Brazilian Barinle 181 



but only moderately coarsely punctate; abdomen (d 1 ) deeply impressed 

 and subglabrous medio-basally. Length 5.3-6.8 mm.; width 2.8-3.7 mm - 

 Brazil (Chapada — campo). December. Six specimens. . . .speciosus n. sp. 



Form, color and vestiture subsimilar, but smaller in size and much more abbre- 

 viated; whitish scales of the under surface fewer at the middle of the sternal 

 sides; beak (cf) not quite so long and relatively somewhat thicker; antennal 

 funicle gradually thicker and more compact distally, the club shorter and 

 more gradual in formation; prothorax relatively somewhat smaller but 

 otherwise almost similar; elytra shorter, more subquadrate, very obtuse 

 behind, the sides only just visibly oblique, only a fifth longer than wide, 

 more than a fourth wider than the prothorax, evidently less than twice as 

 long; male with the abdomen a little more broadly and shallowly impressed 

 medio-basally, the impression much more sparsely punctate. Length 4.8 

 mm.; width 2.5 mm. Brazil (Chapada — campo). December. One speci- 

 men simulans n. sp. 



Form, color and vestiture nearly as in speciosus, except that the size is very much 

 smaller and the outline narrower, the beak much less definitely dilated 

 basally and but little longer than the head and prothorax, the antennal club 

 narrower; prothorax smaller, the sides not so strongly arcuate, otherwise 

 nearly similar; elytra narrower, almost a third longer than wide, more 

 evenly parabolic, the apex less obtuse and more rounded even than in spe- 

 ciosus, more than twice as long as the prothorax, the grooves finer but more 

 distinct, owing to the fact that the dark scales are not black but dark brown; 

 abdomen (0*) with the medio-basal impression smaller and narrower than 

 in speciosus and much smaller and more indefinitely limited than in simulans. 

 Length 3.8 mm.; width 1.8 mm. Brazil (Chapada — campo). October. 

 A single specimen nanulus n. sp. 



It is highly probable that some one or perhaps two of these 

 rather conspicuous species must have already been described, but 

 I can find no very definite records. 



Saldiopsis n. gen. 



Two very moderate rhombic-oval species, having coarse, dense 

 sculpture and sparse, somewhat uneven and partially herissate 

 vestiture, alone compose this genus as thus far known. The beak 

 is only moderately slender, separated from the head by a somewhat 

 fine deep sulcus, rather long, very arcuate, with coarse longitudinal 

 sulci at the sides basally, where the sparse herissate hair-like 

 squamules arise from the indefinite punctures of these irregular 

 grooves. The mandibles are moderate and falciform and the 

 antennae are inserted very slightly beyond the middle in both sexes, 

 the funicle loose, with the basal joint almost as long as the next 

 three, the outer joints not transverse and the club moderate and 

 evenly oval. The prosternum is flat, with a shallow elongate 

 glabrous fossa anteriad, the coxae separated by three-fourths of 

 their own width, the femora not distinctly inflated and mutic and 

 the tibiae unmodified. The prothorax is strongly and abruptly 

 tubulate at tip and the elytra extremely coarsely grooved. In the 

 male there are two long and slender, feebly oblique, apically de- 



