504 SOUTH AMERICAN HALTICIDAE (cOLEOPTERA) 



Hapolotrius parvulus nov. sp. 



Head rufous, vertex black, antennae rufous flavous, joints one 

 to two and seven, eight and nine darker, thorax rufous, elytra 

 black, deeply punctate striate, sparsely pubescent, mosth' notice- 

 able at apex, anterior legs blackish rufous, posterior legs rufous 

 with black femora. 



Type. — Bolivia. Square green label (Songo?). Second Jac. 

 coll. Length 3.5 mm. 



Clypeus with deep transverse groove, inverted V siiaped or excavation, 

 front finely longitudinally grooved, limited behind by a transverse smooth 

 line between the eyes, vertex and neck thickly finely pvnictate; thorax trans- 

 verse, transversely depressed behind and anteriorly on each side, antemedian 

 callouses fairly prominent and a fine smooth carina from middle nearly to 

 base, sides nearly straight; scutellum black, elytra with a fairly well marked 

 basal depression, the striae and punctures less well defined at apex; claws^ 

 appendiculate. 



Somewhat resembles fidvicollis Jac, but much smaller. In 

 addition to the type Ave have one example from Farinas, Bolivia 



Hapolotrius rosenbergii nov. sp. 



Elongate, head black, antennae black, joints nine to eleven 

 testaceous, thorax and scutellum fulvous, elytra deeply punctate 

 striate, dark indigo blue, sides and apex visibly ashy pubescent, 

 legs flavous, anterior tibiae and tarsi and apex of posterior 

 femora black. 



Type.— Chimbo, Ecuador; 1000 feet; VIII, 1897, (Rosenberg). 

 Length 5 mm. 



Head with deep clypeal excavation in form of inverted V, frontal tubercles 

 smooth, vertex and neck thickly punctate, dull; antennae filiform, approxi- 

 mate, reaching the middle of the elytra; thorax somewhat transverse, sides 

 nearly straight, a vague transverse fovea on each side about the middle, angles 

 all sharp but not prominent (shape oi flavofasciata Jac); elj^ra coarsely punc- 

 tate striate, faintly foveate sub-basally, the pubescence on the sides and apex 

 is visible without a glass, but scarely obscures the punctures except at extreme 

 apex; body beneath black, claws appendiculate. 



Two examples seen. 



Cerichrestis apicatus nov. sp. 



Head black with clypeus and neck flavous, antennae black, 

 joints nine to eleven flavous, thorax yellow, thickly covered with 

 golden pubescence, elytra golden yellow, with the suture and 

 apical part (nearh^ half) black, both with pubescence according 



