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TO. Anthrenosoma tibialis Hpec. nov. 



J?. Kufesceut browu ; uppersidc irroratcil with a dayish ijuliesceuce ; elvtra 

 more or less tesselated ; the pubescence condensed laterally at apex of pronotum ; 

 a thin claj'ish mesial line on the latter : underside and head evenly jiubesceut- 

 clayish. Antennal segments 1 and 2 rufous, 1 1 lutcous ; tibiae rufous, except 

 base aud ai)ex. Frons in <S one-third the width of the rostrum, in ? a little 

 wider. Pronotum very densely reticulate, anterior angle dentiform. Elvtra 

 densely granulate, punctate-striate. Pygidium slightly acuminate. 



Length, 2^ mm. 



Jfab. Jatahy, Goyaz. 



A series. 



80. Anthrenosoma bohlsi spec. nov. 



S . Rufescent ; antenna and legs almost entirely Inteous ; elytra with a 

 broad discal streak from near shoulder to beyond middle, apex and sntural 

 interspace rufous, clothed with broad clayish hairs ; pronotum irrorated with 

 similar hairs. Anterior angle of protliorax less produced than in tiljialia, hinder 

 angle also less prominent, disc more widely reticulated. Elytra more evenly 

 convex than in tibialis, punctures of stripes larger, interspaces smooth, not 

 granulose. 



Hab. Paraguay (Dr. Bohls). 



1 ?. 



81. Anthrenosoma gonnellei spec. nov. 



S. Slenderer than tibialis and bohlsi. Rufous ; head, disc of pronotum, 

 shoulder, apex aud a median patch on elytrum more or less brown, the rnfous 

 and brown portions not sharply defined : jmbescence clayish. Antenna longer 

 than in the other species, rnfous like tibiae and tarsi, almost gradually dilated 

 from segment 7 to II, 8 three times as long as broad, much narrower and 

 not longer than In, this longer than broad. Eye large, the frons being less 

 than one-third the width of the rostrum. Lobes of false mentnm rounded. 

 Prothorax and elytra similar in sculpture to those of tibialis. Anterior angle 

 of the former acute, dentifdrm, hinder angle also acute, projecting latcrad. Elytra 

 proportionately longer than in the other sjjecies, almost cylindrical. 



Length, 2^ mm. 



Ilab. S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November— December 1SS8 (Gounelle). 



1 3. 



Scymnopis gen. nnv. 



Differs from Anthrenosoma in the lateral carina of the prothorax not being 

 extended to apex, the prothorax being gradually narrowed from before middle to 

 apex, the apical angle not jirojecting. 



Type : S. suturalis spec. nov. 



82. Scymnopis suturalis spec. nov. 



?. Brown; rostrum, head, club of antenna, prothorax, and suture of elytra 

 brown-black. Upperside not tomentose, punctured, each puncture bearing a stiif 

 hair. Rostrum .four times as broad as long. Frons one-third the width of the 



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