Brazilian Baring 315 



body, especially on the met-episterna; beak (9) slender, black, polished, finely 

 and sparsely punctate, closely so and squamulose at the extreme base; antennae 

 rufous, slender; prothorax somewhat longer than wide, the parallel sides straight, 

 rapidly rounding and oblique in less than apical third, the truncate apex four- 

 sevenths as wide as the base; punctures moderately large, rather shallow and 

 sparse, feebler and somewhat closer at the sides; elytra three-fourths longer than 

 wide, as wide as the prothorax and not quite twice as long, the parallel sides 

 straight; apex obtusely parabolic in about posterior third; striae rather fine; 

 intervals loosely and somewhat strongly punctate; abdomen not very coarsely 

 but strongly, somewhat closely punctate. Length 3.7 mm.; width 1.23 mm. 

 Brazil (Chapada). May. One specimen. 



There can, I think, be scarcely any trouble in recognizing this 

 species if rediscovered; it is probably local, however, in a geographic 

 sense. 



Torcus n. gen. 



As denned from the male type, the body in this genus is parallel, 

 with variegated squamosity above, the large white scales dense 

 throughout beneath. The beak is somewhat thick, subcylindric, 

 strongly, closely punctate and squamose almost throughout, feebly 

 arcuate and separated from the head by only a feeble impression. 

 The antennae are slightly ultra-median, rather short, the scrobes 

 feebly oblique, the first funicular joint as long as the next two, 

 which are not elongate, the outer joints gradually wider and com- 

 pact, the club notably small, gradual, oval, about as long as the 

 three preceding joints, with its basal segment much less than half 

 the mass. The prosternum is flat, the fine transverse constriction 

 much more apical than in the preceding and the coxae are separated 

 by about half their width. The legs are normal, except that the 

 claw-joint is more slender, though arcuate, the claws rather small, 

 the prothorax not tubulate at apex, with the basal lobe short and 

 broadly rounded, the scutellum free, quadrate, rough and squamu- 

 lose and the elytral striae somewhat fine. The species are as 

 follows : 



Interstices between the punctures above and beneath with extremely minute, 

 deep and very close but clearly defined punctules, exactly as in the genus 

 Camerones; scales throughout large, close-set, very broad and decumbent. 

 [Subgen. Torcus in sp.] 2 



Interstices smooth or feebly and simply micro-reticulate; scales not covering 

 the entire surface and very slender, sparse and rather inconspicuous. [Sub- 

 gen. Torcaspis nov.] 3 



2 — Body parallel, black throughout, the integuments opaculate where accidentally 

 exposed, covered densely above and beneath with large scales, blackish- 

 brown above, but white in an oblong latero-basal and looser large antero- 

 lateral pronotal area, also large and white at the base of the elytra, with a 

 posterior irregular ramus on the suture and at the sides in basal third, also 

 in a broad even fascia just behind the middle, interrupted at the suture, and 

 also loose at apex, dense and white almost throughout beneath; beak (cf ) 

 thick, feebly arcuate and three-fourths as long as the prothorax, which is 



