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fusco-nigrum, subopacum, glabrum, fronte convexa, sparsim 
profundius punctata; anterius prope os puneto vel foveola im- 
pressa subtransversa instructa. Oculi nigri, antice profunde 
emarginati. Antennae testaceae scapo subrecto moderate ela- 
vato, funiculo brevissimo, elava orbiculari, suturis duobus obli- 
quis impressis notata. Prothorax longitudine et latitudine sub- 
aequalis, antrorsum subaequaliter angustato-rotundatus; margine 
apicali elevato, subtilissime crenulato et in medio plica submu- 
cronato-producto; supra convexus, piceo-niger, subnitidus, glaber, 
imo pilis tenuissimis, vix conspicuis hinc vel inde lateribus 
adspersus, versus apicem piceo-rufus; in medio disco lineola 
transversa, obsoleta, subelevata notatus; anterius rugis trans- 
versis, subimbricatis, remotis, subconcentrice ordinatis exaspe- 
ratus, dimidia postica laevis. Scutellum parvum, triangulum, 
piceum, laeve. Elytra latitudine basali thoracis et eo vix sesqui 
longiora; basi truncata, angulis humeralibus subrectis, acutiu- 
seulis, lateraliter leniter rotundata, in margine apicali, subuiliter 
elevato, obtuse rotundata; supra convexa, fusco-brunnea, nitida, 
glabra, punctis subtilissime impressis, sparsis, hinc vel inde 
subseriatis notata; apice convexe rotundata, subin'egra, praeter 
suturam utrinque modo levissime subretusa; sutura subelevata, 
subtilissime granulata et series tuberculorum obsoletorum, a 
sutura remota utrinque. Corpus subtus rufo-brunneum, punctu- 
latum, pallido-pubescens. Pedes brunneo-testacei, tarsis testaceis. 
Patria : America meridionalis (Brasilia). 
Adnotatio. — Quamvis dubium habeo Cryphalum (Corthy- 
lum) punctatissimum Zimm. hujus generis esse, diagnosem 
auetoris verbotenus tamen afferre aptum videtur : 
« C. punctatissimus Zimm.— Short thick, compresset, shining, 
black, antennae and feet ferruginous; front glabrous ; prothorax 
roughly tuberculate in front, shining behind, with fine sparse 
punetures; elytra punetured strongly, but not in rows, behind 
rounded, without furrows or teeth. 
Long. 1 :/, lin. (2,4 mim.). 
