4t) Mr. G. Lewis o?i 



Cojyfotrophis omatula, sp. n. 



(S . Cylindrica, rufo-bruimea, nitida ; fronte bisulcata, rostro apice 

 acuminato ; pronoto stria raarginali antice late interrnpta, bi- 

 tubcrculato; elytris punctulatis, apice infuscatis ; prosterno 

 parallolo, utrinque carinato ; mesosterno lateribus tenuiter sul- 

 cato ; tibiis anticis o-dentatis. 



L. 2|-2| mill. 



Cyliiulrical, reddish brown, sln'ning ; tlie head and rostrum 

 microscopically transversely strigose, with a few punctures 

 between the eyes, rostrum parallel laterally and bisulcate, 

 sulci rather shallow, apex wiih a small acumination ; the 

 thorax, margins and angles clearly red, median area darker, 

 punctuation rather close behind the head and gradually 

 becoming tine and more sparing to the base, w^ell behind the 

 neck are two small tubercles, and in front of them the thorax 

 is triangularly flattened; the elytra are reddish, with two 

 dark patches which apically leave a narrow red margin ; the 

 pygidia are punctulate ; the prosternura, keel parallel laterally 

 and markedly carinate along its edge, truncate anteriorly and 

 incised at its base; the mesosternum is not marginate ante- 

 riorly, but it is minutely sulcate on either side ; the anterior 

 tibiaj are 5-dentate. 



The female : the rostrum is rather broad anteriorly and 

 nearly semicircular in outline, forehead feebly impressed 

 between the eyes, and the surface strigose as in the male, the 

 thoracic punctures are evenly distributed and closer and more 

 distinct generally than those of the male. 



Hah, Santarem and Bahia, Brazil. 



Coptotrophis mendozce, sp. n. 



Cylindrica, parutn elongata, nigra, nitida ; fronte minute tuberculata, 

 rostro utrinque sulcato ; pronoto vix dense punctato ; prosterno 

 parallelo, lateribus marginate ; mesosterno bisulcato ; tibiis 

 anlicis 5-dentatis. 



L. 3^ miU. 



Cylindrical, ratlier elongate, black and shining; the head, 

 rostrum bisulcate, obtusely angular at the apex, with a very 

 minute tubercle at its base on the vertex of the head, surface 

 microscopically strigose with scattered shallow punctures; 

 the thorax is clearly and somewhat closely punctured, the rim 

 at and behind the anterior angle is raised and reddish brown, 

 there is an impression behind the neck, and behind the impres- 

 sion are two vtry slightly raised tubercles; the elytra are 



