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Trichaliica deniata. 



Elongata, convexa, nin;ro-pIcea, nitlda, facie inferlori, 

 antennis basi, tliorace pedibusque riifo-fulvis ; thorace 

 rude punctato, lateribus ante medium bidentatis ; elytris 

 setosis, metallico-violaceis, fortiter punctato-striatis; tarsis 

 piceis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hah. — Brazil ; a single specimen, formerly in the pos- 

 session of the late A. Deyrolle. 



Vertex piceous, Avith a metallic tinge, sm.ooth and 

 shining, impressed on either side above the encarpa3 with 

 a few round, foveate punctures ; encarpa? subovate, con- 

 tiguous ; antennjB scarcely half the length of the body, 

 gradually thickened near the apex, six outer joints pitchy 

 black. Thorax more than a third broader than long ; 

 sides slightly diverging from the base to beyond the middle, 

 thence converging to the apex; lateral border just before its 

 middle produced into a distinct tooth ; the obliquely trun- 

 cate anterior angle produced laterally into a second tooth, 

 placed a shoi't distance in front of the former one ; basal lobe 

 scarcely produced, subsinuate ; disk deeply and coarsely 

 punctured, basal gi'oove closely pvmctured. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax ; sides parallel ; apex regularly rounded ; 

 above convex, not impressed below the basilar space ; 

 strongly punctate-striate ; interspaces on the outer disk 

 and toward the apex thickened. 



The coarsely punctured thorax, with the teeth on its 

 lateral border, will at once distinguish this species. 



Genus Epitrix, Foud. 

 Epitrix suhvestita, 



Ovata, convexa, nitida, supra viridi-aenea, antennis 

 iiigris, basi piceo-fulvis, subtus nigro-picea, pedibus (femo- 

 ribus posticis exceptis) piceo-fulvis; thorace subremote 

 pvmctato, sidco basali recto, modice impresso ; elytris sat 

 fortiter punctato-striatis, sparse griseo-setosis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Plab. — Brazil, St. Catherine. 



Vertex impiuictate ; encarpaj narrow, linear, oblique, 

 separated by the apex of the linear carina ; eyes black ; 

 antennae two-thirds the length of the body; three lower 

 joints equal in length, four basal ones obscure fulvous, the 

 first stained above with ])iceous. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad at the base as long; sides straight, sliglitly but dis- 



