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Subtribe Lamiit^. 
Genus Ta 5NIOTES, Serv. 
Serville, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iv. 
This well-known and handsome genus is the only one belong- 
ing to the typical Lamiaires found in the Amazonian forests, 
the allied genus PtychodeSy common in other parts of Tropical 
America, being absent from the low-lying Equatorial region. 
The other Tropical American representants of this subtribe, so 
rich in forms in the Old World (namely, Plectodera, Hammo- 
derus, and Deliathis), seem to be confined to the northern por- 
tion of the zone — Central America, Mexico, and thence extend- 
ing into the Southern States of North America. 
1. T( 2 niotes decoratus, Castelnau. 
Tceniotes decoratus, Casteln., Animaux articules, ii. p. 479. 
T. nigro-velutinus, capite fascia utrinque infra oculos, vitta laterali 
alteraque coronal! per thoracem et scutellum continuata, maculis- 
que rotundis elytrorum utrinque circa 13 Isete flavis ; corpore sub- 
tus vitta flava laterali : maris pedibus anticis vix elongatis, tarsis 
baud pilosis. Long. 13 lin. S ? • 
I met with this fine species only in the neighbourhood of 
nigro maculatis. Pedes nigri, cinereo annulati. Foeminae segmentum 
ultimura abdorainale attenuatum; lamina dorsali apice rotundata, ven- 
trali truncata, angulis productis. Long. 5-7 lin. $ . Hab. in Mexieo. 
Colohothea fasciata , Modice elongata, postice valde attenuata, tomento 
brunneo fulvo-maculato vestita; elytris fascia lata nigro-velutina. 
Caput nigrum, fulvo-brunneo vestitum, vertice linea unica fulva. 
Antennae breviores, nigrae, breviter setosae, articulis basi griseis. 
Thorax fusco-niger, dorso vittis duabus fulvo-brunneis. Elytra apud 
humeros lata, deinde valde attenuata, apice sinuato-truncata, angulis 
externis longe spinosis, supra brunnea obscure fulvo maculata, pone 
medium fascia nigro-velutina apud dorsum dilatata, apices versus 
nigro liturata. Corpus subtus rufescens, medio nigricans. Pedes 
nigri. Maris segmentum ultimum ventrale subtumidum, apice obtuse 
truncatum ; tarsi antici baud dilatati. Foeminse segmentum ultimum 
paulo elongatum, valde attenuatum, lamina ventrali sinuato-truncata, 
baud spinosa. Long. 4-6. ^ $ . Hab. in Rio Janeiro. 
Colobothea lateralis. Elongata, postice valde attenuata; corpore supra 
cinereo-ochraceo, rufo variegato, lateribus nigris. Caput nigrum, 
fronte fulvescente, vertice et maculis quatuor occipitalibus cinereis 
fulvo maculatis. Antennm grisem, articulis apice nigris. Thorax an- 
tice angustatus, dorso cinereo-ochraceus, rufo maculatus, lateribus 
nigris. Elytra apud humeros lata, deinde attenuata, apice truncata, 
angulis externis spinosis, supra cinereo-ochracea, rufo maculata, la- 
teribus irregulariter nigris, nigredine ramos tres dentatos in discum 
emittente, his rufo marginatis. Corpus subtus cinereum, medio 
nigrum, segmentis primo et ultimo abdominalibus nigris. Fceminm 
segmentum ultimum attenuatum, lamina ventrali truncata, dorsali 
medio emarginata. Long. 7h hn. $ , Hab. in Brasilia. 
