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29. Leiopus pleuriticus, n. s. B.M. 



L. pallide-brunneus ; thorace medio vittis duabus ochvaeeis, inter 

 vittas vitta alia fusca, linea media, alba; sutura fusco alboque 

 punctata; elytris singulis lateribus basi praesertim pallidiori- 

 bus ; antennis subferrugineis ; corpore subtus cano. 



Pale brown ; head between the eyes, and two lines on the 

 crown yellowish ; antenna; subferruginous ; thorax in the middle 

 with two ochreous vitta;, between them a brownish vitta, with a 

 white line down the middle. Elytra rather closely punctured, 

 the suture spotted with brown and white alternately ; the sides, 

 especially at the base, paler ; the elytra about the middle marked 

 with brown and ash-colour. Under side of body hoary, legs 

 subferruginous and covered with short greyish hairs. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



30. Leiopus subfascianus, n. s. B.M. 



L. fuscus, rude-punctatus ; capite cano ; antennis sub-brevibus, 

 articulis fuscis basi subgriseis ; thorace luteo subvariegato ; 

 elvtris singulis basi, lineolisque variis undatis et interruptis 

 luteis, fascia grisea mediana suturam non attingente ; elytris 

 apice simplicibus. 



Brown, rather roughly punctured ; head greyish ; antennae 

 rather short ; the joints brown at the base, somewhat greyish ; 

 thorax varied with luteous ; elytra at the base luteous, and with 

 various waved and interrupted luteous lines ; a griseous band 

 about the middle, not reaching the suture ; elytra simple at the 

 apex. 



Length 4 lines. 

 Hab. Venezuela. 



31. Leiopus superstes. 



L. niger, dense cervino-tomentosus ; thorace dorso bituberculato, 

 dente laterali obtuso postico ; elytris apiee sumino oblique 

 truncatis, nigro-punctatis, macula triangulari laterali media 

 fusca, lituraque prope suturam ante apicem cinerea, prope 

 basin fasciculo spisso compressoque fulvo ornatis ; femoribus 

 fortiter clavatis, basi testaceis. 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Liopus superstes, Erichs. Arch.f. Naturg. 1847, p- 146. 

 Hab. Peru. 



