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longiora, humeris antrorsum parum prominulis, sub-acu- 

 tis; lateribus pone basin nonnihil ampliata, apice con- 

 junctim late rotundata, supra valde convexa, ad scutel- 

 lura leviter retusa, obsolete gibbosa, dorso antico inasqua- 

 lia, bi-foveolata; tota nigra, sub-nitida, subtilissime pun- 

 ctato-striata, inter marginem et discutn serie e punctis 

 majoribus insculpta; margine modice explanato, subla?vi, 

 ante medium leviter impresso. Corpus subtus obsolete 

 punctulatum; pectore nigro, abdomine rufo-testaceo. Pe- 

 des mediocres, subtiliter punctulati, nigri. 



21. furva: breviter rotundata, convexa, atra, nitida; an- 

 tennis basi, pedibus abdomineque flavo-testaceis; pro- 

 thorace utrinque subtiliter, crebre punctulato, antice 

 late pallide flavo-marginato; elytris remote, sat pro- 

 funde, minus regulariter striato-punctatis, disco antico 

 leviter bi-impressis; margine, praesertim postico, paullo 

 explanato. — Long. 4j, lat. 4 millim. 



Patria: Brasilia et Cayenna Dom. BuQUET. Mus. Reg. 

 Holm. 



Statura et similitudo Charid. clypeolatcB, nonnihil mi- 

 nor, elytris totis atris, profundius, remotius striato-puncta- 

 tis. Caput nigrum, sub-nitidum, obsolete punctulatum; 

 oculis ovatis, modice convexis, nigris. Antennre brevius- 

 culae, testaceae, extrorsuin incrassatae, articulis quatuor 

 ultimis dilute fuscis. Prothorax latitudine postica vix 

 dimidio brevior, antice rotundatus, postice utrinque levi- 

 ter sinuatus, lobo medio lato, retrorsum haud producto, 

 apice truncato, angulis obtusis; supra convexus, ater, ni- 

 tidus, antice late pallide flavo-marginatus, dorso parce 

 subtiliter, extrorsum evidentius, crebrius punctulatus, ante 

 scutellum leviter bi-impressus. Scutellum atrum, nitidum, 

 lreve. Elytra prothorace paullo latiora et vix duplo lon- 

 giora, antice singulatim vix sinuata, humeris antrorsum 

 parum prominulis, sub-rectis, pone basin nonnihil am- 

 pliata, infra medium magis, apice late rotundata, supra 

 valde convexa, sub-remote, sat profunde, minus regula- 

 ritcr striato-punctata, tota atra, nitida, disco antico leviter 



