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strongly mucronate anterior tibiae, which furnish the princi- 

 pal, if not the only, character differentiating these two genera. 

 The scape does not extend beyond the short, almost transverse, 

 portion of the scrobe. 



Dacnirus flexuosus. 



D. oblougus, flavo-squamosus, prothorace scutelloque fusco-brun- 

 ncis, illo confertim granulato-punctato ; elytris leviter striato- 

 pxmctatis, plagis duabus sinuatis trausversim notatis. Long. 

 3| lin. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Oblong, mostly covered with sulphur-yellow scales ; head 

 in front scaleless, brown, closely punctured ; rostrum slightly 

 compressed, strongly curved anteriorly and broadly grooved, 

 densely covered with yellow scales ; antennge with setulose 

 scales at the base ; first joint of the funicle short, second twice 

 as long ; club elongate, ovate ; prothorax about equal in 

 length and breadth, scaleless, chocolate-brown, coarsely and 

 closely granulate-punctate, the sides rounded ; scutellum 

 oblong, brown ; elytra at the base nearly twice as broad as 

 the prothorax, the shoulders slightly prominent, narrowed at 

 the apex, striate-punctate, two brown, very irregular, flexuous 

 or sinuate transverse patches at equal distances from each 

 other and from the base and apex, but not extending to the 

 outer margin ; metasternum rather short j first abdominal 

 suture curved. 



I owe my specimen of this species to Mr. Fry, who has 

 taken it near Rio. 



Hypnideus. 



Rostrum breve, crassum ; scrohes obliquae, antemedianse. Antennoe 

 breviusculae ; cluva a funiculo sat distincta. Oculi laterales, 

 ovati, infra subacuminati. Prothorax basi rectus. Ehjtra de- 

 missa, humeris obliquis, ad latera tuberculo instructa. Femora 

 valida, dents parvo instructa ; tihi(B sulcatse, intus bisinuatae ; 

 tarsi norm ales ; ungues connati. Abdomen sutura prima arcuata. 



Allied to Sternnchis, but differentiated by the depressed 

 elytra not rising above the level of the prothorax. The club 

 of the antennse is also clearly marked off from the last joint 

 of the funicle. One of my specimens is labelled Clinorhynchus 

 heiUpoides^ Jek. 



Hypnideus circumductus. 



E. subeUipticus, niger, vitta lata dorsali utrinque (postice ad 

 suturam ducta) et plaga apicali albo-squamosis ornatus. Long 

 6 lin. 



Hob. Para. 



