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20. Curinus coeruleus Muís. Brasilia (VIH. 1901). 



21. Pentilia egena Muís. Brasilia (XI. 1901). 



22. Brachyacantha Bruchi: Obtuse ovalis. convexa, nigra, anten- 

 nis, palpis maxillaríbus articulo ultimo tarsisque testaceis, limbo late- 

 rali prothoracis elytrisque citrinis, his dense subtiliter punctulatis, limbo 

 apicali, sutura, macula communi rotundata ante médium maculisque 

 binis rotundatis in elytro singulo nigris. — Long. 8—4 mm. Provincia 

 Tucuman (XII. 1899). 



Mas: capite, limbo apicali prothoracis, utr'nque late et parum pro- 

 funde arcuatim emarginato, epimerisque intermediis citrinis, pedibus 

 anticis testaceis. 



Brac/iyacaní/iae se/latae Mu\s . certe similis, prothorace aliter signato, 

 macula communi elytrorum minore, rotundata, ab illa differt. Caput sub- 

 tilissime punctulatum, vel nigrum, margine antico clypei rufescente (^), 

 vel citrinum (5), antennis, mandibulis articuloque ultimo palporum tes- 

 taceis. Prothorax capite paullo fortius, dense punctulatus, feminae niger, 

 antice subtiliter ferrugineo marginatus, limbo laterali citrino, intus late 

 arcuatim emarginato; maris niger, limbo laterali et apicali citrinis, hoc 

 sat lato, postice medio parum triangulariter-, utrinque magis angulatim- 

 dilatato. Scutellum nigrum, punctulatum. Elytra prothorace paullo sub- 

 tilius punctulata, citrina, sutura angustc margineque apicali latius nigro- 

 limbatis, margine laterali (basi excepta) angustissime infuscato vel nigro, 

 macula communi ante médium, rotundata, haud vel leviter transversa, 

 maculisque duabus in singulo elytro nigris: prima rotunda, subhumerali, 

 pone basin supra marginem locata, secunda pone médium supra mar- 

 ginen!, rotundata, primae vix vel parum majore, leviter transversa, sub- 

 obliqua. Corpore subtus nigrum, aut lateribus prosterni citrinis, tarsis 

 testaceis, genubus tibiisque anticis interdum rufescentibus (2), aut pedi- 

 bus anticis, epimeris intermediis coxisque ómnibus testaceis femoribus 

 tibiisque intermediis inferné parum rufescentibus. 



23. Cleothera secessionis: (5) Breviter et obtuse-ovalis, convexa, 

 nigra, ore, antennis pedibusque testaceis, ano obscure ferrugineo, capite, 

 limbo laterali et apicali prothoracis, vitta subarcuata maculisque duabus 

 elytrorum llavis, prothorace sat dense elytrisque densius subtiliter punc- 

 tatis. — Long. 3 — 3,3 mm. Brasilia (VIII. 1901). 



Caput flavum, sat dense subtiliter punctulatum, ore antennisque 

 testaceis, articulis basalibus palporum maxillarium piceis. Prothorax sat 

 dense subtiliter punctatus, niger, limbo lato laterali ante médium an- 

 gulatim dilatato, limboque apicali sat lato, medio triangulariter parum 

 dilatato, flavis. Scutellum nigrum, punctulatum. Elytra nigra, dense 

 subtiliter punctata, vitta maculisque binis flavis: vitta lata, juxta suturaní, 

 utrinque angustata, a basi prope scutellum usque ad partcm tcrtiam po- 



