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funde ac late sulcatum : prothorax dorso complanatus, antice 

 angustatus, lateribus dentibus binis medianis araiatus, glaber, 

 profiinde at prave punctus ; sterno postice productus, in meso- 

 stemi incisuram receptus:* elytra paullo complanata, basi 

 prothorace latiora, apicem versus pedetentim angustata, obso- 

 lete carinata, imdique puncta, punctis profundis, liaud ordinatis, 

 apice truncata, truncatma concava angulisvix productis : fusca, 

 lineis 2 albidis capiti, prothoraci elytrisque communibus. (Corp. 

 long. '8 unc. lat. "275 unc.) 



95. Homonoea fornicata . Structura ac sculptura fere prgecedentis, at 

 elytra minus complanata, convexiora : lanuginosa, fulvo-fusca; 

 capitis prothoracisque lineae 2 longitudinales albidse : sternum 

 praecedentis : elytri utriusque maculae lanuginosae, dorsales, 

 albidse 3, Ima basalis, fere humeralis, difformis ; 2da mediana, 

 parva, elongata, fere suturalis ; 3tia pone medium, parva, fere 

 marginalis ; maculaeque nonnullae minuta) submarginales. (Corp. 

 long. "8 unc. lat. '225 unc.) 



dQ. Homonoea aliena. Antennae corpore breviores ; caput punctum, 

 punctis profundis, sparsis : prothorax capite paullo latior, late- 

 ribus dentibus binis medianis valde approximatis armatus, dorso 

 postice paullo dej^ressus, glaber, punctus, punctis sparsis ; ster- 

 num 2 praecedentium : elytra basi prothorace paullo latiora, api- 

 cem versus vix angustata, dorso vix complanata, apice rotundata, 

 prave puncta : fusca, paullo lanuginosa; utriusque elytri maculae 

 2 laterales lanuginosae albidae, Ima major, undata, ante medium 

 sita, 2da minor, curvata, pone medium sita. (Corp. long. '55 

 unc. lat. '18 unc.) 



97. (Ichthyodes) higtittula. Genus novum ? Generi praecedenti 

 simillima. Antennae valde graciles, maris coi-pore manifesto 

 longiores, fetnince paullo breviores ; caput pronum, punctum, 

 longitudinaliter sulcatum : prothorax fere cylindraceus, latitu- 

 dine manifesto longior, antice paullo angustior, lateribus rectus, 

 nullo modo armatus, punctus, sterno postice productus, in me- 

 sosterni incisuram receptus : elytra prothorace vix latiora, fere 

 parallela, apice valde oblique truncata, angulo externo produc- 

 to : pedes breves, femoribus tumidis, tibiis brevissimis, mesoti- 

 biis extus apicem versus emarginatis, hirsutis. Ichthyodes hi- 

 gidtula. Fusco-picea, lanugine cinerea vestita ; elytri utriusque 

 macula parva mediana guttiformis albida : abdomen et femora 



* The genus Tmesisternus of Latieille has this character. 



