LomeUkorn Beetles from Bra;:il. 457 



Pinotus geminatus, sp. ii. 



Niger, subopacue, latus, convexus ; clypeo anticc capitisquo lateribu3 

 riigulosis, illius margiiie medio minute inciso, dcntibus baud pro- 

 ductis, fronte tuberculato, capite ante et post tuberculum sub- 

 hcvigato ; px'onoto brevi, lato, undique dense sat minute punctu- 

 lato, punctis medio minus fortibus, pronoto totomarginato, angulis 

 posticis I'ere obsoletis baud fossulatis ; clytris opacis, singulo elytro 

 stria Buturali parisquc tribus ornato, his fortiter impressis, 

 punctatis, punctis baud crebris aut profundis, interslitiis altemis 

 angustis et convexis ; pygidio minute et crebre, baud profunde, 

 punctate. 



Long. 12-5-13-5 mm.; lat. 8-8-5 mm. 



JIab. E. Brazil : Natal, Ceaia. 



Tliid belongs to the carlonarius group o£ species, in which 

 the upper surtace is wholly or partly opaque. It is very 

 easily distinguished by the characteristic striation of the 

 elytra, the strias forming three pair.-, the interstices of which 

 are rather narrow and convex. The striae are moderately 

 deep and contain punctures, which are rather feebly impressed 

 and remote. 



Two specimens were taken by M'-. Mann. 



Pinolus calcaralus, sp. n. 



Niger, modice nitidus, paulo elongatus ; capite subliliter ruguloso, 

 postice sublsevigato, clypeo antice bidentato, dentibus obtusis, 

 baud valde approximatis, vertice breviter cornuto, cornu basi 

 iitrinque minute tuberculato; pronoto polito, minutissirae jninctu- 

 lato, antice magis perspicue, angulis anticis crebre et distincte, 

 his fere acute productis, angulis posticis obtussimis sed distiiictis, 

 disco antice retuso, medio obtuse biacuminato ; clytris subtilissime 

 punctulatis, leviter striatis, striis vix distincte punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis ajqualibus, planis ; pygidio parum convexo, minutissime 

 sat parce punctate ; pedis postici calcare apice acute bitido. 



Long. 21 mm. ; lat. 13-5 mm. 



Hub. MattoGrOSSO: Madeira-Mamore Railroiid,Camp4 1. 



A single specimen of a species nearest to P. deyrollei 

 amongst the species contained in Harold's Revision of the 

 genus. It is very different from that, however, being less 

 short and convex, the elytra much flatter and less deeply 

 striated, the head broader, less produced, and more finely 

 rugose, and the pronotum having in the middle two blunt 

 points directed forward. The shar|dy bitid spur of the hind 

 tibia is another very distinclive feature. 



