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of the Am awn Valley. 
1 . NiopMs coptorrldna, Bates^ 1. c. 
Tawny reddish, opaque, clothed with fine erect hairs ; 
apices of antennal joints darker, tips of thighs black ; 
thorax with two broad and shallow longitudinal dorsal 
channels; elytra finely punctured, the apex of each with 
an acute spine. 
Long. lin. . 
Hah. — Santarem, River Tapajos. 
Genus CEme. 
Newman, Entom. i. 8; Lacord. Gen. Col. viii. 222. 
In this genus, the thorax (unarmed) is abruptly nar- 
rowed near the base, and the prosternal process is reduced 
to an extremely narrow vertical partition. 
1. (Erne picticornis, n. sp. 
Elongata, linearis, depressa, pallido-fulva, antennarum 
articulis (a tertio) et tarsis nigris ; capite et antennarum 
articulo basali crebre et grosse punctate ; thorace sub- 
quadrato, basi subito constricto, dorso subtiliter creberrime 
punctate, sericeo ; elytris pube erecta tectis, crebre punc- 
tulatis, apice conjunctim rotundatis; (abdomen deest) . 
Long. 8 lin. $ . 
Apparently allied to Hj. annuUcornis , Buq., which, how- 
ever, is described as having the head smooth, and the 
thorax ‘‘ en ovale tres allonge. In the present species, 
the thorax, except the constricted hind portion, forms a 
square, almost exactly as broad as long, with the angles 
rounded. Besides the black tips of the antennal joints 
and the tarsi, the tergum of the mesothorax, uncovered 
by the base of the thorax, has a distinct black spot. The 
antennm are regularly ciliate beneath, and have only a 
short pubescence above. 
One example, taken at Ega, evidently a male. 
Genus Phrynocrts. 
Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. iv. 26; Lacord. Gen. Col. 
viii. 226. 
1. Phrynocris notahilis, Bates, 1. e. 
Body elongate, subdepressed. Head and thorax coarsely 
and scantily tomentose, the rest of the body clothed with 
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