( -^-'i ) 



Ci'^. Piezonemus durus spec. nov. 



(? ? . Black; ou iij)j)crsiile sparsely irrorated with whitish grey; head, 

 scutellnm and underside denser grey ; alternate interspaces of elytriim incon- 

 spicuously and rather sparsely tesselatod with grey ; femora, tibiae and base of first 

 tarsal segment grey, two large jiatches on tibiae and the tarsi black; antenna 

 rnfons brown, apex of last segment Inteous. 



Rostrum transversely depressed, slightly curved upwards at apes in lateral 

 aspect. Frons anteriorly abont one-third the width of the rostrum, broader in ? 

 than in <?. Antenna reaching in ? to basal fourth of elytrum, being a little 

 longer in J than in ? , similar to those of I'iezocortjmu tristia, segment 3 longer 

 than 4 in both sexes, 8 shorter than 7, in <? nearly as long as 'J, this triangular, 

 truncate, one-third longer than broad, lU transverse, about twice as broad as 

 long, 11 ovate, nearly as long as 9. Prothorax sculptured as in Pic^ocorynus, 

 conical, with straight sides, feebly convex above, slightly depressed before carina; 

 this straight in middle, very feebly convex laterally, angle less than 'JU°, sharp, 

 lateral carina vanishing in middle. Scutelhim longer than broad. Elytra sub- 

 cylindrical, basal edge of each convex, subbasal callosity feebly raised, punctured 

 stripes rather deeji, interspaces feebly convex. Apical tubercle of jiygidium of ? 

 divided, high. Mesosterual process triangular, narrow, declivous. Metasternum 

 of (? flattened in middle like abdomen, convex laterally. Last abdominal segment 

 of S less than twice the width of the preceding one in middle, here hardly wider 

 than at the sides. Fore- and midtibia of S somewhat curved ; first midtarsal 

 segment of i less than one-third the length of the tibia, much shorter than the 

 other segments together ; third segment of all the tarsi large ; claw-segment long. 



Length, 4 to 5 mm. 



I](ih. Jatahy, Goyaz. 



A series. 



69. Piezonemus lateralis spec. nov. 



c? ? . Similar to P. thtrus, ditt'ering from it in the following characters : 

 Sides of elytra rnfescent ; legs rufous, except middle of femora and a broad post- 

 median ring of tibiae which are black ; a spot at base of tibiae brown. Eye 

 longer. Fourth antennal segment of ? longer. First midtarsal segment of S 

 longer than the others together, being much longer than in di(nis ; first hind- 

 tarsal segment of cj more than half the length of the tibia ; the latter with a 

 much denser crest of long hairs ; last abdominal segment of J in middle twice 

 as wide as laterally, and nearly thrice as the preceding segment, with a triangular 

 flattened space in middle and the mesial line a little raised. Pygidium longer 

 and narrower, the apical transverse ridge of ¥ not so high as in cluriis and not 

 deeply divided. 



Length, 3 to 4 mm. 



IJab. Jatahy, Goyaz. 



A series. 



Synonymical note : — 



Though the tyjjical species of Ctimptotropis {gmciliconiiis) is different 

 enough from the typical species of Piezocorynus ((lisjjar) in the antenna and the 

 prothoracic carina, the two supposed genera intergrade completely. The position 



