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Phcea coccinea, n. sp. 
P. linearis, brevis, coccinea, pube pallida serieea vestita ; femoribus 
apice, tibiis, tarsis et antennis (basi exceptis) nigris. Long. 3^ lin. 
Head as broad as the middle part of the thorax, bright red ; 
eyes moderately prominent, black. Antennse about as long as 
the body, filiform, hirsute, black, basal half of the first joint red. 
Thorax constricted near the front and hind margins, surface 
strongly elevated and smooth in the middle, clothed with long 
erect hairs ; bright red. Elytra linear, bright red, clothed with 
fine pale silky pubescence (visible only in certain lights), and 
with erect hairs, strongly punctate- striate, the punctures fainter 
and more confused towards the apex. Body beneath and thighs 
yellowish red ; apex of thighs, tibise, and tarsi black. 
Santarem. 
Group AmphionychiruE, 
[The Amphionychina3 are distinguished from the Phytoeciinse 
(both having bifid claws) by the sides of the elytra having a 
longitudinal carina extending from the shoulders.] 
Genus Lyctdola, Thomson. 
Thomson, Systema Cerambyc. p. 125. 
The proposer of this genus has omitted to state the essential 
characters which distinguish it from Spathoptera and Hemilopfms. 
These are furnished by the peculiar width of the sterna, especi- 
ally of the prosternum, which is as broad as, or a little broader 
than, the mcsosternum. The prosternum in Spathoptera is 
much narrower than the metasternum, and in Hemilophus it is 
reduced to a mere thread, almost concealed by the large coxse. 
Lycidola is moreover distinguished from Spathoptera by the 
dilatation of the elytra commencing almost from the shoulders, 
by the breadth and shortness of the head, and the transverse 
thorax. The genus is founded on Saperda palliata, Klug (En- 
tom. Bras. Specimen alterum, pi. 42. f. 11). 
Lycidola simulatrix, n. sp. 
L. nigra, breviter setosa ; capite et thorace vitta laterali communi 
fulva ; elytris apud medium fascia alba diaphana, apice singulatim 
rotuiidatis ; femoribus basi flavo-testaceis. Long. 5-6 lin. 
Head short and broad, the face extending a short distance 
below the eyes, and not dilated ; black, face reddish ; occiput on 
each side with an oblique fulvous stripe. Antennae black ; third 
joint one-fourth longer than the fourth, cylindrical ; the fourth 
a little dilated ; both densely hairy ; the remaining joints shorter 
than the third and fourth taken together, and sparingly setose. 
