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111. Discotenes censors spec. nov. 



? . Broader tbuu coelebs, rostrum proportionally wider, with a more distinct 

 mesial carina ; three white spots on disc of pronotum, situated in a triangle, more 

 prominent, dorsal lateral snbliasal clavish spots smaller ; black Land of elvtrnm 

 obliqne, extending from basal third of lateral margin to middle of second line 

 of punctures, behind this band there are laterally some black spots corresponding 

 to the lateral portion of the band of coelebs, punctured stripes deeper impressed, 

 tesselatiou more distinct, apical area more variegated. 



llab. Chanchamayo, Pern. 



1 ?. 



Dasyrhopala gen. nov. 



(?. Rostrum broader than long, stout, flat, with straight sides. Antennal 

 groove small, rounded behind, halfmoon-shaped, separate from eye, not covered. 

 False mentum short, lobes acute, sinus very broad ; underlip deeply divided. 

 Antenna (?) reaching beyond base of elytra, thin, segments 1 and 2 incrassate, 

 short, 3 the longest, longer than 1 + L', 4 nearly as long as 3, longer than 5, 

 5 to 6 decreasing in length, club loose, hairy beneath, consisting of four segments, 

 8 being dilated, triangular, at least as long as 9, but not so broad, 10 triangular, 

 a little shorter than 9, 11 elliptical. Eye more finely granulate than in Laiiopcziis, 

 more coarsely than in Discotenes, small, lateral, distinctly and broadly emarginate. 

 Prothorax much longer above than at sides, being produced forward above, 

 strongly convex ; carina at basal third, not flexed forward at sides, subbasal 

 carina vestigial at sides, basal longitudinal one absent. Elytra evenly emarginate 

 together, convex. Process of mesostornum narrow, triangular, rounded at apex. 

 Pubescence of legs rough; tibiae compressed, broad, hindfemur nearly reaching 

 tip of abdomen. 



Type : I), tai-salis spec. nov. 



(Connects Discotenes with Lagopezus and Piezocorymts, easily recognised 

 by tlie eye, antenna and tibiae. 



62. Dasyrhopala tarsalis spec. nov. 



(?. Rnfescent, clothed with a grey pubescence, minutely irrorated with rufescent, 

 alternate interspaces very indistinctly dotted. Rostrum half as broad again as 

 long, flat above, with trace of a basal double impression, apex emarginate. Frons, 

 occiput and rostrum in a plane, rugulose. Antenna rufous at the joints. Prothorax 

 dorsally longer than broad, evenlj' convex, rounded at the sides, widest at the 

 autebasal carina, which is augulate in middle and again laterally, the point of the 

 angles directed basad ; base truncate. Elytra evenly depressed at base, gradually 

 rounded-declivous from before middle, deeply punctate-striate, interspaces convex, 

 especially the alternate ones, third with an elongate subbasal tubercle and a lower 

 one jnst before middle. Pygidium longer than broad, evenly rounded at apex. 

 Prosternum somewhat flattentd in middle. Tarsi pubescent white ; first segment 

 of foretarsus one-third the length of the tibia. 



Length, TjJ to G mm. 



Hab. Brazil. 



2cJcJ. 



