Brazilian Barin^e 325 



short, feebly arcuate, the antennae submedial, rather short, with large and 

 gradually formed club, having a short basal segment; prosternum armed in 

 the male, separating the coxae by their own width. [Type N. hystrix nov.]. 



Notesiaspis 

 Tarsal claws long, nearly straight and basally connate; body very small, oval, 

 convex, glabrous, the beak rather thick and moderately short; antennae 

 medial, more slender, with narrower and smaller club; prosternum flat, 

 separating the coxae by about their own width; elytra with coarsely, basally 

 punctate grooves; legs short, simple. [Type C. punctata nov.].. . .Cropelia 

 4 — Body small or very moderate in size, oblong, rather depressed and glabrous, 

 but strongly and somewhat closely punctured, at least toward the sides; 

 beak more or less short and arcuate, usually not subulate; antennae sub- 

 medial, with well developed oval club, having very deep sutures and short, 

 more or less glabrous basal segment; prosternum broad and flat, briefly 

 armed in the male as a rule, the coxae remote, generally separated by about 



twice their width. [Type T. glabra nov.] Tonesia 



Body larger, rhombic-suboval, convex, glabrous and smooth; beak long 5 



5 — Thoracic lobe very short and feeble, the scutellum free, well developed and 

 obtrapezoidal; body impunctate above; beak very slender; antennae far 

 behind the middle, slender, with notably long first funicular joint, the seventh 

 much dilated, pubescent and almost forming part of the large and elongate- 

 oval club; prosternum large, feebly convex, smooth, the coxae separated by 

 twice their width; legs rather long and slender. [Type L. ebenina nov.] 



Liotheantis 



Thoracic lobe long, strongly rounded at tip, the scutellum very small, generally 



less free, transverse; upper surface punctured at the sides; antennal club 



small; prosternum armed in the male 6 



.6 — Beak very slender, smooth and cylindric; anterior coxae separated by twice 

 their width, the prosternal spines of the male short and slender; elytra with 

 very fine and feeble, though distinctly punctured striae. [Type T. rhom- 



boidea nov.] Theantis 



Beak less slender, very coarsely, longitudinally sculptured; anterior coxae sepa- 

 rated by barely more than their width; prosternal spines longer, thick at 

 base, gradually finely acuminate; body stouter, the elytra with abruptly 

 defined and scarcely punctured grooves, coarsely exarate posteriorly. [Type 



P. valens nov.] Pycnotheantis 



7 — Prosternum armed in the male 8 



Prosternum not armed in the male n 



8 — Body convex, with uneven squamules, sometimes very sparse above, often 

 more condensed at the base of the elytra or along the suture; beak slender, 



not separated by a distinct impression, generally longer in the male 9 



Body broader, depressed, subparallel and glabrous 10 



9 — Body small, oval, more or less coarsely sculptured; antennae somewhat post- 

 median, slender, the first funicular joint about as long as the next three, the 

 club large, elongate-oval, subequally divided by the distinct sutures; pro- 

 sternum flat, the straight slender spines of the male not separated by a cavity, 

 the coxae separated by somewhat more than their own width; legs moderate, 

 the femora mutic, the tarsi slender; elytra grooved. [Type Centrinus 



montanus Schauf.] Limnobaroides Chmp Parisoschcenus 



Body very small, inflated anteriorly, narrower and subcuneate-oval, finely 

 sculptured; antennae submedial, slender, the first funicular joint as long as 

 the next three, the club smaller, oval, with very long basal segment; pro- 

 sternum flat, the straight male processes not separated by a cavity, the coxae 



