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impressa, supra Os piloso-eiliata. Oculi et antennae ut in prioribus 
construeli, his testaceis. Prothorax longitudine paullo latior, basi 
truncatus, angulis posticis (desuper inspicienti) subrectis, late- 
raliter a basi ad apicem leniter, apice fortiter obtuse rotundatus, 
in margine apicali tubereulis 6 vel 8 parvis, prominulis notatus; 
dorso convexus, sordide brunneus, subopacus, pilis fusco-griseis 
adspersus, medio subclevato-gibbus, anterius tuberculis nume- 
rosis dispersis exasperatus; plaga tuberculorum lata, subrotun- 
data; posterius et lateribus granulato-punctatus. Elytra cylindrica, 
lautudine thoracis et illo fere duplo longiora, fusco-nigra vel 
picea, subnitida, sat profunde punetato-striata, punetis subqua- 
dratis vel dilatatis, interstitiis angustis subrugulosis, setis albido- 
griseis, erectis, obtusis, incrassatis uniseriatim adspersis ; apice 
moderate oblique deelivi, convexe obtuso-rotundato, integro. 
Pedes testacei. 
Patria : America borealis (New-Orleans). Individuum alium 
ex Brasilia natum diversum mihi non videtur. (Coll. dom. Cha- 
puisii). 
15. S. GERMARI, n. sp. 
Oblongus, cylindricus, nigro-piceus, subnitidus, setis subin- 
crassalis, obtusis tenue adspersus, thorace semi-elliptico, in mar- 
gine apicali tuberculis compluribus, minutissimis crenato, dorso 
convexo anterius late tuberculate scabro, posterius dense subtiliter 
punctato, elytris subrugulosis, subtilius punctato-striatis, punctis 
dilatatis, interstitiis angustissimis uniserialim parce setosis. 
Long. 1 mm. 
Inter minimos generis thorace semi-elliptico dorso haud obli- 
que impresso, elytris rugulosis, late punetato-striatis ete. dis- 
tinctus. Caput convexum subtilissime punetulatum. Antennae 
testaccae, et oculi structura ut in prioribus. Prothorax semi-ellip- 
tieus, longitudine vix latior, basi truncatus, angulis posticis 
(desuper intuenti) subrectis, lateraliter subreetus vel levissime 
