456 Mr. G. J. Arrow on neiv 



LT. — Soma new Species of LameUicorn Beetles from 

 Brazil. Bj Gilbert J. Arrow. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The beetles here described formed part of the collection 

 made by Mr. W. M. Maim, partly in conjunction with 

 Mr. C F. Baker, during the 8tan£oid Expedition to Brazil 

 in 1911, under tiie direction of Dr. J. C Branner. They 

 were taken partly on the line of the Madeiru-Mamore Railroad 

 (Rio ]\ladeira) in the State of Matto Grosso and partly at 

 Ceara, Natal, and Parahyba on the coast of the north-eastern 

 corner of Brazil. 



Cantho7ifelLv, sp. n. 



Minutus, late rotundatus, nigro-ceneus, capite autice, prothoracis 

 lateribus, elytrorum humeris (aut lateribus totis) parteque tertia 

 posteriori, pedibus et abdomine laete flavis ; capite piano, ajqualiter 

 punctato, autice 4-dentato, dentibus internis longioribus ; pro- 

 thoraco undique minute punctato, baud basi marginato, lateribus 

 arcuatis, ante medium vix angulatis, angulis posticis obfcusis ; 

 elytris profunde simpliciter striatis, interstitiis minute punctatis 

 et setosis ; pygidio corporeque subtus laevibus, minute punctatis ; 

 tibiis anticis fortiter 3-deutatis, minute serratis. 



Long. 4— 4"5 mm. ; lat. 3 mm, 



Hab. E. Brazil: Pernambuco, Ceara (Batuiite Mts., 

 Maranguape Mts.), Para, Santarem, Rio Janeiro. 



This widely distributed little species is easily recognized 

 by its bright orange markings upon the front part of the 

 clypeus, the sides of the prothorax (the hind angles usually 

 excepted), the shoulders of the elytra and their posterior part, 

 the last forming an angular patch extending along a third of 

 the suture, rising at the sides to beyond the middle, and 

 sometimes coalescing with the large shoulder-patch. The 

 legs and abdomen are also orange in colour. 



C. xanthurus, BL, ai)pears to be a nearly related species, 

 but Mr. Lesne, who has kindly compared the type with a 

 specimen of the present species, tells me that the pronotum is 

 less strongly punctured and the elytra not punctured at all, 

 and the yellow marking is confined to a slight tinge at the 

 extreme apex of the body. 



