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23. Ilypera bidentata, sp. n. 



Oval, convex, fusco-testaceous ; the protliorax and elytra 

 variegated with a dense clothing of rounded, whitish, ochra- 

 ceous, and daik brown adpressed scales — the darker scales on 

 the elytra condensed into an oblique mark on the disc of each 

 before the middle, the ochraceons scales on the prothorax 

 (oval on the disc) forming a large dorsal patch, interrupted 

 by a faint whitish median line, and those on the elytra mainly- 

 placed on the dorsum and suture, and almost enclosing a 

 rather large oblique postmedian whitish patch — intermixed 

 with erect pallid scattered seta 1 , which are uniseriately 

 arranged down each of the elytral interstices ; the head, 

 flanks of elytra, and under surface with hair-like pallid scales, 

 the antennse and legs with bristly hairs ; the entire surface 

 densely, finely punctate. Head flattened between the eyes ; 

 rostrum very stout, short, straight, not carinate ; antennse 

 rather short, joints 5-7 of funiculus transverse, the scape 

 reaching to the posterior margin of the eyes. Prothorax 

 broader than long, rounded at the sides, a little w T ider at base 

 than at apex. Elytra oval, acuminate at tip, flattened on 

 the disc anteriorly, finely punctato-striate, the fifth interstice 

 with a large conical tubercle at its point of termination. 

 Metathoracic episterna narrow. Legs long, comparatively 

 slender. 



Length (excl. head) 5\, breadth 2^ mm. 

 Bab. Falk LANDS, East Island (Col. A. M. Eeid, Nov. 

 1908-Feb. 1909). 



One specimen, slightly immature, with the vestiture in 

 perfect condition. This insect is provisionally referred to 

 Bypera, and may have to be removed from it when more 

 material is available for examination. The genus Ilypera 

 (Phytonomus) is not included in Kolbe's Magellanic list, but 

 one or two forms have been recorded from Argentina and 

 Chile. The presence of conical tubercles on the elytra and 

 the rather large scales on the upper surface (which com- 

 pletely hide the sculpture) are characters foreign to the genus 

 Ilypera. The prothorax is without ocular lobes, and the 

 species cannot therefore be placed under Listroderes. 



