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ante media latissimis, indistiucte alutiictMs, fere ^;liiliiis, iM.stice parum attenuatis, 

 apicibiis Ifviter rotuudatis, lateribus inaiginatis ; pedibus luodicis, Havis, feruoribus 

 obscuratis ; autennis sat longis, liavescentibus, articulis 3 et 5 elougatis. 



liodij subhemispheric, rather attenuated posteriorly, very shining, indistinctly 



alutiiceous, almost smooth, deep black, with the "anterior margin of the thorax 



pellucid white. 

 //(«'/ nithei- siuiill. tiavescent ; eyes small ; antenntu rather long, IJavescent, with 



the tliiid and lifth joints elongate, !» and 10 constricted near the apex. 

 Thorax rather small, circularly rounded and retlexed in front, indistinctly alutaceous, 



almost smooth, anterior margin narrowly pellucid-white, basal margin strongly 



sniuated, with the angles obtuse. 

 SntU'lliim broad and rounded. 

 i,7.i/na broader and more than twice longer than the thorax, widest before the 



middle, indistinctly alutaeeouS, almost smooth, slightly attenuated posteriorly, 



sides margined, extremities slightly rounded. 

 Le(is moderate, yellow, with the femora dusky. 

 Under purls piceous, smooth and very shining, head and prothorax paler, epipleural 



folds yellow. 

 Differs from C. munjiiiirollis in its much larger size, smooth surface, and peculiar 



antennae. 



Habitat. South America. Found near Rio Janeiro ; one example in the collection 

 of the British Museum. 



Corylophodes punctipennis, .sp. u. 



L- ^- \h~\r, Ihi. 1"37-1*50 mm. — Late ovatus, valde convexus, nitidissimus, 

 pilorum expers, distiucte punctatus, niger ; proxoto modico, antice circulariter 

 rotundato, reflexo et pellucide Havo, leviter sed distincte punctato, iuterstitiis 

 glabris, nitidissimis, linea basali distincta, margine basali profunde sinuata, angulis 

 rectis ; clytris pronoto vix latioribus, sesqui longioribus, iirope media latissimis, 

 profunde et distincte punctatis, iuterstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali obsoletii, 

 lateribus marginatis, margine dilutiori, apice integro ; abdominis pygidio castaneo ; 

 pedibus atque antennis flavis, harura clavis obscuratis. 



Fcemineis sculptura magis profunda. 



Bndij broadly ovate, very convex and very shining, without hair, distinctl3' 

 punctured (more deeply on the females), black, with the anterior margin of 

 the thorax yellow. 



Head briglit yellow; ej'es black, large and prominent ; antenna" moderate, yellow, 

 with the club dusky. ' 



Thorax moderate, circularly rounded, rellexed and pellucid yellow in front, finely 

 hut distinctly punctured, with the interstices smooth and verj' shining, basal 

 line distinct, basal margin dee]>ly sinuated, with the angles right angles. 



Sciitelliiin very short and broad, rounded. 



Elytra scarcelj' broader, but one-half longer than the thorax, widest near the 

 middle, deeply and distinctly punctured, interstices smooth and shining, sutural 

 stria obsolete, sides margined, with the margin pale, apex entire. 



Ahdomen castaneous, pygidium scarcely exposed. 



Lecjs moderate, yellow. 



Under iiarta castaneous, mouth bright yellow, apical segments of the venter paler, 

 epipleural fold of the elytra bright yellow. 



Differs from other species in size, shape and sculpture. 



Habitat, Asia. Found in Japan, near Ichiuchi and Kurigahaza, by Mr. Lewis. 



