genus and species of Halticuicp. 



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tinctlv converdoff from base to apex, anterior angle very 

 Xuely trunLf; basal margin sinuate on either side the 

 n.edlal lobe, the latter produced, rounded; -PP^r surfaa3 

 finely but distinctly punctured ; basal groove straight 

 moderately impressed; ending at either extremity in a 

 larcre fovea; scutellmn semiovate. Elytra broader than 

 S?horax, convex ; basilar space faintly elevated ;sui-foce 

 very sparingly clothed with griseous hairs, regularly punc- 



tate-striate. 



Epitrix apicicornis. 

 Oblongo-ovata, convexa, palhde picea, nitida, antennis^ 

 basi et apice exceptis, nigris ; thorace distincte, subremote 

 pmictato ; elytris' fiW-setosis, minus fortiter punctato- 

 striatis. 



Long, f lin. 

 Hab. — Para. 



Head smooth, impunctate; encarpa^ obsolete, mterocular 

 spaces smooth,* trigonate, contiguous at then- J^^-^^Sj.^^ ! 

 antennae robust, more than half the length of the body , 

 ?oui lower and two upper joints piceous^ the rest black, 

 cTothed with coarse, concolorous hairs. _ Thorax about one- 

 third broader at the base than long ; sides nearly straig;ht 

 sho-htly converging, rounded and more quickly converging 

 nfront, anterior angles obliquely truncate, produced late- 

 rally into a distinct tooth ; basal margm slightly sinuate 

 on either side the medial lobe, the latter produced, sub- 

 acuS y rounded; surilxce finely and subremotely, biit d- 

 thictly punctured; basal groove slightly flexuose dilated 

 osteLrly on the basal lobe, strongly punctured, fecu- 

 Sm sm^all, semiovate. Elytra clothed with long, sub- 

 erect, fulvous hairs, regularly punctate-stria te ; m erspace. 

 plane, the basilar space on each elytron slightly elevated. 



Epitrix nucea- 

 Ovata, convexa, nucea, nitida, subtus picea, antennis 

 toedibusque fulvis ; thorace tenuiter, subremote punctulato. 

 So bisali fere recto, profonde impresso, basi rugoso ; 



. The mterocular ^P-s a^e each bou^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 margin of the eye superiorly ^•l/j^^'^^f^^^J'/Xd intermillv either bv the 



l^resent, occupy a portion of the surface. 



