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of the Amazon Valley. 
Sub-fam. Stenaspidinj!]. 
Geiius Eriphus. 
Servillej Ann. Soc. Enfc. Fr. 1834, p. 88; Lacord. 
Gen. ix. 190. 
1. Eriphus dimidiatus. 
Wbite, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 293, pi. vi. f. 7, c? . 
Elongatus, capite nigro, thorace et elytrorum dimidio 
basali croceo-fulvis opacis, illo vitta dorsali et scutello 
nigris ; elytris dimidio apicali nigris, sericeis ; pectore 
abdomineque nigris, cinereo-pubescentibus ; antennis 
pedibusque nigris. 
Long. 7 lin. 
Hah. — Para. 
2. Eriphus xanthoderus, n. sp. 
Subcylindricus, niger, opacus, pectore et abdomine 
dense cinereo-pilosis ; thorace croceo-rufo, grosse punc- 
tate, opaco, dorso medio leviter infuscato et nitido; 
scutello nigro ; elytris apice obtuse truncatis, supra crebre 
punctatis; pedibus nigris, nitidis, femoribus posticis 
apice bispinosis, spina interiori longiori ; antennis brevi- 
bus ( ? ), articulis 5-10 subserratis. 
Long. 5 lin. $ . 
Hah. — Para. 
Apparently closely allied to E. collarisj Erichs. (Schomb. 
Reise), which, however, has a yellow scutellum. 
3. Eriphus croceicollis . 
White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. p. 292. 
Niger, crebre et rude punctatus; thorace croceo, 
elytris aenescenti-nigris.^^ 
Pro thorax beneath saffron, mesothorax the same, and 
marked with a V -like raised figure ; metathorax pitchy, 
with a light spot in the middle and behind ; underside of 
abdomen pitchy-black, shining.^^ (White.) 
Long. 5 lin. 
Hah. — Para. In Coll. Brit. Mus. 
Although taken by me, I do not find the species 
among my own reserved collection of Amazonian Longi- 
corns. 
