Brazilian Baring 43 1 



tellum large, transverse and narrowly canalate; pygidium feebly oblique. 



[Type S. dispersus nov.] ; • Sindesus 



Femora minutely and feebly spiculate beneath; tibiae not dentate externally; 



pygidium moderate • ■ • ' ' 



Femora wholly unarmed beneath; pygidium small or moderate, apparently 



subsimilar in the sexes ■ • • • • 9 



8— Body elongate-oval, shining and more or less sparsely sculptured above, more 



densely beneath;' scutellum free, subquadrate-oval, more or less impressed; 



elytra grooved; pygidium moderate; beak moderately long, feebly arcuate; 



presternum with a sharply defined canal; tarsi dilated, the claw-joint notably 



long as a rule. [Type Baridius tibialis Boh.] Mexico Craptus 



Body oblong, parallel, convex, closely sculptured and partially squamulose; 



scutellum subquadrate, excavated; elytra grooved; beak short and feebly 



arcuate- presternum flat, the posterior lobe rectihnearly truncate; legs 



shorter- tarsi slender, with moderate claw- joint. [Type G. oblongus nov. J 

 ' Givenius 



9 — Pygidium short, transversely oval I0 



Pveidium narrower, small and semicircularly rounded 12 



10— Body oblong, densely sculptured; scutellum large, free, transversely quad- 

 rate- elytra grooved; pygidium larger than in any of the following, twice as 

 wide as long and oval; beak moderate, arcuate; prosternum canalate, the 

 posterior lobe short; legs simple, the tarsi dilated; middle and posterior 

 tibiae very acutely dentate externally near the base. [Type E. cnbrosus 



Eugivemus 



nov. 



Body evenly oval', small, convex, polished and very feebly sculptured; pygidium 



small, transversely oval '." \'S" I" i"C \"l"l 'X-'V, 



r I— Presternum with a smooth canal, the posterior lobe short; beak short, thick, 

 scutellum rather closely fitted, flat, ogival; elytra finely grooved; pygidium 

 transversely ridged; legs simple, the tarsi long, slender, the claws moderate. 

 [Type P. levis nov.] , ■ • ■ -MasUiopsis 



Prosternum nearly flat, the posterior lobe short; beak very short thick and 

 somewhat flattened; scutellum free, quadrate and concave; elytra finely 

 grooved; pygidium flat; legs simple; tarsi smaller, very slender. T ype 

 P. latinasus nov.] -. « " i " j 4 u 



12— Body smooth and feebly sculptured above; tarsi unusually slender, the 



scutellum small -f 



Body always rather strongly sculptured I 5 



I x— Beak long- body moderately large, oval, polished and wholly glabrous; 

 prosternum deeply canalate, the lobe large, deeply and broadly sinuate; 

 prothorax with prominent rounded basal lobe, the scutellum closely fitted, 

 ogival and flat; elytra strongly grooved; legs simple, the tarsi unusually 

 long, slender and with very long claw-joint. [Type L. rostrata noy.] 



& ' Liobandia 



Beak short but more or less slender; body much smaller and narrower, sub- 

 glabrous having very minute inconspicuous setiform squamules; prosternum 

 evenly canalate; tarsi smaller; elytra more finely grooved; posterior pro- 

 sternal lobe larger and broad, somewhat as in Ampeloglypter 14 



14— Basal thoracic lobe small, evenly rounded, the scutellum wider than long, 

 somewhat free; pygidium with even surface. [Type L. lustrans nov.] 



Linoma 



Basal thoracic lobe sinuato-truncate, the scutellum closely fitted, flatter, finely 

 punctate and rounded-subquadrate; pygidium shorter, transversely ridged 

 near the base, somewhat as in Plasiliopsis . [Type L. picea nov.] 



Linomaspis 



