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of the Amazon Valley. 
Sub-fam. Ibidiin^. 
Genus Hexoplon. 
Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 219, 
Antennae with all the joints linear; femora elongate, 
linear, or very little incrassate, the intermediate with a 
long spine on the inner side of the apex, the posterior 
with a long spine on the outer side. 
Lacordaire unites Hexoplon with Gnomidolon. 
1. Hexoplon flaveolum, n. sp. 
Angustatum, sublineare, flavo-testaceum, capite plus 
minusve infuscato vel nigro ; elytris fasciis duabus tes- 
taceo-albis, prima suturam haud attingente ante medium, 
secunda integra pone medium, apicem versus interdum 
infuscatis, apice truncatis et extus unispinosis; toto in- 
secto longe sparsim setoso et nitido ; thorace impunctato ; 
elytris seriatim punctatis, apicem versus Isevibus, supra 
medio vix depressis. 
Long. 4J-5 lin. 
Hah. — Tapajos and Ega. 
2. Hexoplon quincunx. 
Thomson, Physis, i. 162. 
Lineare, elytris postice ut in gen ere Ctenostoma [Cicin- 
delidarum) valde convexis, longe sparsim griseo-setosum; 
capite antice flavo, postice sericeo-nigro ; thorace testaceo- 
fulvo, dorso plaga magna postice trifida sericeo-nigra ; 
elytris dimidio basali flavido, figuram magnam X-formem 
includente, post hanc partem brunneo-rufescentibus, 
deinde juxta apicem albis, parte antica seriatim punctata, 
postica subtilissime rugulosa, opaca; pedibus flavo fus- 
coque variegatis. 
Long. 4-54 J ? • 
Hah. — Ega; found abundantly, concealed in folded 
leaves of trees in the day-time. 
