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Mr. H. W. Bates on Ceramhycidce 
adopted by him. On a careful examination^ I have no 
doubt it belongs to his group CEmideSj and that its place 
would be probably in Section I. of that group. The 
angulation of the anterior sockets is not so strongly 
pronounced as in (Erne and the other genera of the 
group ; but this may be attributable to the narrow form 
of the prothorax. The sternal processes between the 
anterior and middle coxge appear to be wholly wanting. 
The abdominal segments are normal_, and not distorted 
as in the Ohrionince. 
1. Atenizus laticepSj Bates^ Z. c. 
Sublinear, reddish-testaceous y antennse from the 
third joint brown, bases of joints pale testaceous. Body 
and limbs finely setose ; head and thorax sparingly punc- 
tured : elytra regularly and closely punctured.” 
Long. 2J-41 lin. $ . 
Hah. — Para and Santarem, Amazons ; on dry twigs. 
Genus ]N"iophis. 
Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. iy. 27 (1867). 
(Charac. emend.). Corpus paryum, elongatum, lineare, 
depressum, pubescens. Caput postice baud angustatum, 
genis brevissimis, fronte concava y oculis magnis prae- 
cipue lobo inferiori, supra longe separatism palpis apice 
truncatis ; tuberculis antenniferis haud elevatis, yertice 
piano. Antennae (d') corpore multo longiores, longe 
pubescentes, articulis 3-5 longitudine subaequalibus. 
Thorax elongatus, inermis, a medio usque ad basin angus- 
tatus. Elytra postice attenuata, utrinque longe spinosa. 
Pedes elongati, femoribus valde elongatis, compressis, 
gradatim clayatis ; tarsis articulo basali elongate. Coxae 
anticae exsertee, conicae, extus modice angulatae, processu 
sternali angustissimo ; acetabula intermedia extus aperta, 
processu sternali latiusculo piano. Abdomen ( <d) seg- 
mento basali caeteris haud longiori. 
This genus is evidently allied both to Atenizus and 
(Erne, and on this account, although unable to ascertain 
the texture of the ligula, I have no hesitation in placing 
it in the present group. The antennal joints are clothed 
all round with a long pubescence. The buccal aperture 
is close to the lower margin of the eyes, there being no 
muzzle. The eyes are emarginate, with well-developed 
upper lobe . 
