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lose as usual; beak (?) one-half longer than the head and prothorax, grad- 

 ually thicker basally, very coarsely punctate, finely so distally and dorsally; 

 antennae slender, piceous, almost as in the preceding; prothorax nearly a 

 third wider than long, as in the preceding species except that the apical 

 tubulation is somewhat more abruptly formed; surface minutely and remotely 

 punctulate; scutellum fully as long as wide, punctulate and obtrapezoidal; 

 elytra a third longer than wide, as in auritarsis, except that they are more 

 broadly and obtusely rounded behind and with less oblique sides, the deep 

 grooves also are much coarser, smooth and about a fourth as wide as the 

 intervals. Length 8.2 mm.; width 4.5 mm. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 



November. One example magister n. sp. 



Size very much smaller, the outline narrower, more oval and less rhombic, deep 

 black and polished throughout, except that the mes-epimera and met- 

 episterna are dull rufous; spot of dense whitish scales on the fourth interval 

 narrow and linear, generally notably elongate and not distorting the direction 

 of the adjacent striae; presternum broadly, densely albido-squamose, sparsely 

 so in the shallow sulcus, which has a deep oval polished perforation at its 

 anterior end, the metasternum laterally, and also the met-episterna — in 

 anterior half, in great part densely squamose; sides of the posterior ventrals 

 also with a few pale scales, the under surface otherwise glabrous, the femora 

 finely, sparsely setulo-squamose; beak half as long as the body, a little 

 more ( 9 ), arcuate, much inflated and strongly, discretely punctate basally, 

 slender and nearly smooth distally, black, the first funicular joint as long as 

 the next three; prothorax larger than in any of the preceding, a fourth wider 

 than long, the rather strongly arcuate sides less curved basally, the distinct 

 tubulation half as wide as the base; surface smooth, with only sparse and 

 infinitesimal punctulation; scutellum quadrate, impressed, feebly obtrape- 

 zoidal; elytra two-fifths longer than wide, parabolic, with obtuse apex, only 

 a sixth wider than the prothorax and about twice as long, the humeri rounded, 

 prominent and longitudinally elevated; grooves moderate, deep and smooth; 

 abdomen (cf) feebly impressed basally; femora rather finely, sparsely punc- 

 tate. Length 5.65-5.8 mm.; width 2.75-2.9 mm. Brazil (Santarem). 

 Eight specimens limatulus n. sp. 



In all the species but the last, the fourth strial interspace is feebly 

 dilated around the posterior discal spot, the striae bordering the 

 spot being more or less curved. 



Dealia n. gen. 



In this genus the body is smaller, less convex and more oblong 

 than in the preceding, subglabrous and shining, the elytra each 

 with an elongate squamose spot on the second interval at base and 

 another, looser, on the fourth interval near apical fourth, the under 

 surface glabrous throughout. The beak is thick, glabrous, shining, 

 arcuate and evenly cylindric, separated from the head by a rather 

 deep impression, the mandibles almost as in the preceding genus, 

 the antennas medial and shorter, the funicle with more closely 

 compacted joints, gradually a little broader distally, the first joint 

 fully as long as the next three, the second barely longer than wide, 

 the club moderate, acutely conoidal and fully as long as the pre- 

 ceding four or five joints, subequally trisected by the sutures. The 



