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'Jn. Ormiscus ornatus siieu. nov. 



S. ISrowii ; legs rufuus, tarsi black distally ; uiulersiJe, legs, ami pygidiuiu 

 ])ubesccnt white ; upper.side cojipcry lirovvn, much variegated with white. Hea<l 

 and rostrum nearly white. Frons half the width of the rostrnin. Prothorax 

 rounded laterally before middle, a little broader tlian long, densely variegateil 

 with white, exeept in centre, longitiidiiially wrinkled on di.sc ; carina very deeply 

 concave in middle, not flexed forward at side, curving downward at angle. 

 iScntellum white, snbquadrate. Elytra somewhat flattened above, rather abruptly 

 declivous behind, pnnctate-striatc, densely grannlose, a transverse antemedian 

 baud curving forward to scutellnm at suture, and numerous spots occupying 

 sides and ajiical fourtli white. Pygidium rounded at ape.x, about as long as 

 basally l)r<)ad. Mid- and liindtibiae mucronate. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Hub. S. Antonio da Barra, Baliia, November— December 188S (Gounelle). 



2 Jc?. 



ill. Ormiscus annulifer spec. nov. 



S. Black ; bases of femora and tibiae rufous ; underside white, upperside 

 sparsely variegated with white. Frons one-third the width of the rostrum ; head, 

 rostrum, and pronotum densely punctate-reticulate, not wrinkled. Prothorax with 

 white scale-like hairs at sides and at carina ; the latter a very little flexed forward 

 at side. Scutollum white, transverse. Elytra of nearly the same width from 

 shoulders to apical third, more than half as long again as jironotum, jrauctate- 

 striate, densely grannlose ; a white half-ring at base, extending from shoulder 

 to scutellar stripe of punctures and then curving laterad to stripe 5 or 6 ; a 

 number of small spots at side and apex also white. Pygidium rounded-triangular. 

 Midtibia with a broad apical tooth, hindtibia without tooth. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz. 



1 (?. 



^2. Ormiscus ancora spec. nov. 



?. Rufescent, densely pubescent grey. Two broad vittae on prouotum, ill- 

 defined, a stibbasal patch on elytrum, extended to shoulder, and a large transverse 

 jiostmedian j)atch produced forward at its anterior inner angle, this process 

 reaching suture before middle and extending along it to basal fourth, coppery 

 brown. Antenna black-brown, first and base of second segment rufous ; legs 

 rnfous, femora and tarsi more or less brunuesceut. Frons more than half the 

 width of the rostrnm. Prothorax nearly half as broad again as long, rounded- 

 narrowed at sides, densely plicate on disc, carina subbasal, not curved forward 

 at side. Scutellnm white, semicircular. Elytra subcyliudrical, puuctate-striate. 



Length, 2h mm. 



Hab. Salobro, Baliia, June — Julv 1885 (Gounelle). 



1 ?. 



93. Ormiscus costifer spec. nov. 



?. Kufescent ; upperside and legs rufous; antenna black, first segment 

 rnfous ; disc of prouotum and apex of tarsi blackish, elytra also somewhat 



