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transversim perparum elevato, clypeo subtilissime obscure punctu- 

 lato, margine leviter reflexo, medio sat fortiter bidentato ; tborace 

 convexo, Isevi, lateribus ante medium sat fortiter angulato-dila- 

 tatis ; elytris laiitudine perparum longioribus, apicem versus 

 arcuatim angustatis, evidenter striatis, striis sat distincte punc- 

 tatis ad apicem jjrofundioribus, apice declivi, sat late truncato, 

 laevissime bisinuato, angulis externis prominulis, supra breviter 

 dentiformi ; pedibus rufo-piceis, tibiis anticis longis, tridentatis, 

 ad apicem truncatis. 

 Long. 85 lin. 



Hah. Brazil, Spirito Sancto. 



This species appears to be allied to U. angulatus^ Harold. 

 The clypeus has the middle teeth prominent, the margin 

 having a small but distinct sinuosity on the outer side of 

 each, and there is a small notch at the division between the 

 clypeus and the cheek. The thorax is very broad in front of 

 tlic middle, gradually narrowed to the base, very obliquely 

 narrowed in front, the lateral angle tlius formed very obtusely 

 rounded. The elytra have the apex truncate, the outer angle 

 slightly prominent laterally, with a small acute tooth directed 

 obliquely outwards at the upper outer angle of the prominent 

 part. The line dividing the mesosternum from the meta- 

 sternura strongly and sharply angulated, the angle being 

 about 105°. 



JJroxys simjAeXj sp. n. 



ObloDgus, leviter convexus, nitidus, piceo-niger ; capite piano, laevi, 

 antice breviter bidentato ; tborace leviter convexo, laevi, lateribus 

 aute medium sat angulato-dilatatis ; elytris longitudine et latitu- 

 dine sequalibus, evidenter subtiliter striatis, striis subtiliter 

 obscure punctatis, striis prima et secunda ad apicem profundioribus, 

 interstitiis vix convexis, Isevibus ; pedibus rufo-piceis. J . 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hah. Venezuela. 



This species somewhat resembles the preceding, but is 

 smaller, the thorax has the sides rather less strongly angu- 

 lated, and the apex of the elytra is simple. The head has no 

 transverse raised swelling ; the clypeus has the teeth shorter, 

 and there is scarcely a trace of a notch at the juncture of the 

 clypeus and the cheek. The thorax is very short and broad, 

 broadest before the middle, gradually obliquely narrowed 

 towards the base, very obliquely narrowed in front, the angle 

 at the side thus formed obtuse, lightly impressed above. The 

 elytra have the striai moderately fine, but distinct, the dorsal 

 ones obscurely punctured, the lateral ones more distinctly 



