Brazilian Baring 3 2 9 



26 — Antennal club relatively large, subcyllndric, much exceeding all the preceding 

 joints and as long as the scape; body much smaller, glabrous above, the 

 entire under surface clothed densely with large yellowish scales; beak 

 moderate, the antenna? submedial; scutellum as in the preceding section; 

 pygidium small, simple, almost vertical. [Type S. infratectum nov.] 



Stripenia 



Antennal funicle much longer and more slender, the club smaller; body not 

 densely squamose beneath; scutellum smaller, freer, obtriangular and 

 entering an apical emargination of the thoracic lobe 27 



27 — First two funicular joints relatively long and equal, each as long as 3-5 

 combined, the club very small; beak in the type very long and slightly 

 flattened, extremely thin when viewed in profile and evenly arcuate; pygid- 

 ium feebly sloping, carinulate medially. [Type T. filirostris nov.] . .Tripusus 



First two funicular joints very unequal, the first about as long as the next three; 

 beak in both sexes rather short, arcuate, moderately slender, the antennae 

 medial; pygidium subvertical and convex ( 9 ), or feebly sloping and carin- 

 ulate (cf). [Type T. punctulata nov.] Tripusidia 



First two funicular joints long but unequal, the club rather small, oval, the beak 

 long, slender and straight or very nearly so; antennae post-medial, especially 

 in the female; pygidium small, feebly oblique and coarsely punctate; body 

 oval, herissate with erect dark setae, the pronotal punctures mixed in size 

 as in Myelantia. [Type P. hispidula nov.] Pycnorthoris 



First funicular joint much longer than the second; antennae medial, rather short, 

 the funicular joints nearly as in Tripusidia, the club very moderate, broadly 

 oval and abrupt; beak moderately long and arcuate, strongly punctured; 

 scutellum closely fitted, flat and triangular, the elytra grooved; pygidium 

 small and vertical or nearly so; body more evenly oval, convex, subglabrous 

 or with very small slender and sparse decumbent squamules. [Type Baridius 

 densus Lee] Onychobaris 



28 — Prosternum transversely, lamellarly prominent between the coxae; body 

 small, oval, convex, strongly and rather closely punctate, the elytra grooved, 

 glabrous, with a dense patch of scales at the base of the second and third 

 intervals; beak moderate; antennae slightly post-medial, with broadly oval, 

 and well developed club; legs moderate, slender, the anterior somewhat 

 longer; pygidium small, vertical. [Type M. collaris nov.].?. Micromadarus 



Prosternum not prominent between the coxae - 2 9 



29 — Anterior coxae large, separated by their own width, nearly as in the preceding; 

 body small, narrowly cuneiform, smooth, partially squamulose, the scutellum 

 small, arcuately triangular; elytra finely grooved; pygidium small, vertical; 

 legs moderate, the femoral denticle distinct; beak moderate, the antennae 

 slightly post-medial, with stout oval club. [Type H. cuneiformis nov.] 



Hulpesellus 



Anterior coxae nearly similar, separated by their own width; body small, oval 

 and glabrous; beak feebly arcuate, the mandibles bifid and decussate; 

 antennae median, the first funicular joint somewhat elongate, the club large 

 oval, sometimes almost as long as the entire stem; prosternum flat; femora 

 not inflated, mutic, the tarsi narrow; basal thoracic lobe abrupt, strongly 

 rounded, the scutellum close and transversely lunate; elytra grooved, the 

 pygidium moderate, vertical. [Type P. lobata nov.] Parasolaria 



Anterior coxae a little smaller, separated by somewhat more than their width; 

 body more broadly oval, glabrous or nearly so; beak thinner, feebly arcuate, 

 rather slender, the mandibles similar; antennae post-medial, the first funic- 

 ular joint longer, the stem longer, the club much smaller, cylindric-oval, 

 about as long as the four preceding joints; legs a little longer, the femora 



