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Patria: Brasilia. Mus. Reg. Acad. Scient. 

 Holm. 



Habitus Choli albicincti, sed dimidio ma- 

 jor. Caput mediocre, rotundaium, nigrum rugo- 

 so-punctatum, supra pube pallida parce adsper- 

 sum, subtus silaceo-squamosum, inter óculos 

 leviterimpressum ; oculi magni, rotundati, pa- 

 rum prominuli, nigri, nitidi ; rostrum longitudi- 

 ne fere dimidii corporis, tenue, arcuatum, api- 

 cem versus nonniliil ampliatum, deplanatuni, 

 nigrum, basi striolato-rugosum, apicem versus 

 subtiliter remote punctulatum, nitidum. An- 

 tennae rostro breviores, tenues, nigrae, nitidae, 

 parce pilosae, clava oblongo-ovata, acuminata, 

 atra. Thorax latitudine báseos nonnihil brevior, 

 a basi apicem versus angustatus, antice sub- 

 truncatus, postice leviter bisinuatus, tubercu- 

 lis minus crebris, rctundis, modice elavatis, 

 obsitus, niger, pube pallida parce adspersus, 

 vitta infra-laterali silaceo-squamosa, ornatus 

 Scuttelum oblongum, nigrum, obsolete pun- 

 ctulatum. Elytra sub-obconica, basi trúncala; 

 antice thoiace non latiora, et ¡lio vix duplo 

 longiora, a basi apicem versus sensim an- 

 gustata, apice ipso singulatim obtuse rotun- 

 data, supra depressa, rude at minus regula- 

 riter punctato-striata, nigra, pube depressa pal- 

 lida parce adspersa. Corpus subtus nigrum, 

 obsolete punctulatum, pube tenui pallida ads- 

 persum, utrinque linea lata, postice abreviata, 

 silaceo-squamosa, decoratum. Pedes elonga- 

 ti, nigri, pube pallida parce obsiti ; antici lon- 

 giores; femoribus omnibus modice elavatis, 

 subtus dente acuto armatis, posiicis ad basin 

 supra silaceo-squamosis ; tibiis parum arcua- 

 tis; tarsis dilatatis, subtus obscure umbrino- 

 spongiosis.-BHN." 



Comprimento. 13,5 mm. 

 Larva (Figura 4). Apode, esbranquiçada; 

 cabeça ocrácea com um sulco mediano que per- 

 corre a parte superor e se bifv.rca adiante li- 

 mitando uma area triangular de base ante- 

 rior. 



Algumas cerdas finas na face inferior dos 

 segmentos loraxicos e outras menores irregu- 

 larmente espalhadas em todo o resto do cor- 

 po. 



Patria: Brasilia. Mus. Reg. Acad. Scient. 

 Holm. 



Habitus Choli albicincti, sed dimidio ma- 

 jor. Caput mediocre, rotundatum, nigrum, ru- 

 goso-punctatum, supra pube pallida parce ads- 

 persuni, subtus silaceo-squamosum, inter ócu- 

 los leviter impressum ; oculi magni, rotundati, 

 parum prominuli, nigri, nitidi; rostrum lon- 

 gitudine fere dimidii corporis, tenue, arcua- 

 tum, apicem versus nonnihil ampliatum, de- 

 planatum, nigrum, basi striolato-rugosum, a- 

 picem versus subtiliter reinotepunctuiatuni, ni- 

 tidum. Antennae rostro breviores, tenues, ni- 

 grae, parce pilosae clava oblongo-ovaía, acu- 

 minata, atra. Thorax latitudini báseos non- 

 nihil brevior, a basi apicem versus angustatus, 

 antice sub-truncatus, postice leviter bi-sinua- 

 tus, tuberculis minus crebris, rotundis, modi- 

 ce elevatis, obsitus, niger, pube pallida 

 parce adspersus, vitta infra-latcraiis sila- 

 ceo-squamosa, ornatus, Scutellum oblongum, 

 nigrum, obsolete punctulatum. Elytra sub- 

 obconica, basi trúncala; antice thorace no:i 

 latiora, et illo vix duplo longiora, a basi 

 apicem versus sensim angustata, apice ipso 

 singulatim obtuse rotundaia, supra depressa, 

 rude at minus regulaviter punctato-striata, 

 nigra, pube depressa pallida parce adîpers?. 

 Corpus subtus nigrum, obsolete punctulatum, 

 pube tenui pallida adspersum, utrinque linea 

 lata, postice abbreviata, silaceo-squamosa, de- 

 coratum. Pedes elongati, nigri, pube pallida 

 parce obsiti; antici longiores; femoribus 

 omnibus modice elavatis, subtus dente acuto 

 armatis, posiicis ad basin supra silaceo- 

 squamosis; tibiis paruiu arcuatis; tarsis dila- 

 tatis, subtus obscure umbrino-spongiosis- 

 BHN.» 



Length, 13,5 mm. 



Larva (Fig. 4). Apode, whitish; head 

 ochraceous with a longitudinal furrov»: simple 

 and median on the posterior part of the su- 

 perior face, bifurcating anteriorly and limi- 

 ting a triangular area with anterior base. 



Some bristles on ventral face of thoraxic 

 segments and shorter ones widely dissemi- 

 nated on all the other segments of the body. 



