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variegated with black. Rostrnm, head, apex and sides of prnnotnm, pygidinm, 

 and underside rather densely i)uljesceut grey ; elytra grey, dotted with rnibiis, 

 the dots not very distinct. Frons three-fourths the width of the rostrnm, 

 longitudinally jdicate. Prothorax densely jilicate, rounded-narrowed at the side, 

 end of carina feebly cnrved forward. .Scntellum white, semicircular. Elytra 

 slightly flattened above, jjarallel, strongly declivous behind, punctate-striate. 

 Pygidinm rounded, with mesial carina, which is highest near apex. False mentum 

 strongly rounded at the sides, buccal tissures approaching one another rather 

 closely. 



Length, 3i mm. 



Hab. Venezuela (A. Mocquerys). 



1 ?. 



iU. Ormiscus sparsilis spec. nov. 



?. Entirely rufescent brown, white l)elow, dotted with white above. Rostrum 

 broadly cniarginate, rugate like frons. The latter two-thirds the width of the 

 rostrum. Eye smaller tiiau in brefix and more finely granulate. Prothorax 

 coarsely rugate, slightly ronnded in middle of side, with three transverse dorsal 

 rows of small white dots, besides some dots behind and before the carina ; this 

 farther from base than in bretis, especially laterally, its apex flexed forward, but 

 the longitudinal jiortion very short. Scntellum white, mnch broader than long. 

 Elytra as short as in brecis, less flattened above, pubescence coarser, rnfesceut 

 brown, dotted with white, the white dots partly in transverse rows. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Hab. .Tatahy, Goyaz. 



1 ?. 



05. Ormiscus vulgaris spec. nov. 



i ?. Brown; segment 1 and base of 2 of antenna, tibiae and apex of femora 

 rufuus, tarsi rufous proximally. Head and rostrum white in cJ, variegated with 

 brown in ? , in this sex with a more distinct white mesial spot on frons. Antenna 

 black, clnb hardly twice as long as broad. Frons a little over one-half (c?) or 

 two-thirds (?) the width of the rostrnm. Prothorax almost straight from carina 

 forwards, feebly ronnded, half as broad again as long, grey, variegated with brown, 

 with three transverse interrupted bands, or bands of large spots, ill-defined, more 

 distinct in ? than in S, apex wliitisli in S ; carina not flexed forward at side, 

 terminating abrnjitly. Scutellnm white, broader than long, snbtrnncate. Elytra 

 flattened above, strongly declivous behind, punctate-striate, third interspace slightly 

 costate, subtnbcrculate behind base, grey, suture and alternate interspaces dotted 

 with brown and black, the black-brown spots often confluent before apical declivity, 

 forming an irregular sutnral patch which varies in size ; the small subbasal tnborcle 

 black. Pygidinm a little broader than long in ?, about as long as broad in cjj 

 rounded in both sexes. Hindtibia rather strongly incrassate iu 3. Tooth at apex 

 of midtibia of S rather long, very thin. Sinns of eye very small in ? . 



Length, 2i to 3A mm. 



Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz. 



A long series. 



