38/j Gen LS 3:^9. — CHALCODERMUS. 



subtiliter piinctatis. Pedes longiusculi; feiiioribns fusco-acneis , 

 parce, subtiliter piinctatis, niodiceincrassatis, subtns ponc iiiediuni 

 (lenle valido armalis ; tibiis sub-anf^ulatis, nij;ris, vix niclallito 

 tinctis, paium arcuatis , inferne luviter bi-sinualis, inciinibus ; 

 taisis piet'is, subtus grisco-spongiosis. — Fhs. 



* 6. ('. HoRicATus. Chevrolut. 



Obloiiyu-ovatus, ciipreo-dnieus , clylris vaiiiuialint /ilbido-sfiiiatmilosis ^ 

 scriato-punctatis , rnfo-testaceis , limbu omni inaculisquc. duabus 

 discolddUbnn cupn'n-a'neis : tlioracc undKiuc coiifntiin strujoso : 

 td)iis s\ib-mnticis , vi rsiis apicnii iiifmic smiihilis, aiitcniils fitsro- 

 feiriKjbit'is. 



Patria : Campos, Brasilia?. A Dom. Chevrolat siib hoc nomine 

 ad describendum communicatus. 



Jnthonomo dniparum magnitudine sub-aequalis. Caput rotnnda- 

 tiim , viridi-seneum , sub-opacuiii , subtiliter , remote , punrtatum . 

 oculi sub-ovati, depressi , supra nonnihil distantes , nigri ; rostrum 

 lon;;itudine fere capitis cum ihorace, minus tenue , arcuatum , 

 obscure a?neum , basi lineatim, apice disperse punctatum , linoa 

 longitudinali in medio , ante apicem desinonte, laevi. Antennae 

 thoracis basin liaud plane attingunt, obscure ferrugineae, funiculo 

 apice infuscato, clava breviter ovali , cinereo-pubescente. Thorax 

 latitudine baseos nonnihil brevior,anterius duplo angustior, apice 

 supra sat rotundato-productus , Inbis oculciribus valde exiguis,la- 

 teribus intra apicem leviter coustrictus, dein versus basin uiodice 

 ampliatus, postice leviter bi-sinuatus, angulis subrectis ; supra 

 cont'ertim sub-rudc intricato-strigc.sus , stri{;is dorso antice longi- 

 tadinaliter, postice transversim , versus latera oblique direotis, 

 piuutis hinc illinc evidentius irnpressis; totus cupreo-aeneus, pube 

 tenuissima, albida, adspersus. Scutellum rolundatuni,sub-eleva(um, 

 conc: lor. Elytra oblongo-triangularia , antice thorace dimidio la- 

 tiora , hnuK^is objiquis, obtusis, laterihus pone bumcros sensini 

 attenuita, apice singulatim sub-acuminata , tlioracc triplolongiora; 

 supra convexa , postice declivia , punctis majoribus , oblougis , 

 sorialim irnpressis, interstitiis sub-planis , slriis fere nullis; ruh)- 

 testacea , sub-nitida, limbo omni , basi latius, inaculisipie diiabus 

 sub-rotundalis in disco , anteriore in medio, majore, posteriore 

 jnlra apicem, obsol(li(u(! , cupreo-a^neis , undicpic scpiamiilis albi- 



