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40. Goniocloeus minor spec. nov. 



Like melas; but rostrum with trace df mesial ciiviiia at base, laterally more 

 transversely impressed ; Irons ouh" one-third tiie width of the rostrum ; pro- 

 thorax less coarsely punctate, deeper sinuate behind middle at sides ; angle 

 formed by basal longitudinal carina and antebasal one more acute, lateral carina 

 longer, being longer than the distance from apical margin to tij) of carina ; tip 

 of lateral angle of carina not rounded oft"; median tubercle of third interspace 

 of elytrnm as high as subbasal one, the others much smaller. 



Length, 4^ mm. 



Hab. Surinam. 



One specimen, a])pareutly a ?. 



41. Goniocloeus hirsntus spec. nov. 



? . Black, clothed with a long pile on head, underside and legs, jiubesceuce 

 black, slightly variegated with clay and grey ; a spot before scntcUum clay ; 

 tips of tubercles clayish ; two very thin rings on tibiae grey ; antenna dark 

 rufescent-brown, end-segment luteous. 



Rostrum as long as broad, broadly depressed in middle and again laterally, 

 the impression separated by subcariuiform elevations which are continuations of 

 the lateral frontal edge bordering the eyes ; apical edge trisimiate. Segments 

 9 and 10 of antenna emarginate at apex, 10 transverse, 11 subcircular, a little 

 broader than long. Prothorax with large impressed punctured like head, twice 

 sinuate at the sides, the lirst sinus in front of the lateral carina which is high 

 and terminates abruptly before middle of thorax, and a second time in front of 

 the dorsal carina; disc uneven, with elongate apical elevations, and a transverse 

 median row of three tubercles, the middle one of which is highest ; carina 

 feebly convex in middle,- where it is interrupted, practically straight, evenly 

 curved forward at sides, without indication of an angle. Scutellum white, twice 

 as long as broad, elliptical. Elytra coar.sely punctured ; alternate interspaces 

 tuberculated, third interspace with three high tubercles, one subbasal, the second 

 median and ;the third, which is the highest, before apical declivity ; autemedian 

 tubercle of fifth interspace also prominent. Pygidium semicircular. 



Underside coarsely punctured, except middle of metastcrnura, which is nearly 

 smooth. Claw-segment rufescent. 



Length, 7i mm. 



llab. Balsapamba, Ecuador (Hacnsch). 



1 ?. 



4:.'. Goniocloeus apicalis spec. nov. 



S. Black, the jdaccs covered with a pale pubescence rufous. Rostrum 

 nearly twice as broad as long, truncate, broadly impressed at base and transverse 

 in middle of sides, with a short basal mesial carina ; coarsely punctate like the 

 whole upper surface ; upper edge of antennal cavity jjroduced backwards towards 

 underside of eye. 



Frons half the width of the rostrum. Eye jiromiuent, almost twice as long 

 as broad. Antenna rufescent, rufous at base, segment 9 not longer than broad, 

 lO transverse, II subcircular, truncate at base. Prothorax much broader than 



