68 Mr. H. W. Bates on Pnomc^es. 
Genus !N’icias. 
NiciaSj J. Thomson, Arch. Entom. i. p. 136. 
HamadryadeSj Thomson, lib. cit. p. 22 {oUm ) . 
1. Nicias alurndides. 
J. Thomson, Arch. Ent. i. p. 23, pi. 9, f. 3. 
N. niger, nitidus, elytris stramineis, quarta parte api- 
cal! maculaque utrinque mediana transversa nigris ; 
abdomine rufo-testaceo. 
Long. 7 lin. $ . 
I found two examples of this pretty and singular 
Prionid, on different days, on the foliage of trees at 
Ega ; one of them is now in my own collection, the other 
I believe was sent to Paris. The beautiful figures of 
M. Thomson render further description unnecessary. 
