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06. Ormiscus discifer spec. nov. 



c? ? . Brown. Rostrum grey or cla^'. Frons about one-third the width of 

 rostrum in c?, wider in ?. Head more or less clay. Antenna rufons, club black- 

 brown. Prothorax one-third broader than long, rounded-narrowed from the carina 

 forward ; carina rather far from base, there being a wide gajj between shoulder 

 and tip of carina, somewhat flexed forward in an even curve at side; apical margin 

 clayish and grey, this border gradually widening laterally, extending to lateral 

 carina, continuous with the grey undersurfixce, rather sharply contrasting with the 

 ])rown disc ; the latter variegated with grey and clay ; three clay spots behind carina, 

 more or less merged together. .Scutollum semicircular, greyish or clay. Elytra 

 clay, somewhat flattened above, strongly rounded-declivous behind, punctate-striate, 

 suture and alternate interspaces more or less grey, dotted with brown, a black 

 sutnral patch extending from near base to apical declivity, occupying interspaces 

 1, 2, and 3, narrowed proximally ; a black spot in front of subbasal callosity. 

 Pygidium longer than broad, hardly narrowed apicad in S, truncate, in ? more 

 obviously narrowed apicad, rounded at apex, with the mesial line somewhat elevate. 

 Underside and legs pubescent grey or clay ; legs rufous, basal half or two-thirds 

 of femora, and apex of tibiae and tarsi brunnescent; midtibia of S with tooth 

 at end. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Hub. Serra de Communaty, Pernambuco, January — March 1893 (Gounelle), 

 fi/pe ; Paraguay (Dr. Drake). 



One pair. 



97. Ormiscus spilotus sjjcc. nov. 



S. Similar to (>. (Hscijer ; frons a little narrower. Pronotum irrorated all 

 over with white. Suture and alternate interspaces of elytra greyish white, densely 

 spotted with brown, the other intersjiaces clayish, not spotted, narrower than the 

 spotted ones, the third especially broad in middle ; no black patch as in disci/er. 

 Apex of tibiae more restricted brown. 



Hab. S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle). 



1 c?. 



98. Ormiscus lineatus spec. nov. 



? . Rufescent brown, npperside sparsely, underside more densely pubescent 

 white, stripes of punctures of elytra and interspaces 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 white, 

 forming five white lines. Rostrnm widest at apex. Prothora.x rounded at side in 

 ajiical half; carina not flexed forward at the side, extending downward. Antenna 

 sluut, club more than twice as long as broad. 



Length, 2| mm. 



Ilnb. S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle), 

 tijpe ; Paraguay (Dr. DrakiQ. 



2 ? ?. 



99. Ormiscus costifrons spec. nov. 



S- Brown, pubescent grey beneath, u])perside variegated with black, brown 

 and grey ; antenna, except club, and legs rufous. Rostrum widest at apex, clayish 

 grey like head. Frons half the width of the rostrum, mnltiplicate. Sinus of eye 



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