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antlce abbrevinta. Scutellum nigrum, loeve. Eljtra suh- 

 rotunclata, antice conjunctim tri-sinuata, humeris antror- 

 sum nonnihil prominulis, ohlique truncatis; pone basin 

 oblique ampliata, a metlio apicem versus angusfata, apice 

 conjunctim late rotundata, prothorace triplo longiora, su- 

 pra modice convexa, sanguinea, parum nitida, subtiliter, 

 suh-remote punctulata, in disco postico margini latei'ali 

 propius, seriehus duabus e punctis nigi-is, impressis. Cor- 

 pus subtus suhtiliter, crebre punctulatum, nigruu), niti- 

 dum, segmentis ultimis ahdoniinis serie e maculis ferru- 

 gineis. Pedes remote pnnctiilati, nigri. 



71. adnata: ovala, convexa, rufo-testacea, suh-nitida; an- 

 tennis extrorsum, pectore pedihusque nigris; protho- 

 race semicirculari, nigro, evidentius, suh-remote pun- 

 ctulato, antice utrinque macula suh-triangulari testacea 5 

 elytris crebre, fortiter, margine parum explanato sub- 

 tilius punctulatis. — Long. 8f, lat. 6 millim. 



Patria: Brasilia. Mus. Reg. Holm. 



Primo intuitu Chel. rufipennis ? siniillima, sed mi- 

 nor, prothorace evidentins punclulato, apice non emar- 

 ginato, angulis posticis retrorsum parum proniinulis, ely- 

 Iris crebrius, profuudius, margine explanato subtilius, 

 punctulatis, ahdomine rufo-testaceo, ab illa bene distiucta. 

 flaput nigrum, sub-nititkun, punctulatum, postice in me- 

 dio canaliculatum ; ore rufo-testaceo; oculis ovatis, mo- 

 dice convexis, nigris. Antenntc nigra?, basi tenues, ex- 

 trorsurn incrassatae, articulo 1 apice, 2 — 5 totis, (lavo- 

 testaceis. Protliorax latitudine postica duplo brevior, an- 

 tice semicircularis, extrorsum uudique teuuiter ie(lexo- 

 niarginatus, postice utrinque leviter bi-sinuatus, loho me- 

 dio tiiaugulariter producto, aplce rotundato, angulis late- 

 ralihus retrorsum paullo prominulis, suh-acutis; supra 

 modice couvexus, suh-remote, evidentius punctulatus, ni- 

 ger, parum nitidus, antice utiiucjue macula mediocri, 

 (lavo-testacea, hasi foveolis trihus parvis, transversim po- 

 sitis impressus. Scutellum niiidum, licve. Elytra antice 

 singulatirn vix sinuata, |)rolliorace paullo latiora et illo 



