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tice singulatim sinuata, humeris lateraliter non extensis, 

 rolundatis^ lateribus vix ampliata, margine anterius haud, 

 pone medium evidenter obtuse crenulata, apice conjun- 

 ctim late rotundata, supra convexa, antice non gibbosa, 

 ina?qualia, profunde, rcmotc, vage punctata. (Jorpus 

 subtus cum pedibus ieneum, nitidum; tarsis dilatatis, 

 subtus brunneo-spongiosis. 



II. E 1 y t r i s s u b - o v a t i s v e 1 q u a d r a t i s. 



8. tuj'pis: sub-ovata , modice convexa, uigro-sub-oenea, 

 opaca^ prothorace punctis obsoletis, remotis, cupreis 

 insculpto, tenuiter canaliculato, lateiibus oblique am- 

 pliato, basi sub-rotundato; elvlris subtiliter, vage, valde 

 remote cupreo-punctatis, ante medium transversim ele- 

 vatis, valide, acutius tuberculatis, tuberculo in sin- 

 gulo humerali binisque in disco postico; apice breviter, 

 obtuse crenatis. — Long. 17, lat. 14 millira. 



Patria: Bahia, Mus. Dom. Com. Mannerhelm. 



Statura et similitudo D. dentipennis , nonnihil ma- 

 jor; elytris subtiliter, remotius punctatis, dorso aQtico 

 utrinque tuberculo validiori, acutiori instructis, apice 

 breviter, obtuse crenatis, ab illa facile distincta. Caput 

 obsolete rugoso-punctatum, nigrum, suh-opacum, medio 

 canaliculatum; oculis ovalis, modice convexis, nigris. An- 

 tennoe nigro-oeneae, nitidae, glabra', articulis quinque ulti- 

 niis pubescentibus. Prothorax latitudine plus duplo bre- 

 vior, antice late, sat protunde rotundato-emarginatus, an- 

 gulis anticis obtusis, lateribus versus basin obiique ampli- 

 atus, postice sub-rotundalus; basi utrinque bi-sinuatus, 

 lobo medio triangulariter producto, apice rotundato, 

 angulis retrorsum haud promiuulis, sub-rectis; supra 

 paullo convexus, nigro-aeneus, opacus, remote, leviter 

 cupreo-punctatus, medio caualicula tenui, antice abbre- 

 viata , cupreo-oenea insculptus. Scutellum triangulare, 

 loeve, nigro-seneum , sub-nitidum. Elytra antice singula- 

 tim sinuata , humeris antrorsum parum prominulis, ro- 

 tundatis, supra tuberculo parvo instructis; pone humeros 

 ante medium uonnihil ampliata, dein apicem versus sen- 



