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vary in general shape, this is of less importance. The elytra are 
sinuate-truncate at the apex, and have both angles of the trun- 
cation slightly produced; there is no lateral carina, and the 
dorsal surface, with the exception of the strongly raised and 
naked centro-basal ridge, is free from raised lines. The thighs 
are strongly clavate, and the basal joint of the tarsi elongated. 
Taken at Para, and also at Ega on the Upper Amazons ; the 
species has therefore a wide range. 
Genus Ozineus, nov. gen. 
Body small, slender, depressed, and posteriorly attenuated. 
Antennse as in Alcidion and the allied genera. Thorax with the 
lateral spines short, placed much behind the middle — in some 
species close to the hind angles, and in others coincident with 
them, but remaining always distinct. Elytra narrowed to the 
tips, which are truncated and toothed or spined ; the centro- 
basal ridges prominent, but generally much smaller than in 
Lophopceum and Alcidion. Legs moderate in ‘length; thighs 
abruptly clavate ; tarsi slender, with the basal joint elongated. 
This genus seems to form a connecting link between Lopho- 
poeum and the well-known group Anisopodus. Some of the 
species are almost as much flattened as the Anisopodi, but their 
hind legs are never elongated as in Anisopodus ; the possession 
of prominent centro-basal ridges on the elytra is also a good 
distinctive character. 
The species are all small and fragile ; they are found, like 
most of those of the allied genera, on the bark of broken and 
decaying branches of trees in the forest, undergoing their trans- 
formations beneath the bark. 
1. Ozineus elongatus, n. sp. 
O. angustatus, elongatus, postice parum attenuatus, carneo-cinereus, 
ferrugineo-fusco maculatus : thoracis spinis lateralibus pone me- 
dium positis. Long. 3| lin. 
Head dusky : eyes large, nearly touching above ; labrum yel- 
low. Antennse much elongated, capilliform, rusty brown, base 
of joints pallid. Thorax rather elongated, the lateral spines 
placed behind the middle, but leaving a considerable space be- 
tween them and the hind angles ; surface punctured, pinkish 
ashy, with dark-brown spots. Elytra narrow and elongate, 
tapering posteriorly to the apex, which is briefly truncate, the 
angles not produced; sides and disk without raised lines, the 
centro-basal ridges rising in the form of small tubercles crested 
with hairs; the surface (except the apical part) is punctured, 
and is of a pinkish-ashy hue, with numerous darker-coloured 
spots, some of which are collected into a transverse belt a little 
