( 2.58 ) 



liiickwanls, occiiiiyiiij,' tliu f^^reatcr i)art of tin; siik', lilaclc basal spots straiglil, 

 uot oblique, uot jn-olouged beyond the carina, the latter not convex in middle, 

 being practically straight. Ochraceons basal area of elytra narrower than in 

 r/iombi/er, not including the black subbasal tubercle, mesial tubercle smaller, 

 stripes less impressed. Legs brown, rnfescent at the joints, pubescent grey, 

 upjierside of tibiae and tarsi and two sjiots on hindfemur pubescent brown ; 

 luidtibia not subhamate. 



llab. Marco da Legua, Para, March 1895 (Gonnelle), f;//>i- ; Para; Upper 

 Amazons. 



2 cJc?,l ?. 



33. Monocloeus sordidus spec. nov. 

 ? . Black. Rostrum clothed with a clayish pubescence, longer than broad, 

 ■widest at apex, which is truncate, roundiHl-angnJate laterally at apical third, flat, 

 niesially feebly impressed. Frons less than half, but uiore than one-third, the 

 width of the rostrum. Eye prominent, very minutely incised below. Antenna 

 short, brown, proximal and distal segments (or only the latter) rufous, segment 3 

 a little shorter than 2 and a little longer than 4, 6 to 8 very short, 8 as long as 

 broad, '.) triangnlar, one-fourth longer than broad, 10 transverse, much broader 

 than long, 11 truncate at base, ovate, about as long as broad. Prothorax evenly 

 convex on disc, rather indistinctly marked with olivaceous clay, a large trapeziform 

 mesial patch before base greyish, narrower at the carina, divided by a grey mesial 

 line which extends beyond the carina and reappears as a clayish line at apex ; 

 black basal spots elongate, small ; carina at basal third, very feebly concave in 

 middle. Scutellum grey, slightly transverse, pointed in middle. Elytra tuber- 

 culate, regularly punctate-striate, suture rather densely dotted with black and 

 grey in apical two-thirds, interspaces 3, 5, 7 and 9 also more or less tesselated, 

 base clayish ; subbasal tubercle high, middle compressed, followed in middle by 

 another which is of the same height but is longer, fifth interspace with an 

 elongate tubercle before middle, seventh costate, especially before apex. Pj-gidium 

 truucate-rotundate, with two grey spots at base. Underside sparsely pubescent 

 grey ; a grey vitta on prosternuiu, prolonged over cheek ; some grey lateral dots 

 on abdomen and meso-metasternum. Knee and tarsal segments 3 and 4 rufous ; 

 a broad antemedian ring on tibiae clay ; first tarsal segment grey. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Ila//. llio Pardo, Sao Paulo, December 1898 (Gounelle), fi/ije ; Caraca, Minas 

 Geraes, December 1885 (Gounelle). 



2 ¥ ¥. 



34. Monocloeus idaeus spec. nov. 

 S- Rufous, tarsi and antennal segments 10 and 11 paler; thinly irrorated 

 with clayish grey ; scutellum, a mesial vitta and a lateral dorsal dot on jironotnm, 

 and metasternal ejiimernm more densely pubescent. Eostrnm vertical, flat, 

 widest at apex, twice as long as broad, densely rugate-punctate like head. Erons 

 half the width of rostrum. Eye little projecting, rather short. Antenna short, 

 segment 3 = 4, 8 little longer than broad, club compact, 9 triangular, not longer 

 than broad, 10 twice as broad as long, 11 truncate at base. Prothorax twice 

 as broad as long, as broad as the elytra, very strongly narrowed from carina 

 to apex and base. Seutellnm rounded-triangular. Elytra strongly convex, not 



