Brazilian Barinje 239 



medio-basally; anterior tibiae without trace of fimbria. Length 2.5-2.8 

 mm.; width 1 .35-1.55 mm. Brazil (Chapada). May and June to Novem- 

 ber. On flowers. Seven specimens seducta n. sp. 



Body stouter, oblong-oval, almost exactly similar in the dense nubilous vestiture, 

 except that the darker area along the median part of the pronotum is narrower 

 and far more indefinite and nubilous, and the dense whiter areas of the elytra 

 larger, though similar in general shape and relationship, nubilously changing 

 into the equally dense and pale brown ground- vestiture; beak (o*) almost 

 similar but even more arcuate, evenly so and relatively longer, being much 

 longer than the head and prothorax, the latter broader and more transverse, 

 almost two-fifths wider than long; scutellum not quite so small; elytra more 

 rapidly narrowed and more narrowly rounded at apex, but little longer than 

 wide and two-thirds longer than the prothorax, the sides more strongly 

 arcuate; male abdomen with a small, feeble and much less squamulose 

 rounded basal impression, the prosternal spines in the male type three- 

 fourths as long as the prothorax and separated by a deep glabrous rounded 

 impression; beak in the female not quite so long or arcuate as in the male 

 but more tapering distally. Length 3.1-3.2 mm.; width 1. 65-1 .7 mm. 

 Brazil (Chapada). August and November. Two specimens. 



verecunda n. sp. 



15 — Form narrowly subrhombic-oval, black, with piceo-rufous legs, the large 

 parallel pronotal scales slightly separated, generally denuded medially, those 

 of the elytra narrower, loosely and very evenly distributed throughout the 

 elytra, except in a transverse post-medial sutural area where they become 

 dense; white and dense throughout the under surface; beak (<?) rather 

 thick, strongly arcuate, somewhat less so basally, scarcely as long as the 

 head and prothorax, densely sculptured; antennae barely beyond the middle, 

 unusually short and compact, piceous, the scape short; funicle gradually 

 wider distally but with rather abrupt club; prothorax scarcely a fourth 

 wider than long, the feebly arcuate sides somewhat more oblique anteriorly; 

 apex half as wide as the base; punctures rather coarse, dense, with finely 

 sculptured floors and a distinct smooth median line; elytra parabolic but 

 somewhat narrowly rounded at apex, a fifth longer than wide and three- 

 fourths longer than the prothorax; striae very moderate, not widely parting 

 the vestiture; male narrowly impressed and less densely squamose on the 

 abdomen medio-basally, the prosternum with two minute and feeble tubercles 

 in the type, instead of spines. Length 2.3 mm.; width 1.1 mm. Brazil 

 (Chapada). March. One specimen nebulosa n. sp. 



Form stouter, black, with piceous legs; scales nearly as in the preceding, except 

 that they are dense on the elytra not only post-medially, but broadly along 

 the suture to the base, gradually more broadly; beak ( 9 ) only moderately 

 slender, strongly and very evenly arcuate, somewhat longer than the head 

 and prothorax; antennae nearly as in the preceding and medial; prothorax 

 larger, between a fourth and third wider than long, the sides scarcely arcuate 

 and subparallel, broadly rounding beyond the middle; punctures smaller 

 than in nebulosa, dense and without trace of smooth median line; elytra 

 more broadly oval, but narrowly rounded at tip, a fifth longer than wide and 

 two-thirds longer than the prothorax; striae coarser. Length 2.7 mm.; 

 width 1.25 mm. Brazil (Chapada). November. One example. 



solida n. sp. 



16 — Oval, convex, shining, black, the legs rufous; pronotal scales more or less 

 denuded medially, those of the elytra narrower, rather loosely scattered, but 

 dense in a scutellar spot and irregularly closer on intervals 2-4 just behind 

 the middle; on the under surface broad, white and very dense; beak (9) 

 as long as the head and prothorax, strongly arcuate, less so beyond the 



