Brazilian Baring 375 



finer and very oblique on the other side; body elongate-oval, convex, deep 

 black the anterior tibiae slightly piceous; beak (tf) cylindnc, not quite as 

 long as the prothorax, thick, shining and finely, sparsely sculptured, nearly 

 straight the antenna; rather beyond three-fifths; prothorax slightly elongate, 

 with feebly arcuate sides, the apex nearly three-fifths as wide as the base; 

 punctures sparse and very fine; elytra very obtusely oval, three-fifths longer 

 than the prothorax and very little wider, the striae obsolete, represented by 

 series of fine distinct punctures, the minute confused interstitial punctures 

 evident; pygidium vertical, convex, glabrous, excepting a few fine squamules 

 basally and loosely punctate, somewhat wider than long and strongly arcuate 

 beneath; legs rather long. Length 5.7 mm.; width 2.4 mm. Brazil (San- 



tarem). One specimen abdominahs n. sp. 



Male antennae shorter, with much larger club, the second funicular joint longer 

 and thinner than the first, nearly twice as long as wide, the remaining joints 

 very transverse and close, rapidly increasing in width and henssate on both 

 sides with setae, which are subequally inclined, long and thinner than those 

 of the preceding, the club large, thick, conoidal and with oblique sutures, 

 the distal part paler than the basal; body much smaller; beak (o") very 

 thick nearly straight, scarcely over three-fourths as long as the prothorax, 

 strongly flattened on the sides and finely, sparsely sculptured, the antennae 

 near three-fifths, the scrobes extremely cavernous, oblique; prothorax 

 narrower, more distinctly elongate and with more nearly straight sides, the 

 apex three-fifths as wide as the base; punctures fine and sparse but rather 

 more evident; elytra nearly similar in outline and sculpture, similarly having 

 the striae somewhat coarsely impressed at apex; legs shorter, the tibiae more 

 notably shorter than the femora and piceous; pygidium smaller, semicircular, 

 less convex, more finely punctate and more uniformly clothed with narrow 

 yellow squamules; anterior coxae less distant, separated by but little more 

 than their width. Length 4-7-4-75 mm.; width 1. 85-1. 9 nlm. Brazil 



(Santarem). Two specimens flumineus n. sp. 



6— Body narrowly oval, convex, black and shining; female a little broader and 

 more oval- beak very thick and short, three-fourths as long as the prothorax, 

 straight, arcuately beveled at apex, flattened on the sides and strongly 

 sculptured, almost similar in the sexes; antennae at three-fifths, very pale 

 (o") black and with slender shaft and abrupt club (9), the first funicular 

 joint (o") as long as the next two, the second scarcely as long as wide, the 

 joints thence gradually very strongly transverse and close but symmetric 

 bristling on only the inner side with extremely thick stiff erect setae, which 

 are much shorter than the articular width, the club large, almost as long as 

 the entire stem, oblong, truncate at base, conical apically, the first two 

 sutures very coarse and deep, moderately sinuate, the sides of the first two 

 segments prominent at apex within; prothorax just visibly longer (<?) or 

 shorter ( 9 ) than wide, the sides slightly arcuate for some distance beyond 

 the middle; apex much more than half as wide as the base; punctures very 

 fine sparse, closer, stronger and more impressed toward the sides, especially 

 in the male; elytra only a third or fourth longer than wide, very obtuse at 

 apex, the sides barely at all oblique, slightly wider than the prothorax and 

 one-half longer; striae very fine but evident, finely punctulate, the infinites- 

 imal punctulation of the intervals evident (cf), but almost obsolete (9); 

 pygidium semicircular, somewhat larger in the male, feebly convex and 

 sparsely squamulose; legs rather short, black or piceous, with obscurely 

 rufous tibiae. Length 37-4-I5 mm.; width 1.5-1.8 mm. Brazil (Chapada). 

 January. Four specimens flavxcorms Gyll. 



