190 CERAMBYCID^E. 



of each abdominal segment. Legs black, base of the femora of 

 two hind pairs of legs pale ; tibiae of hind legs slender, without 

 tufts, a small part of the base pale. 

 Hab. South America (Para). 



11. Odontocera bispeculifera, n. s. B.M. 



O. nigra; antennis nigris, articulis 5-11 apice intus dilatatis, 

 basi luteis, thorace confertim punctato parte antica pube seri- 

 csa subaurea, postice profunde ter emarginaia, spatio humerah 

 laevi incluso ; scutello pilis brevibus aureis ; elytris curtis apice 

 subrotundatis, singulis medio pallidis vitreis nigro-marginatis ; 

 pedibus nigris ; femoribus anticis intus pallidis, femoribus pos- 

 ticis elongatis, basi pallidis ; tibiis posticis apice postice sub- 

 ciliatis. 

 Long. lin. 5f . 



Head black, eyes very large, only separated in front by a nar- 

 row line, face in front of the eyes with an impressed line forming 

 two sides of a triangle, face covered with short golden hairs ; 

 antennae black, joints from the fifth to the last dilated at the 

 apex on the inside ; base of these segments yellow. Thorax sub- 

 globular, thickly punctured ; fore part with a golden-yellow pu- 

 bescence, with three deep notches in the middle behind, and a 

 space free from hairs near the front angle on each side : scu- 

 tellum covered with short yellow silken hairs. Elytra short, 

 somewhat rounded at the apex, each with a pale smooth glassy 

 space ; a short ferruginous line on the shoulder, inside of which 

 is a scabrous black spot; an elongated triangular black mark 

 extends behind the scutellum, and is common to both elytra ; 

 outside margin and a wider space at the tip punctured, black. 

 Legs black, femora of first two pairs thickened, inside of femora 

 of fore legs white ; base of the femora of hind legs white ; tibiae 

 of hind legs behind at the apex with some longish hairs. 

 Hab. Amazon (Santarem) (Coll. W. B. Bates). 



12. Odontocera subvestita, n. s. B.M. 



O. flavescens, capite nigro ; antennis ferrugineo nigris articulo 

 primo flavo ; thorace supra et metathorace pilis sericeis aureis 

 vestitis ; elytris corporis dimidiam attingentibus, attenuatis, 

 parte caudali crassiore, pallidis, litura. elongata, humerali fusca ; 

 pedibus posticis femoribus basi pallidioribus, tibiis apice nigro- 

 hirtis. 

 Long. lin. 4£. 



Head rather short, black ; eyes very large, approaching close 

 in front ; antennae of a dark ferruginous, the basal joint yellow, 



