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low, with three widish raised lines on the back, somewhat con- 

 verging in front : scutellum yellow. Elytra extending some- 

 what beyond the middle of abdomen, narrowed at the end, base 

 yellow punctured, especially on the shoulder, greater part of 

 dorsal area pale vitreous, the tip black, punctured, edges thick- 

 ened, margined, blackish near the tip. Abdomen with two middle 

 segments beneath and the hind edge of basal segment black ; 

 under side and legs pale yellow. 

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



9. Odontocera parallela, n. s. B.M. 



O. pallide flava; antennis nigro annulatis ; thoracis dorso lineis 

 duobus parallelis nigris ; elytris apice angustatis, singulis linea 

 marginali nigro-fusca ; pedibus posticis subhirsutis, femoribus 

 tibiisque apice fusco nigris. 

 Long. lin. 3-^. 



Head yellow; eyes very large, black ; antennae with the joints 

 thicker towards the apex, pale yellow tips ringed with blackish- 

 brown. Thorax elongated, punctured, with a black line on each 

 side, somewhat thicker in the middle. Scutellum pale yellow. 

 Elytra as long as the abdomen, somewhat vitreous pale, a black- 

 ish-brown line on the margin of each from the shoulder to near 

 the tip, but becoming obsolete ; sutural margin a little obscure 

 behind the scutellum. Under sides pale, abdomen beneath some- 

 what inclined to ferruginous. Legs yellow ; hind ones with 

 longish hairs, tips of femora and tibise blackish-brown. 

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



10. Odontocera simplex, n. s. B.M. 



O. nigra punctata ; elytris elongatis vitreis pallidis, margine late 

 sutura. anguste nigris, femoribus pedum duorum posticorum 

 basi pallidis ; tibiis posticis gracilibus nudis ; antennis nigris, 

 articulis 5-8 basi pallidis. 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Head black, base of palpi pale ; eyes large, nearly meeting in 

 front ; face with some greyish hairs ; antennas black, from the 

 fifth to the eighth joints pale at the base. Thorax closely punc- 

 tured, fore margin smooth, two depressed widish lines down the 

 middle of the thorax : scutellum covered with greyish adpressed 

 hairs. Elytra elongated, acuminated, vitreous, extending to be- 

 yond the middle of the body, apex obliquely abrupt ; lateral 

 margin widely bordered with black, suture narrowly edged with 

 black, base of elytra and margin punctured ; under side varied 

 with greyish silky hairs, which form transverse bands at the end 



