3?. (iicxts 3:.i. — HEIUPUS. 



infra poiic iiiciliuiii cxcisa, apicem versus ciilaiata^ cuiuuuini^ 

 alLo-vel silacco-squauioNa, docorata. Corpus sublus nigruiii, iiia- 

 gis niticluiii, pectoro inoluncie vcutre sulitililer remote puiulMla- 

 tum, squauailis raris, |ialli(iis, piliFonnilnis adspersum. Poilcs loii- 

 j;iusculi, validi, s(>tulis alljis pario aclspirsi ; fcnionl)Us apicciu 

 versus clavaiis, nijro-piceis, subtus valiilo, acute unitlentatis; 

 tibiis rufo-ferru.<;iueis , arcuatis, intus in nietUo nonnihil ainplia- 

 tis, apice acute uncinatis; tarsis dilatatis, subtus bruuneo-spongio- 

 sis. — Run. 



*n. 11. EKY'rnocF.i'HAi.is. (Sclili.) — Ohlongo-onalm, piceiis ; ca- 

 f)ilc, roAtro pcdihusque riifo-fetTuginris, roslro modice arctiato, an- 

 (ennis crassiorihiis , (Iwrace awjiisllori'. , carinato , dorso ritgoso , 

 lalciibits (iiberculalo , iilrbiqne silaceo-viUnto ; elylris conjerlim 

 punclalo-stnatis ; intcriti'Ms snu-convexis, vitla lata discl^ ihfra in 

 medlo excisa , postice düaiatd ^ silaceo-sqxtamosa decoratis. 



Pntria : Brasilia. A Doui. Faldeumann donatus. Mus. Schh. 



Hcilipo stratori var. ß uiafjnitudinr a'qualis et similis , sed an- 

 tennis crassioribus , alitev constructis, tliurace carinato, elytris 

 confertim punctato-striatis, ab illo facile distinctus. Caput breve, 

 rotundatuin , convcxum , sat crebre subtiliter punctulatuni , ru- 

 fum, sub-nitidum, squamulis nonnuilis parvis , silaceis ads|)cr- 

 suni ; fT0iU(5 canalicida tonui, abbreviata insculpta; oculi latera- 

 les, ovati, trausversi, band pioniinuli, nigri : roslruni longitudine 

 tboracis, teres, minus crassuni , modice arcuatum , basi profun- 

 dius apicem versus subtiliter rugoso-punctatuin , a basi ad me- 

 dium obsolete carinatum, rufum, sub-nitidum. Antenn;»» non pro- 

 <ul ab apice rostri inserta^ , ullra medium tboracis pertingentcs, 

 validiuscula', picea;, pilosa^ ; arliculis duobus ])asalibus (uniculi 

 obconicis, sub-requalibus, clava elongata, niodice acuminata, ci- 

 nerco-pubesccntc. Tborax latitudine baseos nonnibil l)i-evior, 

 apice late levitcr emaqjinatus, mox iiitra apicem constrictus , an- 

 lerius angustior, laleribus umdice roluiidato-ampliatus, basi obso- 

 lete bi-sinuatus, supra modice convexus, longitudinaliter carina- 

 tu.s, dorso parum profunde isat crcbrc rugoso-punctatus, laleribus 

 luberculis parvis obsitus; totus piceus , vitla utrincnu' lata, ante- 

 rius nonnibil angusiata , densc; silacco-scjuamosa decoraius. Scu- 

 tcllum parvum , rotundatum, ferrugineum, punctulatum. Clytra 

 oblongo-ovala, antice sub-truncata, tboracis basi latiora, buuieris 

 parum prominulis, obtuse rotundatis j lateribus inflexa, versus api- 

 cem linearia, tum angusiata, apice ipso conjunctini rolundaia, tbo- 



