{)(] Desmonota. 



D. /ncornutac proxinia, nonnihil latior, supra opaca, ely- 



tris crebrius punctatis, evidentius rugosis, singulo pone tuber- 



culum interioreni sat profunde impresso. Caput subtiliter, confer- 



tim rugoso-punctatum, aeneum, sub-opacum, medio canalicula- 



tum. Oculi ovati, raodice convexi, glauci. Antennae aeneae, basi 



nitidae, glabrae, extrorsum fusco-pubescentes, Prothorax ae- 



neus, opacus, latitudine vix duplo brevior, apice late, sat pro- 



funde rotundato-emarginatus, angulis rotundatis, lateribus 



tenuiter reflexo-marginatis, ad medium obliquis, dein basin 



versus rectis; postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, angulis retror- 



sum prominulis, acutis, lobo medio apice obtuse rotundato; 



superne sub-depressus, inaequalis, subtiiiter, crebre coriaceus, 



dorso foveolis plurimis parvis canaiiculaque media, longitudi- 



nali, brevi insculptus. Scutellum aeneum, opacum, subtiliter, 



crebre punctulatum. Eiytra oblongo-quadrata, prothorace haud 



latiora, aenea, opaca, antice singulatim rotundata, humeris 



fere rectangulis; lateribus fere recta, apice conjunctim rotun- 



data, superne modice convexa, crebrius, sub-seriatim punctata, 



interstitiis hinc illic elevatis; singulo elytro ante medium 



disci foveola sat magna, sub-rotundata impresso, prope basin 



tuberculis duobus compressis, uno inter suturam et huraerum, 



majore, posterius in carinulam introrsum flexam continuato, 



altero in callo humerali. Corpus subtus aeneum, nitidum, 



cupreo-micans, obsolete punctulatum. Pedes cupreo-aenei, re- 



mote punctulati. 



*24. cribripeunis. (Dejean) I5hn. Mon, {'i!,ssid. I. p. 150. 20. ■— ral. 



of ('oleoi)t. Iiis. IX. p. 2^. VS. 



Patria: Bolivia, Bahia. 



25, refractaria : oblongo-quadrata, convexa, aenea, supra 

 minus, subtus magis nitida; prothorace sub-depresso, inae- 

 quali, subtiliter, sat crebre punctulato, dorso multi-foveo- 

 lato, lateribus late rotundato-ampliato; elytris subtilissime 

 coriaceis, rainus profunde, dorso valde reraote punctatis, 

 medio gibbosis. — Long. 7, lat. 4| millim. 

 Patria: Brasilia (S:t Leopoldo). Mus. Dom. Dohrn. 



Summa similitudine V. cribripcnni, rainor, praesertim 

 angustior, superne magis nitida, prothorace longiore, elytro- 

 rum gibbo dorsali in medio fere locato ab illa distincta. Caput 



