Brazilian Barenle 271 



Antennal club abrupt, the outer funicular joints never more than slightly dilated, 

 the antennae inserted behind the middle of the beak; presternum flat, the 

 coxae moderately separated; body with sparse setiform squamules in single 

 interstitial lines on the elytra; prothorax very briefly and feebly tubulate 

 at apex. [Type 5. sparsa nov. ] Sodesia 



Antennal club similarly abrupt, the funicle shorter, the antennae slightly ultra- 

 medial, the beak shorter and thicker, much shorter than the prothorax; 

 prosternum flat, the coxae separated by about their own width; body more 

 parallel, the prothorax nearly similar, the elytral grooves very much finer; 

 surface with very small and sparse, hair-like squamules above. [Type 

 A. obidosensis nov.] Anotesiops 



II — Body subdepressed, almost as in Fishonia, feebly sculptured; antennae rather 

 thick; surface herissate with very remote setiform squamules; prothorax 

 tubulate at apex; prosternum flat, the coxae rather well separated. [Type 

 P. setulosa nov.] Parafishonia 



Body convex above and beneath, coarsely and closely sculptured, more abbre- 

 viated and oval than in the preceding; squamules rather short and stout, 

 not dense; prothorax very briefly and feebly tubulate at apex; prosternum 

 flat, with slender, sometimes vestigial spines in the male, the coxae well 

 separated. [Type N. compacta nov.] Nestrada 



12 — Beak not separated from the head by an impression of any kind 13 



Beak separated by a more or less pronounced transverse impression, much feebler 

 in Ranceoma; body glabrous or nearly so 14 



13 — Body small, densely clothed throughout with large decumbent scales; beak 

 short, thick, densely sculptured and squamose; antennae far beyond the 

 middle, small and slender, the club small, oval, and abrupt, its basal segment 

 more than half the mass; prosternum not sulcate, the coxae rather well 

 separated; prothorax not tubulate at apex, the elytra somewhat finely 

 striate. [Type E. squamosa nov.] Ethelda 



Body in great part glabrous; beak differing sexually, rather thick (d> ), longer, 

 very slender and enlarged at base (9); antennae slender, submedial, with 

 small and somewhat gradual club, its first segment somewhat more than 

 half the mass; prosternum rather broadly sulcate, the coxae narrowly sepa- 

 rated; prothorax feebly subtubulate at apex; elytra with coarse, abrupt and 

 punctate grooves. [Type R. parviclava nov.] Rancea 



14 — Beak thick, strongly compressed and coarsely sculptured, separated by a 

 rather deep sulcus above the middle of the eyes; antennae slender, the club 

 small, narrowly oval, its basal segment about half the mass; prosternum 

 somewhat canalate, the coxae moderately separated; prothorax with a some- 

 what long but gradually formed tubulation, the elytra with fine shallow 

 punctured grooves; tarsal claws very small, approximate but not connate, 

 the claw-joint slender and smaller than usual. [Type P. spissirostris nov.] 



Pseudorancea 



Beak thick but smooth, somewhat wider than deep, the transverse impression 

 above the middle of the rather less finely faceted eyes not very deep or 

 sulciform; antennae somewhat slender, the club oval, subequally segmented 

 by the sutures; prosternum somewhat impressed, the coxae moderately 

 separated; prothorax with the apical tubulation scarcely at all defined; 

 elytra with fine grooves; scutellum elongate, slightly dilated at apex; tarsi 

 narrow, the third joint feebly dilated, the fourth and the diverging claws 

 well developed. [Type /. truncatula nov.] Iopsidaspis 



Beak moderate in length and thickness, finely punctate, the separating impression 

 very feeble; antennae submedial, the seventh funicular joint transverse and 

 sculptured in a manner similar to that of the large, oval and subequally 

 segmented club, which is as long as the five preceding joints; prosternum 



