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18. Omototus sericeo-pubescens. B.H. 



O. oUongo-ovatm, sericeo-pubescens, flavo-fuscus ; capite ad basin 

 antennarum longitudinaliter foveolato ; thorace ad medium 

 transverse depresso ; elytris parallelis, punctato-striatis, ante 

 medium, post medium (ad marginem), et ad apicem irregulariter 

 et obsolete dex+ressis ; antennis robustis, ad apicem subincras- 

 satis, art. 1-6 flavis, 7 et 8 nigris, 9-11 flavis ; pedibus flavo- 

 testaceis. 



Long. corp. 2 lin., lat. 1 lin. 



Oblong-ovate, flavo-fuscous, covered throughout with a fine silky 

 flavous pubescence. Head short, slightly produced; above the la~ 

 brum is a transverse carination ; immediately above the base of the 

 antenna) is a short longitudinal fovea, while on either side of this, 

 near to the inner margin of the eyes, is a broader and more distinct 

 subcircular depression ; eyes tolerably large, situated at the base of 

 the head, extending laterally nearly as far as the anterior thoracic 

 angles. Thorax transverse (almost quadrate), rectilinear ; near its 

 anterior margin is a central fovea, while at the sides (nearer to the 

 base) are two other transverse medial depressions. Scutellum trian- 

 gular, subpubescent. Elytra parallel, punctate-striate, with several 

 broad distinct depressions ; one, antemedially, near to the suture 

 (which extends upwards and obliquely towards the shoulders), an- 

 other, postmedial (near to the margin), and another near to the 

 suture at the apex. Antennae tolerably long and robust, slightly 

 incrassated towards the apex ; the first to sixth joints flavous, seventh 

 and eighth black, ninth to eleventh flavous. Legs flavo-testaceous, 

 the posterior tibiae and inflation of the terminal claw being rufo- 

 flavous. 



Columbia. A single example is in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



19. Omototus transverso-notatus. 



O. oblongo-ovatus, subpubescens,flavo-ferrugineus ; capite subpunc- 

 tato ; thorace quadrato, rectangulari, lateribus subsinuatis, ad 

 apicem bituberculato, ad basin depresso ; elytris latis, valde punc- 

 tato-striatis, transverse et irregulariter costatis, oblique quoque 

 fusco lineatis ; antennis robustis, ad apicem incrassatis, art. 1-5 

 et 9-11 flavis, Q-Spiceis-; pedibus flavis. 



Long. corp. 1^ lin., lat. \ lin. 



Oblong-ovate, sufficiently robust, sparingly pubescent, flavo- 

 ferrugineous. Head short, abruptly deflected, slightly produced in 



