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Scambus, all very distinct in habit. After its stape, the most 

 striking peculiarity consists in the way in which the anterior coxte 

 are sloped away for the reception of the rostrum. 



Bebelatus auanea. (PI. XIII. fig. 7.) B, brevis, tumidus, niger, 

 sqiiamis grisco-fuscis tcctus, aliisque clongntis adspcrsus ; rostro 

 squamoso, prothorace multo breviore ; antennis testaceis ; prothorace 

 parvo, (lorso tubcrculis qnatuor majoribus, lateribus qniiiquc munitis, 

 lobo basah truucato ; elytris parum latioribus quam longioribus, indi- 

 stincte seriatim punctatis, singulis novem tuberculis in series tres dis- 

 positis ; pedibus valde squamosis ; tarsis articulo ultimo unguiculis- 

 quc testaceis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Amazons. 



EUETPAQES. 



(BaridinsB.) 



Uostrmn elongatum, cylindricum, parum arcuatum j scrohes me- 

 dianjE. Antennce tenues, scapo oculum haud attingente ; funi- 

 culo articulis duobus basalibus sequalibus, haud elongatis, caeteris 

 gradatim brevioribus. Oculi ovales, tenuissime granulati. Fro- 

 iliorax transversus, convexus, apice tubulatus, basi bisinuatua, 

 utrinque fortiter rotundatus. JPedes longinsculi, antice in mare 

 multo longiores ; femora in medio crassiora, infra fortiter den- 

 tata ; tihico auticaj rectaB, csDtersD flexuosse, apice mucronatae, 

 poatierc corbellis cavcrnosis ; tarsi antici ( d* ) valde dilatati, 

 fimbriati, cffiteri, anticique in fcemina, art. duobus basalibus 

 triangularibus, tertio fortiter bilobo ; unguiculi connati. Coxa: 

 anticaj haud approximatge. JProsternum haud canaliculatum. 

 Metasternum modice elongatum. Processus intercoxalis latis- 

 simus. 



Compared with Gentrinus in its Schonherrian sense, JEurypages 

 differs principally in the absence of the pectoral canal, and in the 

 remoteness of the anterior coxae. The length of the fore legs in 

 the male and their dilated tarsi may be of little more than spe- 

 cific value. The species described below is a rather isolated form : 

 it has the three intermediate segments of the abdomen curved at 

 the sides ; the scales on the elytra are arranged on each side of the 

 striae like the barbs of a feather. 



EuRYPAGES PENNATUS. (PI. XJII. fig. 6.) E. rhombicus, niger, 

 squamis piliformibus griseis munitus ; capite punctis confertis uni- 

 squamigeris impresso ; rostro basi rude punctato ; prothorace supra 



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