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Scutelliiiu Ijhic'k ; iiiMiiohiiu anil cljl ra 



with a sharijly deliued pattern . iV. poKiltts spec. nov. 

 i. Pygidium of S strongly mucronate, 

 of ? mesially sulcate and before 



ajiex transversely carinate . . X. Ixirhirornls (18t)l) Fabr. 

 Pygidium of S not distinctly mu- 

 cronate, of ? not transversely 

 carinate before apex ; whitish grey 

 and brown markings of npperside 

 rather strongly contrasting . . is. ohfiisus spec. nov. 



59. Corrhecerus melaleucus spec. nov. 



<?. Black-brown, densely clotlied with a greyish white pnbescenco ; side of 

 rostrnm, on ])roni:itnm a scries of three lateral dots and a broad, irregular, laterally 

 sinuous, mesial vitta, including a white spot behind apes and another behind middle, 

 on elytra a small marginal sjiot close to scutellum, a patch on subbasal convexity, 

 another on shoulder, a fourth at lateral margin in middle, a spot at basal third 

 of suture, a broad, transverse, sinnous band before apical declivity, produced 

 l)0sticad on suture, this projection contiguous or merged together with a spot on 

 each elytrnm, a lateral marginal subapical patch, besides some dots on disc, 

 black ; tarsal segments 2 to 4 brown. 



Frons narrower than m Jlaccidus (1833) Gylh. ; pmnotum much more evenly 

 convex, carina subangulate in middle, feebly biconvex ; elytra cylindrical, more 

 elongate than in Jlaccidus, subbasal convexity feeble ; pygidium mesially sulcate, 

 acuminate, tip truncate ; mesosternal process declivous, not tnbercnlate. 



Length, ('\h to 91 mm. 



Ilab. "Brazil," tijpe; Espirito Santo. 



2 ¥? 



00. Corrhecerus aequalis spec. nov. 



c??. In appearance similar to Xemoti-icltiiti barbicornis (1801) Fabr. Brown- 

 black, covered with a grey pubescence, mixed with pale ochraceous ; four brown 

 spots on occijmt ; a number of brown spots on the pronotum, five of them in 

 front of the basal carina ; a spot on shonkler angle, a patch on the anterior 

 side of the subbasal convexity, a lateral marginal spot before middle, a narrow 

 transverse baud of spots from middle of suture obliquely backwards and some 

 irregularly dispersed dots, brown ; pygidium brown at sides and apex ; a spot on 

 episternum and sternum of metathorax and a lateral row of dots on abdomen 

 brown ; abdomen with a vestige of a second row of spots farther ventrally ; Ici^-s 

 rnfous, femora slightly darker, especially beyond middle, tibiae with a more thinly 

 pubescent ring before apex ; antenna rufous at the joints. 



Frons broader than in ^V. barbicornis. Prothorax deeply depressed before 

 carina, somewhat flattened on disc as in C. Jlaccidus, basal carina very slightlv 

 biconvex ; elytra cylindrical ; pygidium semicircular ; process of mesosternum 

 vertical, produced forward, its apical surface on a level with metasternum 

 pentagonal ; abdomen of 6 slightly depressed in middle. 



Length, 9i mm. 



Hah. Cayenne. 



One pair. 



