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joint of the front and intermediate pairs not longer than the 

 second joint ; the basal joint of the hind tarsi about as long 

 as the second and third together. Thorax twice as , broad as 

 long, angular at the sides. Elytra as broad as the thorax, 

 scarcely one half longer than broad; horizontal on the back, 

 declivous posteriorly ; parallel at the sides, obliquely acumi- 

 nate at apex ; each elytron with a short obtuse costa. Abdo- 

 men with the suture between the first and second segments 

 obliterated. 



Callipyndax cupreiventris, n. sp, 



Brevis, supra C3'aneus, subtus cupreus ; thoracis lateribus, elyfcro- 



rumque dimidio apicali argenteo-griseo pilosis. 

 Long. 10, lat. 5 millim. 



Forehead smooth and shining, tinted with violet ; between 

 the eyes there is in the middle a longitudinal rather strongly 

 punctured impression. Disk of the thorax impressed at the 

 base, conically raised in front, marked with numerous short, 

 curved, confluent stride ; sides declivous and impressed. 

 Scutellum moderately large, triangular, slightly concave, with 

 a transverse ridge at the base. Elytra at the base covered 

 with closely placed, short, curved, confluent strise ; clothed 

 with very short black pile on the disk ; the apical half finely 

 punctured, clothed with silvery-grey pubescence. Proster- 

 num aeneous, rugose. Metasternum and abdomen bright 

 coppery, smooth and shining in the middle and strongly 

 punctured ; the sides clothed with coppery-golden pubescence, 

 leaving a smooth shining spot at the side of each segment. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Calandridae. 



Macrochirus Herveyi, n. sp. 



Niger, nitidus ; thorace vittis tribus rufo-castaneis ornato, lateribus 

 6ubtiliter puuctulatis ; elytris rufo-castaneis, sutura maculisque 

 duabus magnis (ad margmem conjunctis) nigris ; pygidio medio 

 castaneo. 5 . 



Long. Corp. 45, rostr. 19 millim. 



Rostrum very thick, compressed ; thickly punctured above, 

 nearly smooth at the sides, but with a line of rather strong 

 punctures. Thorax longer and rather less convex than in 

 M. yroitor or M. spectahilis^ and much more shining ; very 

 finely and indistinctly punctured in the middle, finely punctured 

 at the sides. Elytra rather less shining than the thorax ; the 

 striee black ; the two sutural interstices are black. There is 



