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dice rotundato-ampllatus , postice coarctatus et tuterculatus, basi 

 late et profunde eraarginatus , angulls acutis; supra valde con- 

 vexus, pulvinatus, pr?esertim antcrius, ru{;is punctisque confluen- 

 tibus creljrc et rüde striolatus, ])asi tantuui disperse punctaius, an- 

 tice carinatus; pilis longis, remotis, sub-erectis, albidis adspersus. 

 Elytra oblongo-sub-ovalia, thorace diniidio longiora, autice singu- 

 latim rotundata, tboracis basi paulo latiora, bumeris oblusis; late- 

 ribus parum anipliata, apice conjunctim rotundata, supra modice 

 convexa, punctis parvis, remotis seriatim inipressa, cteterum ke- 

 via, nitida, pibs nonnullis longis, erectis, albidis adspersa. Corpus 

 subtus glabrum, remote, sat profunde punctatum. Pedes eiongati, 

 parcissinie albido-pilosi ; femoribus crasse clavatis, subtus dente 

 uiinuto , obtuso armatisj tibiis sub- linear ibus , anticis medio in- 

 trorsum paulo dilatatisibiquc denticulo sub-armatis. — Rld. 



*4' E. GRALLATOR. Scitli. — //. op. III. p. 3jo. 3. — P. Java. 



"5. E. GRYPiiüs. (Sclili.) — Ohlongns,7n(je}\sub-nitt(his ,glal>er ; cin- 

 tcnnts pcdibusqtw piceis ; rostro longo, lentii, snbüliler crchre co- 

 rlacco, thorace obovato, tcevi, antice obsolete pwiclalo; elylr'is 

 subliliter sub-remote punctato-striatis , apice singalalim sub-einar- 

 ginntts. 



Fatf-ia : Brasilia. Dom. Germar. Mus. Schh. 



Erodisco gmlUiton magnitudine snqualis. Caput breve, crassum, 

 convexuni, sub-la;ve, nigro-piceum, sub-nitidum, glabrumjoculi 

 magni, rotundati, nigri, depressi , in fronte fere connexi; ros- 

 trum longitudine elytrorum, tenue, teres, arcuatum, a basi ultra 

 medium nonnibil crassius, subtiliter crebre coriaceum, cxlrorsiim 

 nonnibil attenuatum , sub-lan-e , totum nigro-piceum, nitidum. 

 Antenne ultra tboracis basin pertingentes, tenues, picea?, pubes- 

 centes; clava elongata, acuminata. Thorax obovatus , latitudinc 

 multo longior, apice tiuncatus, lateribusantc medium rotundato- 

 ampliatus, posterius angustatus, l)asi sub-bi-sinuatus, longo in- 

 tra basin constrictus, supra anterius valde convexus, pulvinatus, 

 antice obsolete punctatus, dein Isvis; niger, sub-nitidus, glaber. 

 Scutellum parvum, tuberculiforme , nigrum. Elytra antice tbo- 

 racis basi paulo latiora, singulatim perparum prochuta, bumeris 

 übliquis, tuberculo parvo, lateraliter extenso instruclis; lateribus 

 ultra medium sensim ampliata , dein apicem versus attenuala , 

 apice ipso singulatim sub-emarginata, thorace duplo lonjpora , 

 supra convexa, subtiliter su!)-remotc punctato-stiiata, nigra, 



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