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almost vacant space; beak ( 9 ) nearly as in the two preceding, the antenna 

 rather more posterior, inserted near two-fifths, prothorax nearly as in decora, 

 almost one-half wider than long, more parallel basally, the sides more obliquely 

 rounded anteriad; elytra almost similar but rather more strongly rounded at 

 tip, just twice as long as the prothorax. Length 3.6 mm.; width 1.8 mm. 



Brazil (Chapada). November. A single female gratiosa n. sp. 



II— Areas of pale scales on the elytra loosely aggregated and composed of rather 

 more slender scales than, in any of the preceding species, the white scales of 

 the under surface dense, but finer and sparser on the abdomen; body rather 

 narrowly rhombic-oval, deep black and somewhat shining, the legs more or 

 less rufous- pale scales of the pronotum forming small dense elongate basal 

 sublateral spots, the median line with a few very slender squamules, denser 

 on the lobe; elytra with a medio-basal broadly triangular dense area, the 

 post-median denser spots oblique, composed mostly of short lines on intervals 

 2-4, and well separated from the basal area; beak rufescent, slender and 

 feebly sculptured, cylindric, evenly arcuate and almost as long as the elytra 

 ( c?) or as long as the elytra, somewhat more slender and straighter, becoming 

 arcuate but only slightly thickened basally (9); antennae rufous, submedian 

 in both sexes; prothorax only a fourth wider than long, the feebly converging 

 sides broadly arcuate, only a little more rounding anteriorly; punctures 

 rather coarse and very narrowly, though obviously, separated; elytra with 

 the oblique sides broadly arcuate, the apex narrowly rounded, with reentrant 

 sutural angle, three-fourths longer than the prothorax; grooves moderate, 

 deep- interstitial punctures confused, rather small and, for the most part 

 decidedly sparse; male with two extremely small slender erect prosternal 

 spines. Length 3-0-3-6 mm.; width 1.3-1.6 mm. Brazil (Santarem). 



Jr. v. • °„ hilans n. sp. 



Eight specimens , , . , . n 



Areas of pale scales on the elytra loosely aggregated along all the intervals basally, 

 and composed of very slender squamules, these a little broader and denser 

 on intervals 2-3 to behind the middle, and 3-5 in short lines behind the 

 middle, forming obliquely quadrate spots; sides with fine loose squamules, 

 the pronotal squamules nearly as in the preceding, those of the under surface 

 rather finer and less dense; body much smaller in size, black, with rutous 

 legs and antennae, the latter similarly inserted behind the middle, but much 

 shorter- beak (9) similar but only a little longer than the head and pro- 

 thorax 'the latter shorter, two-fifths wider than long, the sides nearly similar, 

 but the apex is wider, half as wide as the base; punctures large but very 

 shallow, dense and opaque; elytra narrower, more than a fourth longer than 

 wide, the oblique sides broadly arcuate, the apex similar, about twice as 

 long as the prothorax; grooves rather coarse, somewhat more than halt as 

 wide as the coarsely and loosely punctate, somewhat shining intervals. 

 Length 2.x mm.; width 1.1 mm. Brazil (Chapada). November. One 

 , 1 verruhs n. sp. 



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12— Scales of' the upper surface large and very dense throughout, bright fulvous, 

 with sharply defined areas of white in two pronotal areas at the sides the 

 basal one large and quadrate, the apical small, elongate and separated from 

 the sides, the two joined by a narrow line near the margin, also with a small 

 central spot; on the elytra there is a large quadrate scutellar area and a 

 still larger transverse one, just behind the middle and posteriorly quadrately 

 emarginate, the two being joined by a narrow line along the suture; on 

 each elytron, also, a small median subbasal spot, a slightly larger one at the 

 humerus, a very short marginal streak at the middle and one, angulate, at 

 the sutural angles; under surface with dense white scales, fulvous in a narrow 

 area at the upper part of the inferior thoracic flanks; beak ( 9 ) curved as in 

 the two preceding but thicker throughout and more squamose, as long as 



