Brazilian Baring 3 8 3 



but slightly wider than long; prothorax a fifth wider than long, the fine 

 line at the tubulation obsolete; sculpture infinitesimal as usual; elytra as 

 in the preceding species; pygidium very moderate, only slightly wider than 

 long, strongly and densely punctate, carinulate basally. Length 9.5 mm.; 



width 3.9 mm. Brazil (Santarem). One specimen vividus n. sp. 



Legs deep black throughout. Body of the usual form, coloration and sculpture; 

 beak (c? ) long, four-fifths as long as the elytra, finely, sparsely punctate, 

 bent at apical fourth, crenulate and strongly fimbriate beneath, or ( 9 ) much 

 shorter, evenly and strongly arcuate, scarcely as long as the head and pro- 

 thorax, very gradually smoother and feebly tapering, not at all more rapidly 

 so beyond the antennae, the latter (d") at apical fourth, slender, rufo-piceous, 

 the outer funicular joints barely at all wider and only a little wider than 

 long, though as wide as the base of the club, which is very narrow and cylin- 

 dric,' gradually pointed and somewhat longer than the five preceding joints, 

 or (' 9 ) very slightly beyond the middle, the funicular joints somewhat 

 shorter, the club more oval; prothorax fully as long as wide (cf), a little 

 shorter ( 9 ), the fine constriction at the tubulation evident; elytra about as 

 usual in the other species; pygidium (d 1 ) strongly, densely punctate, semi- 

 circular, about one-half wider than long, the median line tumid, more broadly 

 so toward tip, or ( 9 ) smaller, similar in shape and vertically, flatter, not 

 tumid along the middle; medio-basal abdominal impression of the male 

 shallowly concave, clothed throughout, except at the basal margin, with 

 close-set slender subdecumbent yellowish-brown setae. Length 9.4-10.0 

 mm.; width 4.0 mm. Brazil (Santarem). Two specimens. 



productus n. sp. 

 8— Body much smaller and more slender than in any of the preceding species, 

 shining, rather piceous black, with four elytral red spots, which are more 

 approximate longitudinally than in the preceding section, the abdomen 

 rufous, the legs black; integuments similarly glabrous, the minute punctu- 

 lation, and especially the punctulate elytral striae, more evident; beak (cf ) 

 very different, almost as in the female of the preceding subgenus, rather 

 thick, evenly and strongly arcuate, finely punctulate, slightly tapering distally 

 and with a small transverse impression above on a line with the points of 

 antennal insertion, a little longer than the head and prothorax, with the lower 

 edge smooth and not at all fimbriate; antennae near four-sevenths, piceo- 

 rufous, the first funicular joint longer than the next three, the second but 

 little longer than wide, the outer joints short, compact, gradually more 

 transverse, the club very long, cylindric, as long as the scape, clothed with 

 short dense erect hairs, the sutures indistinct, except one near the base, 

 which delimits a segment very much like the seventh funicular joint; this 

 segment is, however, a part of the club and is similarly clothed ; prothorax 

 conical, nearly as long as wide, with nearly straight sides, the apical tubu- 

 lation rather more than half as wide as the base; punctures very minute 

 and sparse, the lobe and scutellum, and also the elytra, nearly as in the 

 preceding section, except that the subobsolete striae are much more distinctly 

 punctulate, exarate at apex in similar manner; pygidium different, sub- 

 vertical and circularly rounded beneath, but only about as wide as long, 

 evenly convex and with well separated, deep punctures; presternum similar; 

 male abdomen with a smaller and feebler medio-basal impression, which has 

 a few short glistening yellowish hairs at the sides posteriad. Length 6.2 

 mm.; width 2.35 mm. Brazil (Chapada — forest). September. One speci- 

 men, conicicollis n. sp. 



I have no doubt that conicicollis will have to be separated some 

 day as a fully distinct genus, but at present prefer to leave it with 

 a subordinate status; the mandibles are thick, straight and slightly 



