( I'on ) 



rather large. ProtLorax nearly slraij;lit i'roiu apex beyuiid luidille, lariiia aut.ebasal 

 ill middle, acutely projecting latcrad in dorsal aspect, flexed forward at side, tbe 

 angle thus formed about 00', but rounded off (lateral view) ; disc slightly uneven, 

 mottled with black. 8cutellum white, lunger than broad. Elytra slightly intlexed 

 at sides behind shoulders, coarsely pnnctate-striate, snbbasal gibbosity tnberenliform, 

 blackish, alternate interspaces with brown-black raised spots, suture subtesselate. 

 Pygidium rounded. Apex of midtibia with small tooth (S). 



Length, o mm. 



Ilab. Amatan. 



1 6. 



liiO. Ormiscus brevis spec. uov. 



(? ? . Rnfescent : antenna and legs rufous, apex of tarsi brown. Apex of 

 rostrum emarginate in middle, obliquely truncate laterally. Froiis half the width 

 of the rostrum. Eye rather strongly elevate. Prothorax variegated with l)rowii 

 and grey, like head and rostrum, disc more brown, sides more grey, a trace of a 

 grey mesial line at apex ; nearly twice as broad as hmg, wider at carina than elytra; 

 carina snbbasal, not so much curved forward dorsally towards sides as in vulgaris, 

 (lisci/er, etc. Scutellum greyish white, rounded. Elytra short, half as long again 

 as broad, flattened above, regularly punctate-striate, above grey, dotted with brown, 

 at the sides brown, almost regularly dotted with grey, the brown spots more or 

 less confluent transversely. Pygidinin grey, variegated with brown, ronuded, as 

 long as broad in <J, a little shorter in ? . Underside grey. 



Length, 2i to 3 mm. 



Ilalj. Jatahy, Goyaz. 



A series. 



101. Ormiscus angulatus sjiec. nov. 



?. Black-brown, partly rnfescent; legs and base of antenna rufous, apex of 

 tarsi more or less extended brown ; underside, pygidium, head and rostrum 

 pubescent grey-white ; prouotum and elytra olivaceous clay, variegated with grey. 

 Frons half the width of the rostrum. Pronotum reticulate, one-third broader than 

 long ; carina nearly parallel to base, less curved forward dorsolaterally than usually 

 in this genus, curved forward laterally to near middle of side, the angle rounded 

 off ; an interrupted mesial vitta and some lateral spots, partly elongate, grey, 

 ill-defined. Scutellum grey, subquadrate. Elytra subcylindrical, twice the length 

 of the prothorax, finely granulose, regularly pnnctate-striate, almost regularly 

 tesselated with grey, except a basal and an anteapical sjiace, base of suture grey. 

 Pygidium rounded. 



Length, 3^- mm. 



llab. Jatahv, Goyaz. 



1 ?. 



]o2. Eusphyrus scutellaris spec nor. 



c? ? . Black; first and base of second antenual segment luteous ; tibiae, 

 except apex, and base of femora rufous ; underside white ; upperside clotlicd with 

 a coppery pubescence, which is generally very thin and sparse, variegated with 

 white. Head, rostrum, and pronotum densely punctate-reticulate. Frons more 

 than half the width of the rostrum ; this gradually narrowed from apex to base. 



