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complete and not deeply impressed, 3 broken in the middle, 

 4-5 wanting, sutural apical very fine, parallel to the suture, 

 and just passing the middle ; the propygidium coarsely and 

 rather closely punctate ; the pygidium finely and sparsely 

 punctulate; ihe presternum bistriate, stria bending slightly 

 from each other, not joined at either end, and are a little 

 shortened at the base ; the mesosternum is straight anteriorly, 

 with the marginal stria fine and close to the edge, second 

 stria also fine, crenate, and feebly arched; the anterior tibiae 

 are 4-dentate and the apical tooth obtuse. 

 Hab. S. Oatharina, Brazil. 



PheJisler testudo, sp. n. 



Suborbicularis, convexus, niger, nitidus, supra punctulatus ; antennis 

 pedibusque runs; elytris stria 1 basi abbreviata, striis2-8 integris, 

 4 apicali brevissima, suturali dimidiata ; prosterno parum lato, 

 punctato, striis baud conjunctis ; tibiis anticis 6-denticulati8. 



L. 2^ mill. 



Nearly orbicular, convex, black and shining, surface punc- 

 tulate, antennae and legs rufous ; the head finely punctulate, 

 frontal stria not continued anteriorly; the thorax is more 

 distinctly punctulate than the head, lateral stria complete, 

 with a minute fovea behind each eye close behind the stria, 

 scutellar fovea circular ; the elytra, striae crenate, 1 abbrevi- 

 ated apically, 2-3 complete, 4 very short, apical, but not close 

 to the margin, sutural fine and nearly dimidiate, humeral 

 striae are wanting ; the pygidia are almost smooth, the 

 punctuation being extremely fine: the prosternum, keel rather 

 wide, with the surface and that of the lobe distinctly punc- 

 tured, bistriate, striae not meeting at either end, and they 

 widen out a little posteriorly ; the mesosternum is bisinuous, 

 marginal stria complete and follows the outline of the edge, 

 the transverse or second stiia is feebly arched anteriorly; the 

 anterior tibiae 6-denticulate. 



Superficially this species resembles P. globiformis, Mars., 

 but the greater width of the prosternal keel is a marked 

 distinction. 



Ilab. Parana (Donckier). 



Phelister fractistrius, sp. n. 



Oralis, parum convexus, brunneus, nitidus ; fronte imprcssa, stria 

 integra in medio retrorsum acuminata ; pronoto stria laterali ad 

 oculos producta ; elytris striis 1-3 integra, 4 dimidiata, 5 brevi, 



