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claws, both genera must be referred to Lacordaire's " groupe 

 Madopierides " on account of their narrow presternum, the 

 coxa? being contiguous. The backward direction of the scrobes 

 places it in the subfamily Baridimae. The type resembles in 

 form and colour Phloeophagus ceneopiceits, but is about eight 

 times the bulk, i. e. twice as long. 



Anexantha castanea. 



A. anguste oblonga, omnino nitide castanea ; rostro subseriatim 

 punctato ; prothorace inasqualiter vage punctate- ; elytris seriatim 

 tenuiter pnnctatis. Long. 2| lin. 



Hob. Parana. 



Narrowly oblong, reddish chestnut, with a few whitish hairs 

 mostly confined to the punctures ; head between the eyes 

 transversely impressed ; rostrum coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tures at the sides placed in irregular striee, the interstices 

 distinctly raised ; funicle a little longer than the scape ; pro* 

 thorax rather coarsely punctured behind, but the punctures 

 gradually smaller towards the apex; scutellum rounded; 

 elytra subcylindrical, slightly depressed towards the base, 

 seriate-punctate, the punctures small and but slightly im- 

 pressed, apex rounded ; legs with very fine scattered hairs. 



AZYGIDES. 



Rostrum capite hand longius, cylindricus, scrobes obliquge ; antenna 

 breves, in medio rostri insertae, articulo basali funiculi magno, 

 cseteris brevissimis, clava majuscula. Proihorax subquadratus, 

 antice angustior. Elytra clongata, parallela. Pedes antici 

 majusculi, cseteri breves ; femora inermia ; tibice brevissima?, 

 anticae sinuatoe, mucronatce ; tarsi latiusculi, articulo ultimo 

 unguiculo unico ; coxce antica? snbapproximatoo. Propectus 

 leviter excavatum. Abdomen segmento secundo longiusculo. 



The peculiarity of this genus lies in the single claw, a rare 

 character among the Curculionidse. Its nearest ally seems to 

 be Parallelosomus. There is a very slight depression on the 

 presternum, while the anterior coxas are nearly approximate 

 at the base. 



Azygides stygius. 



A, angustus, elongatus, parallelus, niger nitidus ; elytris basi et pone 

 medium maculis duabus uiveo-squamosis ornatis. Long. 21 lin. 



Hah, Parana. 



Narrowly elongate) the sides parallel, black, shining, and 

 without scales, except two spots at the base and two behind 

 the middle composed of pure white scales ; rostrum scarcely 



