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38. Goiiiocloeus baccatus spec. nov. 



? . Black ; jjubescence cinnamon-olive above, grey beneath ; a large basal 

 mesial spot on prothorax, widest at carina, contiguous with a smaller one situated 

 in front of carina, ochraceons. Rostrum nearly twice as broad as long, truncate- 

 emarginate, depressed at sides, with a deep central impression ; upper edge of 

 antennal cavity extended to near eye. Frons more than half the width of the 

 rostrum, slightly bi-impressed anteriorly ; occiput with mesial impression. Autenna 

 rufous, club black-brown, segment 8 less than twice as long as broad, 9 long, 

 nearly twice as long as broad, l<i also heart-shaped, longer than broad, 11 a 

 little longer and broader than !), widest beyond middle. Prothorax widest in 

 middle, broader than long, dorsally produced forward (side-view !), sharply sinuate 

 laterally before the dorsal carina, rounded dilated in middle, the lateral carina pro- 

 jecting here strongly and disapjieariug gradually : uneven, with several impressions, 

 which are punctured, ajiex convex, a transverse row of three tubercles, middle 

 one prominent ; carina at basal third in middle, more basal laterally, angnlate in 

 middle and more strongly dorso-laterally, the points being directed backwards, 

 subinterrupted mesially, flexed forward at sides, extending beyond middle, lateral 

 angle obtuse but not obviously rounded off. Elytra half as long again as broad, 

 with parallel sides, multituberculate, the pubescence on the top of the higher 

 tubercles more or less tawny ; third interspace with four tubercles of nearly the 

 same height, but first longer, fifth interspace also with four, these smaller, the three 

 posterior placed a little in front of the respective tubercles of the third interspace ; 

 seventh interspace with Ave, counting the one before apex and excluding shoulder ; 

 ninth interspace with three small but distinct tubercles in posterior half Pygidium 

 a little longer than broad, rounded. Underside coarsely punctured all over. Legs 

 rufescent, a subbasal and a subapical ring on femora and tibiae rufous, pubescent 

 grey ; tarsi rufous. 



Length, 6i mm. * 



Hab. Espirito Santo. 



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39. Goniocloeus melas spec. nov. 



?. Black, with very little pale pubescence, scutellum and a spot in front of 

 it clayish ; tibiae with a thin grey antemedian ring ; circular end-segment of antenna 

 Inteous. Rostrum nearly twice as broad as long, without trace of carina, very 

 coarsely puuctate-rngate ; upper edge of antennal cavity produced backwards, 

 forming a carina which terminates beneath eye. Prothorax coarsely punctate, 

 apex much less produced forwards than in spiculosus (1833) Gylh. ; a mesial 

 tubercle before carina ; the latter situated at basal fourth, being much more 

 basal than in the species mentioned, lateral angle a little over 91/, feebly 

 rounded ; sides sinuate behind middle. Elytra coarsely punctate-striate, similar 

 to those of capucinus ; subbasal tubercle higher than the others, there being 

 four more in the third interspace, the posterior ones being the smallest; fifth 

 interspace with five and seventh with four small tubercles, evenly distributed 

 in each interspace, the first of the fifth interspace being subbasal, the first of 

 the seventh antemedian. 



Length, 6 mm. 



Hah. Callanga, Pern. 

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