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capitem versus lanugine albida obsitus : elytra puncta, nigra, 

 macula utriusque obliqua albida : abdominis segmentum basale 

 rufom, caetera nigra subnitida, lanugine tenui argentea obsita: 

 pedes nigri, femoribus aspere punctis, metatibiis hirsutis. (Corj). 

 long. '45 unc. lat. "1 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. Three specimens, taken by Mr. Miers near Rio, 

 are in that gentleman's cabinet. 



Charts Amcle. Nigra, antennis subserratis, fuscis, testaceo annula- 

 tis ; oculi magni, nigri, in faciera fere conniventes : prothorax 

 niger, aspere punctus, tuberibus 3 glabris instructus, 1 juxta ca- 

 pitem, 2 versus elytrorum basin : elytra aspere puncta, nigra, 

 utriusque macula obliqua albida : pro- et mesopedes fusci vol 

 nigri, femoribus tumidis ; metapedes testacei, femorum linea su- 

 perior! nigra, tibiarum scopa magna postica nigra. (Corp. long. 

 •55 unc. lat. "075 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. A single specimen, taken by Mr. Miers near Rio, 

 is in that gentleman's cabinet. 



Charts Melete. Nigra ; antennis apice dilatatis nigris, basi piceis ; 

 oculi nigri, magni, in faciem fere conniventes : prothorax aspere 

 punctus, niger, utrinque littera V nivea lanuginosa signatus : 

 elytra puncta, nigra, vitta utriusque testacea : pedes rufo-picei, 

 tarsis saturatioribus ; meso- et metafemoribus vix tumidis, basi 

 flavidis: mesosternum et abdomen cingulis niveis ornata. (Corp. 

 long. '45 unc. lat. '075 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. A single specimen, taken by Mr. Miers near Rio, 

 is in that gentleman's cabinet. 



Genus. — Odontocera, Serville. 



Odon. Dice. Caput aureum, circa oculos lanugine aurea obsitum, 

 macula inter antennas sita quoque aurea : antennae dimidio cor- 

 poris breviores, fuscae, basi nigrae : prothorax nigemmus, mar- 

 ginibus, fascia parva transversa laterali, vittis discoidalibus 2 

 basi conjunctis, aureis : scutellum albidum : elytra basi aspere 

 puncta, nigra, macula utriusque sub trigona juxta scutellum fla- 

 vida ; delude ad apicem nitida semihyalina, testacea, angustis- 

 sima: pedes fusco-testacei, metafemoribus vix tumidis: sternum 

 et abdomen nigra, lanugine aurea varia. (Corp. long. '525 unc. 

 lat. "l unc.) 



