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sparsim cinereo pubescens, thorace elytrisque tenuissime 

 subalbo iineolatis, antennarum basi, pedibus 4 anticis tar- 

 sisque posticis testaceis; fronte inter oculos biimpresso; 

 thorace capite duplo latiore, transverso, aequaliter gros- 

 so puuctato, tenue albo о lineolato, antice arcuatim an- 

 gustato, basi trisinuato, angulis posticis fere rectis; 

 elytris thorace vix iatioribus, distincte punctato-striatis, 

 interstitiis planis, alternis subalbo Iineolatis; corpore sub- 

 tus dense griseo tomentosus; pygidio trianguläre, margi- 

 nis medioque albo-lineatis. Long. 2% I. — lat. elyt.. 2 / 5 1« 



De l'Amérique centrale. Nicaragua. 



Spermophagus nigromargiuatus Motsch., statuta Sper. 

 rqbiniae, sea paulo minor, corpore siibtus niger; ova- 

 tus, vix convexus, niger, supra castaneus lineatim helvo 

 pubescens, interstitiis transversim fusco submaculatis, 

 elytrorum margine infuscato, antennis dimidio corporis 

 fere longitudine capiteque atris, femoribus anticis casta- 

 neis; thorace transverso, rugoso-punctato, antice arcuato 

 basi leviter trisinuato, angulis posticis rectis; elytris tho- 

 race vix Iatioribus, oblongo-ovatis, subdepressis, tenue 

 striatis, interstitiis planis; pygidio medio marginisque 

 subalbido iineolatis. Long. 2 d / 4 1.— lat. elyt. l f / 4 1. 



De l'Amérique tropicale. Surinam. 



Spermophagus dilatatus Motsch. statura lata Sper. car- 

 ditis sed phis sexduplo major, elytris cinereo tessellatis; 

 fere rotundatus, subconvexus, niger, cinereo tomentosus, 

 antennarum basi geniculisque anticis subpiceis; antennis 

 thoracis basi non superant, versus apicem clavatim in- 

 crassatis; thorace transverso, trianguläre, subinequale, sub- 

 tiliter punctalo, cinereo tessellato, dorso subimpresso, ba- 

 si arcuatim bisinuato, angulis posticis acutis, prominulis: 



