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testaccuni , punctulatuin, pubescens, apice paniin nitiiiidatuiii. Klytra autice siiigulatiiii leviter rotundato- 

 producta, prothorace vix latiora at illo fere qua(lni|)lo loniriora, liuiueris leviter rotuiidatis, lateribus longe 

 ultra medium seusiiii nouniliil ampiiata, apice singulatim rotundata, superne haud convexa, diiute flavescen- 

 tia, suli-fip.ica, pube brevissima, concoiore obsita, mediocriter crebre punctato-striata, interstitiis alternis 2, 

 4, i) (t S leviter elevatis, sub-costatis, in interstitio secundo lineola, ante medium desinente, fusca. Corpus 

 subtus nigro-piceum, sub-nitidum, subtiliter, crebre punctulatum, tenuiter pubescens. Pedes nigro-fusci, coxis, 

 trochanteribus totis femoribusque a basi ultra medium flavo-testaceis. 



Fam. LAMPYRID/E. 



159. Pliofiiiiis paiiporciiliis. 



Ovatus, paruin convexus, fuscus, sub-opaciis, bri^viter pubescens; abdomine segnien- 

 tis duobus penultiniis fiavescentibus; prothorace longitudine latiore, diiute flavescente, sub- 

 tiliter, crebre punctulato, basi uiacula magna, subquadrata, fusca; elytris subtiliter, crebi-e 

 puiictulatis, vitta lata laterali, postice nonniliil abbreviata, sordide albida ornatis. — Long. 

 5 — 5i, lat. 3— 3J niilliin. 



Patria: Insula3 Puna, Oalm et Taiti. 



Caput sub prothorace retractum, deflexum , rotundatum, fusco-testaceum, sub-opacum, vix punctula- 

 tum. Palpi fusci. Oculi magni, rotundati, convexi, nigri. Antenna^ prothorace nonnihil breviores, tilifor- 

 mes, nigro-fuscae, articulis basalibus fusco-testaceis. Prothorax latitudine postica dimidio fere brevior, apice 

 rotundatus, basi sub-truncatus, medio leviter emarginatus, lateribus basin versus oblique ampliatis, angulis 

 posticis rotundatis; superne in dorso leviter convexus, diiute fiavescens, sub-opacus, subtiliter, crebre pun- 

 ctulatus, pube brevi , pallida adspersus, ante basia macula magna, sub-quadrata, fusca notatus. Scutellum 

 sub-triangulare, fuscum, punctulatum, puberulum, ajiice leviter rotundatum. Elytra antice sub-truncata, 

 prothoracis basi nonnihil latiora at illo dujdo et dimidio longiora, humeris rotundatis, non elevatis; lateri- 

 bus pone basin moilice rotundato-ani|ilinta , infra medium sensim nonnihil angustata, apice sub-rotundata, 

 superne paruni convexa, fusca, sub-opaca, subtiliter, crebre punctulata, pube brevi, pallida adspersa, mar- 

 gine sat late explanato, sordide albido, albedine postice nonnihil abbreviata. Corpus subtus fuscum, opa- 

 cuni. punctulatum, tenuiter pubescens. Abdomen segmentis duobus penultimis diiute flavis. Pedes diiute fusci. 



IGO. Aspidosoma lateralis. 



Oblonga, paruin convexa, diiute flavo-testacea, sul)-opaca, breviter albido-pubescens; 

 antennis extrorsuni, femoribus superne apice, tibiis tarsisque fuscis; prothorace subtilissinie, 

 crebre punctulato, dorso fusco-qnadrivittato, vittis lateralibus antice valde abbreviatis; ely- 

 tris subtilissinie, crebre punctulatis, dorso diiute fuscis, obsolete pallido-liiieatis. — Long. 

 '.)— lU;, lat. 4i— 5} millhn. 



Patria: Buenos Ayres, Montevideo. 



Caput sub prothorace occultatum, detlexum, rotundatum, diiute flavo-testaceum, sub-o[iacum, vix 

 punctatinn. Palpi sordide testacei. Oculi magni, rotundati, convexi, nigri. Anteniue prothorace breviores, 

 tilitbrnics, nigro-fusc;e , articulis tribus vel quatuor basalibus pallido-testaceis. Prothorax longitudinc vix 

 latior, antrorsum angustatus, apice rntundatus, basi tenuiter margiuatus, sub-truncatus, medio leviter emar- 

 ginatus, lateribus pone apicem sensim oblique ampliatis, angulis posticis fere rectis, superne leviter conve- 

 xus, diiute flavo-testaceus, sub-opacus, subtilissinie, crebre punctulatus, pube brevissima, pallida ads])ersus, 

 dorso postico leviter carinatus, vittis cpiatuor approximatis, diiute fuscis, lateralibus a basi vix ad medium 

 continuatis, ornatus. Scutellum sub-triaiigiilare, diiute fiavescens, punctulatuin, puberulum, apice leviter ro- 

 tundatum. Elytra antice truncata, prothnrace vix latiora at illo fure iriplo K'iigiiir,i. huiiuris lum elevatis. 



