LAMIID.E. 363 



27. ACANTHODERES BICUSPIS. 



A. ferrugineus, helvo-tomentosus, thorace spina recurva arraato ; 

 elytris punctatis, latere costatis, apice truncatis, extus spinosis, 

 basi fasciculo piloso. 



Lamia bicuspis, Germ. Ins. Spec. Nov. p. 477. 

 Ha b. Brazil. 



28. ACANTHODERES NIGRITARSIS, n. S. B.M. 



A. obscure-griseus, fusco punctatus et subfasciatus ; fascia un- 

 dulata, albida ante medium; thorace bituberculato et carina 

 dorsali postice obsoieta ; scutello fusco-bimaculato ; elytris basi 

 subtuberculatis, carina mediana subcurvata ; corpore subtus et 

 femoribus pilis obscure griseis ; antennis subnigris, articulis 

 basi cinereis ; tarsis tibiisque apice nigris. 



Of a dull griseous, thickly spotted with brown, and with a 

 few brownish bands ; before the middle of the elytra there is a 

 waved whitish band ; the thorax above has two large tubercles 

 and a dorsal keel, which is obsolete behind ; the scutellum has 

 two brown spots ; the elytra at the base have several small scat- 

 tered tubercles, and the keel down the middle is somewhat 

 curved ; the body beneath and the femora are covered with dull 

 griseous hairs ; the tarsi and tips of the tibiae are black ; the an- 

 tennae are blackish, the joints being grey at the base. 



Length 6| lines. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



11. ERPILEA. 



Erphaea, Erichs. Arch.f. Naturg. 1847, p. 144. 



1. Erph,ea pumicosa. 



E. nigra, dense albido-tomentosa, prothorace dorso quinque-tu- 

 berculato ; elytris inaequalibus, tuberculato-plicatis, parce se- 

 tulosis, postice declivibus, declivitate fusco-cinerea ; antennis 

 fusco punctatis annulatisque, tibiis apice tarsisque nigris. 

 Long. 5 lin. 



Erphaea pumicosa, Erichs. Arch.f. Naturg. 1847, p. 144. 

 Hab. Pern. 



12. BRACHYCHILUS. 

 Brachychilus, Blanch., Gay, Chili, v. 499. 



