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paler. Elytra very briefly truncated at the apex ; lateral caringe 
vanishing considerably before the apex ; surface punctured in 
lines, clothed with pale silky pubescence, brown testaceous, paler 
anteriorly. Body beneath and legs testaceous yellow, basal 
three-fourths of the abdomen blackish brown. 
Ega. 
12. Amphionycha roseicollisy n. sp. 
A. brevior, linearis, nigra, subsericea ; fronte, antennis (apice ex- 
ceptis), corpore subtus, et pedibus flavo-testaceis ; abdomine apice 
nigro ; thorace (basi excepta) Isete roseo, elytrorum lateribus et 
apicibus mfo-testaceis ; unguiculis simplicibus. Long. S^^lin. S • 
Head as broad as the elytra ; faee yellow and densely pubes- 
cent ; vertex black, naked, coarsely punctured. Antennse one- 
third longer than the body, furnished with a scanty fringe of 
straight hairs, yellowish testaceous, sixth to eleventh joints 
dusky; basal joint subclavate; third joint about one-fourth 
longer than the fourth. Thorax with an obtuse prominenee in 
the middle on each side, and narrowed behind; surface pale, 
and clothed with silky pink pubescence, hind border black, 
coarsely punctured, lateral prominences pale. Elytra linear, 
sinuate-truncate at the apex, with both angles prominent ; lateral 
Carina obsolete before reaching the apex, and accompanied in 
that part by a lower carina, parallel to it but not reaching the 
middle of the elytra; surface punctured, black, with changeable 
greyish pubescence; lateral margins reddish; apex testaceous. 
Body beneath and legs yellowish testaceous ; apex of the abdomen 
blackish. 
Ega ; one example. The claws in this species are simple : it 
ought therefore to rank amongst the group Saperdinse, if the 
evidence were complete that this is not a sexual character in this 
instance. As only one example exists of the species, its true 
position cannot at present be decided. 
Group PhytceciincE. 
Genus Erana, nov. gen. 
Body cylindrical. Head rounded, scarcely depressed between 
the eyes, the latter with the upper and lower lobes connected. 
Antennse moderately elongated, filiform, setose, and beneath 
ciliated ; third joint much longer than the fourth, the remaining 
joints gradually diminishing in length. Thorax short, cylin- 
drical. Elytra cylindrical, obtuse at the apex, and rounded at 
the sides, the discal portion not being separated from the lateral 
by an elevated line. Legs somewhat short, tarsal claws bifid. 
I have adopted this genus from the collection of Mr. Alexander 
Ery, to whom is due the credit of having first detected its dis- 
