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Er. ; it is probable that tlie L. linearis of Fauvel (Not. 

 Ent. ii. p. 47) is a distinct species from that of Erichson, 

 and I have three or four other very closely allied species 

 from different parts of Brazil. 



9. Lispinus dcjjressus, n. sp. Rufescens, depressus, 

 parallelus, fere opacus ; capite thoraceque subtiliter sat 

 crebre, elytris parcius punctatis ; thorace basi utrinque 

 profunde longitudinaliter impresso, lateribiis basin versus 

 subsinuatis. Long. corp. 1 \ lin. 



This species resembles extremely L. planus, but is 

 rather smaller, narro^Yer and paler in colour ; the antennse 

 are a trifle more slender, and the punctuation of the upper 

 surface is just a little finer. I should have considered it 

 a small pale variety of L. planus, had it not been that the 

 metasternum possesses only very indistinct traces of any 

 impression along the middle. 



Ega ; a single female individual. 



10. Lispinus simplex, n. sp. Piceus, depressus, sub- 

 opacus, parce obsoletissime punctatus, antennis pedibusque 

 testaceis ; elytris disco impunctatis. Long. corp. |- lin. 



Antenna yellowish, a good deal stouter at the extremity 

 than at the base ; 3rd joint shorter and more slender than 

 2nd, 4 — 6 small ; 7 — 10 broader than the preceding 

 joints, short, and though not very broad decidedly trans- 

 verse. Head rather small, margin of the clypeus very in- 

 distinct, antennal tubercles distinct, eyes rather prominent ; 

 the surface nearly dull from being finely coriaceous, and 

 also showing a few excessively fine punctures. Thorax 

 transverse, a little rounded at the sides and Avith the basal 

 portion distinctly contracted ; the surface with a sculpture 

 similar to that of the head, with an excessively fine 

 channel along the middle, and with a broad, short, very 

 ill-defined impression at each hind angle. Elytra much 

 longer than the thorax, finely coriaceous and dull, each 

 with a distinct puncture on the disc, and with a few 

 very obsolete punctures. Hind body almost impunctate, 

 dull, the extremity and the hind margin of each segment 

 yellowish. Legs yellow. 



Ega ; two individuals, of doubtful sex. 



1 1 . Lispinus Icetus, n. sp. Angustulus, depressus, rufo- 



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