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with silaceous scales. In Dysphiles tlie elytra form a deep 

 cavity which should be occupied by tlie scutellum. 



Dyspliiles ferrugatus. 



D. breviusculus, tomento rufo-brunneo dense tectus, supra tuber- 

 culis phirimis instructus ; capite supra oculos producto. Long. 2 

 lin. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Rather short, closely covered with a reddish-brown tomen- 

 tum ; head slightly produced over the eye ; rostrum broadly 

 excavated at the side (sometimes tilled in by an excess of 

 tomentum) ; antennae ferruginous; prothorax roughly taber- 

 culate, rounded at the sides ; elytra very short, ovate, mode- 

 rately convex, suddenly declivous behind, studded with 

 unequal tubercles, each bearing a stitF curved seta, the inter- 

 vals concave and irregularly punctured ; body beneath and 

 legs tomentose, with scattered setffi ; the claw-joint also setose. 



^TIOMERUS. 



Caput hai;d exsertiim ; ocull prominuli, grosse granulati ; rostrum 

 prothorace longius, a basi gradatim latius ; scrohes subapicales, 

 infra rostrum curreutes. Antennce graciles, scapo ocuhim attin- 

 gente. Prothorax parvus. Eli/tra nmpliata, convexa. Pro- 

 pectus breve. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus majuseulis, 

 sutura pi"ima arcuata. Femora pedunculata, in medio crassa, 

 subtus dentata, sed posteriora dente magno triangulari instructa ; 

 tibia? arcuata; ; tarsi articulo pcnultimo profunde bilobo ; uagui- 

 culi liberi. , 



A remarkable genus, unlike any other of the group — prin- 

 cipally from New Zealand — to which Mr. C. Waterhouse 

 would refer it. I am half inclined to regard it as an aberrant 

 form allied to Piazurus. 



jEtiomerus nodosus. 



^E. obscure fuscus, supra tuberculis phirimis instructus, prothorace 

 utrinque parallelo apicem versus abrupte constricto. Long. 3^ 

 lin. 



Hah. Huallaga (Peru), 



Dull brown, opaque, with numerous unequal tubercles 

 above ; rostrum moderately curved, much broader beyond the 

 insertion of the antennae, coarsely punctured, a well-marked 

 ridge in the middle ; antennaj ferruginous, the two basal joints 

 of the funicle of equal length, club ovate, pointed; prothorax 

 slightly transverse, parallel at the sides and suddenly con- 



