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squamis minus condenssitis, notato; scutello nigro, fere rotundato, 

 elytris prothoracc pcrparum latioribus, latcribus levitcr rotundatis, 

 aj)icibus subacuniinatis, granulis minutis plurimis maculatira adspersis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque minus dense silaceo-squamosis ; femoribus 

 infra dente parvo armatis. Long. 7 Hn. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



I refer this very distiuct species to CalUnofus, Sclion., on account 

 of its approximate anterior coxa?, and tlie club of the antenujB 

 being closely adnate to tlie fuuiclc. The spots on the upper 

 surface caused by the black granules are small but very distiuct. 

 Cholus carinatus, Guer., I also refer to this genus. 



SoLENOPUS BILINEATUS. S. oblongus, niger, fusco-squamosus, vittis 

 duabus albo-squamosis utrinque ad apicem prothoracis usque ad 

 apicera elytrorum continuatis ; rostro fusco-pioeo, quinquecarinato ( $ 

 minus notato), sparse griseo-squarauloso ; antennis piceis, funiculo 

 articulis duobus basalibus aequalibus, singulisque tertio quartoque con- 

 junctim aequalibus, viltimo ad clavam arete applicato ; protborace 

 subtransverso, utrinque ampliato-rotundato, granulis plurimis plus 

 minusve cresccntiformibus sat sparse transversim notato; scutello 

 subscutifornii ; clytris protborace paido latioribus, postice gradatini 

 angnstis, apicilnis rotundatis, supra fortiter seriatim punctatis, inter 

 puncta transversim granulato-rugosis, posticis minus punctatis, la;vi- 

 bus ; corpore infra pedibusque sparse grisescenti-squamosis. Long. 

 8 lin. 

 Hab. Cayenne; Mexico. 



The metasternum and first two abdominal segments are largely 

 excavated in this species, as tliey are in S. inorhillosus, Drury, and 

 8. spinicollis, Boh. ; but this is probably a sexual character 

 distinctive of the male. The names of this and the following 

 species are adopted from Dejean's ' Catalogue.' 



SoLENOPUs TRANSVERSALis. (PI. XL fig. 4.) S. oblougus, atcr, 

 opacus, squamulis minutis concoloribus adspersus ; rostro tricarinato, 

 basi rude punctato ; antennis ferrugineis, ut in pra;cedente descriptis ; 

 protborace minusculo, transverse, utrinque ampliato-rotundato, gra- 

 nulis planiusculis dispersis munito, antice vage punctulato ; scutello 

 elevato, subscutiformi ; elytris protborace manifeste latioribus, sub- 

 parallelis, apicera versus rotundatis, seriatim fortiter clatlirato-punc- 

 tatis, punctis postice gradatim minoribus, basi, fascia transversa pone 

 medium, apiceque albo-squamosis ; sternis, lateribus abdominis, pedi- 

 busque, tibiis exccptis, squamulis filiformibus sat dense vestitis ; femori- 

 bus infra dcnte parvo acuto armatis; tibiis intermediis brevibus. Long. 

 7 lin. 



Hab. Brazil. 



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