102 Mr. Frederic Schickendantz 



Scutelliim late cordatum. Elytra singula triangularia, 

 postice multo angustiora, subacuminata ; sutura aperta, 

 longe et late hiante. Mctanotum postice prolongatum, 

 processu triangularis excavate in apice binodulOj in 

 suturam apertam intrante et ultra mediam suturam des- 

 cendente. AJce in apice suturas apertge libere prominentes. 

 Techis et abdomen densissime pilis longis mollibus albis 

 hirsuta ; pygidio cordato, usque ad basin abdominis 

 retracto. Pedes longi ; feuioribus sat validis ; tibiis 

 brevibus ; tarsis longis^ gracilibus, setosis^ ultimis longis- 

 simis et fimbriatis. Tihice anticse compresste^ extus 

 tridentatae, calcare minutissimo ; mediee subcylindricse, 

 extus carinis duabus setosis et in apice corona setarum 

 munitffi ; posticas valde clavata?^ similiter armattB, utraoque 

 calcaribus duobus intequalibus obtusis pellucidis, postico 

 subfoliaceo. Ungues tarsorum 4 anticorum {©quales, basi 

 dilatati, pellucidi, et fissura obliqua divisi ; posticorum 

 simplices, valde ineequales, tenues, internus brevissimus. 

 Ai-ticuli tarsorum omnium longitudine decrescentes, in 

 apice setosi^ ultimorum superne et inferne setis rigidis 

 nigris fimbriati. (Sexus masculinus. Femina proba- 

 biliter figura difFerentCj corpore crassiore, pedibus bre- 

 vioribus, et forsan aptera) . 



Burmeis teria mirabilis . 



B. nigerrima, subtus et in limbo pronoti pilis mollibus 

 albis hirsuta ; pygidio nudo, nitido. Long. corp. 

 9 lin., ped. post. 10 lin. J . 



Hah. — In floribus Leguminosarum, circa Pilciao^ ad 

 pagum Andalgalii provincise CatamarcaB. 



Body stout, entirely black, somewhat resplendent ; the 

 whole underside, the outer border of the pronotum, and 

 the edges of the legs, covered with long soft white hairs. 

 The clypeus and front densely punctured, with short com- 

 pressed white hairs ; the naked middle of the pronotum 

 with very fine punctures, and a longitudinal polished 

 median line. Scutellum not so densely punctured, with 

 a polished median line and outer margin. Elytra dull 

 black, with polished shoulders, and two elevated longitu- 

 dinal ridges, the surface punctured here and there, the 

 punctures with a raised border. The conspicuous part 

 of the metanotum is the open suture, longitudinally 

 deepened, with punctures and white hairs therein, and 

 two prominent notches at the end. Pygidium and middle 



