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Body elongate-oval, rather depressed, moderately shining, moderately puncl 

 clothed with golden hair, bright yellow in the male, in the femali 

 with the abdomen flavescent. 



Head large, much rounded in front, minutely punctured; eyes ( <? ) wanting, 

 ( ? ) moderate, black : antennae long, bright yellow. 



Thorax moderate, rather Longer and broader than the head, widi re the 



middle, contracted near the base, minutely bui distinctly punctured, with the 

 interstices smooth, deeply im on the disk, sides margined, basal margin 



straight, with the angles rather acute. 



Scutellum large, triangular, deeply punctured. 



Elytra rather longer and broader than id and thorax, widest at the middle, 



deeply and closely asperate, it smooth and Bhining, ally 



rounded and margined, extremities contracted and mucb rounded. 



Abdomi a with five segmi nts exposed, apical obtuse. 



Legs long, bright yellow. 



Under parts 3 < bright yellow, ( $ ) castaneous. 



i from /'. testacea in its larger size, much broader form, longer legs and 

 antenna', and especially in its punctate, not tuberculate, sculpture. 



Habitat, South America. Found in Brazil near Blumenau. I am indebted to 

 Herr Reitter for both sexes of this very distinct sp< cies. 



Ptinella Matthewsiana. 



/'. Matthewsiana, Wollaston, Col. St. Helena?, p. 21, 1877. 



L. c. ,';., lin. = 075 mm. — Klongato-ovalis, convexa, sat nitida, confertim 

 tuberculata, fiava, pilis aureis vestita; capite magno, convexo, antice producto, 

 leviter alutaceo; oculis maribus nullis; pronoto transverso, capite latiori, hand 

 longiori, ante medium latissimo, tuberculis modicis, confertissime dispositis atuue 

 aonnullis aliis majoribus hie et illic d . ornato, lateribus marginatis, valde 



rotundatis, hand constrictis, margine basali parum arcuata, angulis obtusis ; elytris 

 brevibus, capite atque pronoto brevioribus, atque angustioribus, prope media latis- 

 • profunde asperatis, lateribus marginatis, fen , apicibuB latis, vis 



rotundatis; abdomine lato, obtuso, segmentis quatuor apertis; pedibus robustis, 

 late flavis; antennis Bat longis, pallide flavis. 



Body elongate-oval, convex, rather Bhining, closely tuberculate, yellow, clothed with 

 golden hair. 



large, convex, produced in front, moderately alutaceous; eyes wanting in the 

 males; antennae rathi r long, pale yellow. 



Thorax transverse, broader bul nol longer than the head, widesl before the middli . 

 closely co\. ri d with moderate tubercles, with some of a larger si .red 



here and then', Bides margined and much rounded, n ricted, basal 



margin Blightly arcuate, with the angles obtuse. 



Scuti Uum large, triangular, di perated. 



Elytra short, shorter and narrower than the head and thorax, widest near the 

 middle, rather deeply a . sides margined and nearly straight, extremi- 



ties carc< ly rounded. 



■ a broad, obtuse, with four bi ■sed. 



I robust, bright yellow. 



Under parts yellow, deeply reticulated. 



Differs from oth< rs in Bize, broad thorax with its sides much rounded and not con- 

 stricted, and in its narrow elytra. 



//,//,/; Atlantic Islands. Found in St. Eelena by Mr. Wollaston, all the 



mien- being ma 



