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the interstices, the striae between with a row of snowy-white 

 scales ; body beneath closely covered with cretaceous scales ; 

 legs with the scales setulose and less approximate ; femora 

 sharply toothed beneath, the posterior scarcely attaining the 

 end of the elytra ; last joint of the tarsi and claws black ; 

 pectoral canal extending between the anterior coxas, not limited 

 behind. 



The flat disk of the elytra and the relative length of the 

 joints of the antennas appear to be good differential characters. 



Copturus bisellatus. 



C. rhomboidalis, niger, squamulis ochraceis maculatim ornatus ; pro- 

 thorace transverso, antice haud constricto, postice scuteUum 

 versus producto ; scutello conspicuo ; elytris subcordatis, fortiter 

 sulcato-punctatis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. S. Paulo. 



Rhomboidal, black varied with spots and patches of ochre- 

 ous scales ; rostrum black ; antennas ferruginous ; prothorax 

 transverse, closely punctured, the sides with a broad ochreous 

 stripe, which descends on the sides of the pro- and meso- 

 thorax, enclosing a large black scaleless space ; scutellum 

 conspicuous, rounded ; elytra subcordate, punctate-striate, 

 punctures coarse, the raised interstices smooth, scaleless ; a 

 large ochreous spot behind the scutellum, and a smaller one 

 behind, both lying in and dividing a broad black sutural stripe, 

 an ochreous spot also midway at the side ; body beneath with 

 close-set greyish scales, the four posterior abdominal segments 

 with a common large black patch ; legs with grey setulose 

 scales ; femora toothed beneath. 



The large enclosed patch on the side of the pro- and meso- 

 thorax seems diagnostic of this species. 



Copturus lyra. 



C. rhomboidalis, niger, squamulis ochraceis inaequaliter et macu- 

 latim vestitus ; prothorace transverso, postice producto, scutellum 

 tegente; elytris subcordatis, pone scutellum figura X-formi macu- 

 lisque quatuor ochraceis ornatis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hob. Brazil. 



lihomboidal, black, with more or less scattered ochreous 

 scales, but collected in spots on the elytra ; rostrum rather 

 short, black ; eyes comparatively small ; antennas yellowish, 

 second joint of the funicle as long as the three next together ; 

 club short, rounded ; prothorax transverse, constricted at the 

 apex, acutely produced posteriorly and hiding the scutellum ; 

 elytra subcordate, broadly rounded at the apex, an X-shaped 

 spot at the base, one on each side at the middle, and two at 



