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Mr. H. W. Bates on Ceramhycidw 
sliort hairs. Thorax subquadrate^ armed on each side 
with a spine^ surface uneven^ covered with small scattered 
tubercles, reddish-tawny, with the depressed parts black. 
Elytra reddish-tawny, ornamented with three strongly 
undulated black belts, the apex also black ; surface 
shining, punctured and roughened with three or four 
rows of small tubercles. Legs reddish, tips of thighs and 
tibim black. 
Long. 10 lin. $ . 
Hab. — Ega. 
Genus Zathecus. 
Bates, Entoin. Monthly Mag. iv. 26; Lacord. Gen. viii. 
260. 
In addition to the characters given in the places 
quoted, may be here mentioned the sockets of the anterior 
coxse angulate externally, and those of the intermediate 
COX90 open. These characters show that the genus is 
related to CEme. The markings of the elytra, however, 
are very similar to those of Ihidion, and allied genera. 
The thorax is subquadrate, narrowed behind and unarmed, 
slightly uneven above, without transverse impressions, 
and opaque; the thighs are elongate, and strongly and 
abruptly clavate. 
1. Zathecus graphites, Bates, 1. c. 
Elongate, linear, depressed. Testaceous, head and 
thorax clothed with a silky tomentum; vertex dusky, 
basal joints of antennge blackish beneath. Thorax uneven, 
black, with a curved testaceous belt across the anterior 
part. Elytra near the base and suture marked with a 
black patch, followed behind by two curved black streaks ; 
the testaceous apical half with a brownish cloud in the 
middle; whole surface roughened with small scattered 
tubercles, and irregular but not large punctures. Legs 
and under-surface testaceous, sides of prothorax and 
breast and basal part of hind thighs blackish. 
Long. 8 lin. cl. 
Hah, — Ega, 
