674. Pentodon contractus: breviter ovadis, convexus, 

 niger, pHiiim nitidus; antennis palpisque rufo-tostaceis; 

 corpore pedibusque nigro-piceis; femoribus anticis 

 ferrugineis; capite sat crebre punctato, basi apiceque 

 Ijevigato; prothorace amplo, subtiliter, sub-remote pun- 

 ctulato; elytris rotundatis, subtiliter punctato-striatis, 

 interstitiis latis, leviter convexis, la^vibus. — Long. 

 4U— 12A, lat. 7A — 7| millim. 



Habitat in tractu fluvii Limpoponis. 



Praicedente minor, elytris magis rotundatis, punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis leviter convexis, la;vibus. Caput la- 

 titudine brevius, supra parum convexum, nigrum, sub- 

 opacum, crebre punctulatum, vertice tranversim apiceque 

 medio Iffivigatum, inter oculos vix vel obsolete, trans- 

 versim carinatum; clypeo antrorsum angustato, apice ob- 

 tuso, leviter reflexo; palpis rufo-testaceis; oculis parvis, 

 nigris. Antennaj rufo-testacea;. Prothorax amplus, lon- 

 gitudine multo latior, apice sat profunde rotundato- 

 emarginatus, undique tenuiter reflexo-marginatus, lateri- 

 bus antice angustatis, medio leviter rotundatis; basi sub- 

 truncatus, angulis anticis prominulis, sub-acuminatis, po- 

 sticis leviter rotundatis; superne convexus, niger, sub-opa- 

 cus, subtiliter, sub-remote punctulatus. Scutellum par- 

 vuni, triangulare, nigrum, sub-nitidum, lasve. Elytra ro- 

 tundata, antice truncata, prothorace baud latiora et illo 

 vix dimidio longiora, humeris non elevatis, obtusis; mox 

 pone basin nonnihil, medio leviter, apice conjunctim late 

 rotundata, superne convexa, nigra, sub-opaca, subtiliter 

 punctato-striata, interstitiis latis, leviter convexis, im- 

 punctatis. Corpus subtus nigro-piceum, sub-nitidum; 

 pectore medio lasvigato; abdoniine segmentis apice pun- 

 ctatis, ulti/ais ferrugineo-setosis; pygidio convexo, rufo- 

 piceo, obsolete coriaceo. Pedes nigro-picei, nitidi, parce 

 setosi; femoribus anticis tarsisque omnibus ferrugineis. 



BlIN. 



