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Mr. H. W. Bates on Ceramhycidce 
Genus Hemilissa. 
Pascoe^ Trans. Ent. Soc., 2 ser._, iv. 238; Lacord. Gen. 
viii. 327. 
1 . Hemilissa sulcicolliSjU. 
Elongata^ sub cylindrical nigro-castanea, abdomine ru- 
fescenti, setis longis hirsuta, nitida; capite grosse sparsim 
punctate, nitido, tuberibus antenniferis intus vix perspicue 
productis ; antennis corpore longioribus, articulis baud di- 
la tatis sed distincte serratis, basali scabroso, a 3io ad 1 1 mum 
carinatis; thorace oblongo, grossissime scabroso, sulco 
medio late profundo, fundo politissimo ; elytris truncatis, 
extus longe spinosis, augulo suturali recto, supra basin 
versus asperato-punctatis, punctis seriatis, parte apicali 
sublsevi polita ; femoribus abrupte clavatis. 
Long. lin. $ . 
Resembles in form and colouring Sphcerion {Perihoeum) 
pubescens ; but clearly allied to Hemilissa gummosa j the 
type of the present genus. 
Hob. — Ega. 
2. Hemilissa cornuta, n. sp. 
Elongata, breviter pilosa, fusco-violacea, supra opaca, 
infra nitida, abdomine rufescenti; capite opaco, grosse 
punctate, tuberibus antenniferis intus valde productis 
cornutis ; antennis opacis, compressis, serratis, articulo 
basali scabroso ; thorace oblongo, postice constricto, sine 
sulco, medio dilatato rotundato, opaco, reticulato-scabroso 
et asperate, medio supra nigricanti ; elytris apice trun- 
catis, extus unispinosis, supra lineatim punctatis, postice 
punctis minoribus et magis confusis; pedibus validis, 
femoribus clavatis scabrosis. 
Long. 7 lin. ( ? ?) . 
A handsome and remarkable species ; differing from 
H. gummosa in the total absence of gloss from the elytra, 
but presenting in a still more marked degree the generic 
character of pointed inner angles of the antenniferous 
tubers. 
Hab . — River Tapajos. 
One example, found on a leaf in the forests of the Cupari, 
