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presso ; elytris setulis suberectis sparse vestitis, fortiter punc- 
tato-striatis, interstitiis planis, ad latera convexiusculis, 
Long. 1 lin. 
Hab. Brazil. 
Head triangular; lower portion of face clothed with long silky 
hairs, facial ridge narrow, encarpe subtriangular, mouth obscure 
fulvous; antennz rather longer than the head and thorax, stout, 
distinetly thickened towards their apex, five or six basal joints 
fulvous, the rest fuscous. Thorax rather broader than long, its 
anterior margin sparingly clothed with silky hairs; sides nearly 
straight and parallel, converging at their apex, broadly margined, 
the anterior angles slightly thickened, obtuse. Elytra much 
broader than the thorax, nearly four times its length, sides sub- 
parallel; interspaces between the striz impressed with a row of 
distantly-placed minute punctures. 
2. Crepidodera Brasiliensis. 
Subelongata, ovata, fulva, nitida; antennis extrorsum oculisque 
nigris; capite thoraceque lzvibus, impunctatis; elytris 
tenuissime sed regulariter punctato-striatis, striis ad latera 
obsolete sulcatis; tarsis infuscatis. 
Long. 1 lin. 
Hab. Brazil. 
Very similar in form to C. impressa: the antenne, their three 
basal joints excepted, black ; elytra much more finely and regu- 
larly punctured, each stria being formed of a single row of regu- 
larly-placed punctures; sides of thorax rounded, converging at 
apex, anterior angles very slightly thickened. 
Genus Aputuona, Foud., Allard. 
1. Aphthona meerens. 
Breviter ovato-rotundata, convexa, nitida, supra nigra; antennis 
obscure fulvis, extrorsum infuscatis; subtus picea, pedibus 
fusco-fulvis ; thorace tenuissime subcrebre punctato ; elytris 
subremote tenuissime punctatis. 
Long. 14 lin. 
Hab. Brazil. 
Sub-fam. GALLERUCINE. 
Genus Catomera, Erichs. 
1. Caclomera ruficornis. 
Subelongata, nigra, nitida; capite thoraceque coccineis; antennis 
scutelloque rufo-fulvis ; elytris postice vix ampliatis, creber- 
rime punctatis, opacis, nigro-sericels. 
