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middle and away from the suture, the apex also white ; ros- 

 trum stout at the base, where it is also very roughly punctured, 

 beyond smooth and glossy ; antennait ferruginous, the second 

 and third joints of the funicle elongate, the latter the shorter 

 of the two ; prothorax as long as broad, rounded at the sides, 

 not contracted at the base, coarsely punctured, and with an 

 abbreviated median ridge ; the elytra seriate-punctate, punc- 

 tures subquadrangular and approximate, the intervals granuli- 

 form ; body beneath with pale greyish scales. 



Piazvrus steUaris. 



P. breviter ellipticus, fusco-velutinus, supra silaceo-guttatus ; rostro 

 glabro, basi subbisulcato ; corpore infra nitide nigro, segmentis 

 tiibus intermediis abdominis ad latera dense silaceo-squamosis. 

 Long. 5 liu. 



Hab. Sarayacu. 



Shortly elliptic, covered with a brown velvety pile ; ros- 

 trum dark pitchy, the base lightly marked with two diverging 

 grooves ; antenna? ferruginous, the second joint of the funicle 

 considerably longer than the third ; prothorax subconical, 

 sides slightly rounded, scutellar lobe emarginate, the disk with 

 from four to six silaceous spots ; scutellum rounded in front, 

 somewhat produced behind, and covered with silaceous scales j 

 elytra oblong cordate, finely striate, the apex of each obliquely 

 truncate, above with from twelve to sixteen well-detined 

 small silaceous spots, three principal on each side the suture, 

 the posterior only approximating to it ; body beneath glossy 

 black, sides of the sterna and three intermediate segments of 

 the abdomen at the sides covered with silaceous scales. 



The spots vary in size and sometimes in number. Its only 

 near ally is the following. 



Piazurus Icetus. 

 P. late ellipticus, olivaceo-velutinus, supra niveo-guttatus ; rostro 

 glabro, basi albo-squamoso ; corpore infra nigro, nitido, laterilius 

 dense silaceo-squamosis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Ega. 



Differs from the preceding in its rich olive-green pile with 

 snowy-white spots ; scutellar lobe entire ; the elytra much 

 sjiorter, broader in proportion, and less convex, and the sides 

 of the sterna and abdomen entirely cavered with scales. 



Piazurus sacer. 

 P. ellipticus, flavo-brunneo-squamosus ; elytris pone medium plaga 

 cruciformi albo-marginata ornatis. Long. 5^ lin. 



Hah. Ega? (Amazon). 



