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as one of the characters of Eastales ; in all that I have exa- 

 mined they are scalj. 



Emmeria marginata. 



E. subelliptica, squamnlis Isete argenteis dense tecta, lateribus vitta 

 splendide cterulea ornatis. Long. 4|-5 lin. 



Hah. Para. 



Snbelliptic, closely covered with rich silvery scales, the 

 sides of tlie head, prothorax, and elytra with a brilliantly 

 sparkling blue or green stripe (depending partly on the light) , 

 the apex of the latter dull brownish or blackish ; rostrum 

 slightly narrower than the head, the excised portion ciliated 

 on each side ; antennse pitchy, pubescent, first joint of the 

 funicle shorter than the second, equal in length to the third ; 

 club as long as the last four joints together ; prothorax equal 

 in length and breadth, slightly rounded at the sides, a lightly 

 impressed median line ; scutellum oblong ; elytra moderately 

 convex, seriate-punctate, punctures small, apex of each elytron 

 ending in a small mucro ; body beneath black, with oblong 

 imbedded bluish or greenish scales ; legs ferruginous, with 

 subapproximate whitish and brownish scales. 



EXORIDES. 



JRostnim breviiisculum, canaliculatum, apice excavatum ; scrohes 

 rectse, ad oculos desinentes. Antennce graciles, subterminales ; 

 scapus oculum superaus. Oculi rotundati. Prothor-ax normalis. 

 Elytra connata, basi prothorace haud latiora, ad latera abrupte 

 declivia. Pedes mediocres ; femora Integra ; tihice subrectae, apice 

 mucronatae ; corbulis cavernosis ; tani ajquales ; ungues liberi. 

 Abdomen segmento prirao inter coxas angusto, antice rotundato. 



A somewhat anomalous genus. It would seem to be some- 

 where near Naupactus ; but the straight scrobes show that its 

 true place is with the OtiorhynchinEe. With its cavernous 

 corbels and free claws it would be referred, according to 

 Lacordaire's arrangement, to his " Celeuth^tides." None of 

 the species of that group are American ; and, moreover, the 

 broad truncate intercoxal process is a character which this 

 genus does not possess ; so that for the present we must con- 

 sider its affinities doubtful. 



Exorides carinatus. 



E. ellipticus, niger, squamulis griseis, aliis orchraceis, tectus ; pro- 

 thorace elj'trisque carinis duabus instructis, his postice nodosis. 

 Long. 7 lin. 



Hab, Macas. 



