep 

 punctures for half their length, the remainder of the elytra 

 is pitchy-black ; bordered on the suture and towards the 

 base, and with the apex and a central fascia whitish-grey, 

 clothed with pile. Legs, basal joint of antennge and 

 underside red. 



Allied to balteatus, Chev., but with the markings of the 

 elytra more distinctly defined. 



Hab. — Amazon. In my own collection, and Brit. 

 Mus. — a fine series captured by Mr. Bates at Ega, who 

 makes the following observation : — 



" On trunks of felled trees, has a curious sidelong 

 motion round the tree ; found with small Coleoptera in 

 the mouth, one Avith a Copturus, another with a Scolytus, 

 and also a Trypanaus.^'' 



Epiphloeus pulcherrimus, n. sp. 



Capite ferruglneo, pronoto fusco, elytris nigro-violaceis, 

 basi punctatis ferrugineis, macula pone medium testace^ 



