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Elliptic, closely covered with yellowish-brown pile, the 

 elytra with a large dark brown patch behind the middle ; 

 rostrum strongly grooved at the base and ""o-ularly punc- 

 tured ; antennge ferruginous, second joint of the icle nearly 

 twice as long as the third ; prothorax conical, the ' " with 

 one or two dark brown stripes, scutellar lobe entire ; scui>jilam 

 rounded, covered with a silaceous pile ; elytra slightly con- 

 vex, oblong cordate, the apex rounded, seriate-cordate, the 

 " seventh " interstice sharply raised, behind the middle a 

 large dark brown cruciform patch indefinitely bordered with 

 white ; body beneath and legs dull brown with scattered 

 greyish scales. 



This species may be compared to P. pJiksus, which is much 

 broadei', and, t'nter alia^ has the second and third joints of the 

 funicle of equal length. 



Piazurus diver sus. 



P. oblongo-ovatus, tuberculatus, squamis uigris silaceo-variis obsi'- 

 tus ; antennis funiculo articnlo secundo tertio fere triplo lou- 

 giore; elytris singiilatim apice oblique truncatis. Long. 3i lin. 



Hah. Macas (Ecuador). 



Oblong ovate, tuberculate above, and covered mostly with 

 black scales and setulaj ; head with a large, round, deeply 

 excavated depression above ; rostrum glossy brown, the base 

 somewhat gibbous ; antennaj ferruginous, second joint of the 

 funicle nearly thrice as long as the third ; prothorax trans- 

 verse, rounded at the sides, a strongly marked gibbosity in 

 the middle; scutellum rounded, covered with silaceous scales J 

 elytra very gradually narrowing from the base, the surface 

 very unequal, seriate-punctate, the interstices raised, with 

 several small glossy granules on them, the base of each with 

 two tubercles and another behind the middle, also a line of 

 granuliform tubercles externally, each tubercle bearing a sila- 

 ceous scale ; body beneath and legs with rufous-brown scales ; 

 posterior femora very large. 



Allied to P. ostracion, from which it is easily differentiated 

 by the characters of the funicle, elytra, &c. The excavation 

 on the head occurs in other species, but 1 am not sure that it 

 may not be sexual. 



Barts magister. 



JB. late ovata, glabra, nigra, nitida ; elytris ferrugineis, interrupte 

 striatis ; rostro brevi, fortiter arcuato. Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Eoraima (Guiana). 



Broadly ovate, entirely smooth and glossy, black j the elytra 



