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oval fossa. The entire under surface of the body is very densely 

 cribrate, excepting the shining prosternal fossa. The beak, an- 

 tenna: and legs are very much as in Ampeloglypter, the femora 

 slender and mutic, the beak not separated by an impression and 

 having bifid decussate mandibles and submedian antennae. The 

 two species now in my collection are the following : 



Body oval, the humeri feebly swollen, shining, deep black throughout; beak (c?) 

 evenly and moderately arcuate, rather slender, feebly compressed, finely, 

 somewhat closely punctate, and a little less than half as long as the body, or 

 (9) longer but not more slender, somewhat more than half as long as the 

 body and with rather sparser punctulation; prothorax about one-half wider 

 than long, the sides strongly arcuate, becoming straighter and subparallel 

 in about basal half, oblique anteriorly, the apex not tubulate and much less 

 than half as wide as the base; punctures deep, moderate and separated by 

 two or three times their diameters medially, becoming rather coarse, con- 

 spicuous and separated by their own diameters laterally; scutellum small, 

 ogival, as long as wide; elytra oval, only a fifth to sixth longer than wide, a 

 little wider than the prothorax and three-fourths longer; grooves deep, 

 punctate, a little coarser basally and apically; intervals with very minute, 

 remote punctulation; pygidium small, transverse, rounded and densely 

 punctate, somewhat oblique; first ventral suture obsolete. Length 2.2 

 mm.; width 1.15 mm. Brazil (Santarem). One specimen., .nanella n. sp. 



Body nearly as in the preceding in outline, color, lustre and sculpture, but larger 

 and somewhat stouter, oval, the humeri slightly protuberant; beak {<?) 

 longer and thicker than in the preceding, somewhat closely punctate, slightly 

 compressed and nearly one-half longer than the head and prothorax, evenly 

 and rather feebly arcuate; prothorax two-fifths wider than long, similar in 

 outline but with somewhat closer punctuation and more sharply, medially 

 sinuato-truncate basal lobe, the apex wholly non-tubulate but similarly 

 with a transverse dorsal impression, between which and the apex the surface 

 is smooth; elytra more obtusely oval, but little longer than wide, two-thirds 

 longer than the prothorax; grooves stronger and more equal, punctate, not 

 coarser basally and but little so apically; minute sparse interstitial punctu- 

 lation rather more evident. Length 2.0-2.25 mm.; width 1. 0-1.2 mm. 

 Brazil (Santarem). Two specimens elusa n. sp. 



The singularly densely cribrate sculpture of the under surface is 

 similar to that characterizing many species of Ampeloglypter, in 

 diverse degree according to the species; here it extends throughout 

 the under surface, even on the propleura. 



Radamus Kirsch 

 I have assigned the two following species to this genus, without, 

 however, having seen the typical Peruvian species. The body is 

 oblong-oval, convex and glabrous, feebly sculptured and with the 

 coarse punctures of the under surface well separated throughout, 

 never having at any part the cribriform condensations of the 

 preceding or of a section here assigned to Ampeloglypter. The beak 

 and antennae are nearly as in the two preceding genera, but the 



