LAM1ID.E. 375 



margined with brown ; tarsi above brown, basal joint above ci- 

 nereous. 



Length 6 lines. 

 Hab. Para. 



22. ALPHUS. 



Alphus, Dej. Cat. p. 363. 

 Lamia, p., Germ. 



1. Alphus sellatus. B.M. 



Alphus sellatus, Dej. Cat. p. 363. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



2. Alphus canescens. B.M. 



Alphus canescens, Dej. Cat. p. 363. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



3. Alphus tuberosus. B.M. 



A. niger, olivaceo-tomentosus ; thorace spinoso, dorso bicristato, 

 elytris oblique punctato-striatis, fascia ante apicem obliqua, 

 tuberosa, albo-pilosa. 



Lamia tuberosa, Germ. Ins. Spec. Nov. p. 477 ■ 

 Alphus nivosus, Dej. Cat. p. 363. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



4. Alphus subsellatus, n. s. B.M. 



A. obscure cinereus, fusco subtessellato ; antennarum articulis 

 apice fuscis ; elytris dorso cinereo subsellato, lateribus nigro- 

 strigatis ; scutello apice bituberculato ; pedibus cinereis fusco 

 submaculatis. 



A species closely allied to A. tuberosus, but differs in the an- 

 tennae having the joints at the end spotted with dark brown ; 

 the thorax having none of the raised ochraceous markings so 

 conspicuous in that species on the hind part. The scutellum 

 has two small tubercles at the end which are of a pale ochra- 

 ceous ; the base of the elytra has not the regular rows of black 

 points so conspicuous in A. tuberosus ; each of the lateral mar- 

 gins has a dark strongly marked blackish streak ; on the back 

 of the elytra there is a transverse saddle-like grey spaee, but not 

 raised as in the A. tuberosus 



Length b\ lines. 

 Hab. Brazil (Coll. Noel). 



