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whereas in decipiens they are strikingly different, the males be- 

 ing very much the more slender. 



SAPOTES n. gen. (Ophryastini). 



Beak about as long as the head, trisulcate ; scrobes narrow, deep, 

 beginning near the apex, passing rapidly beneath, vanishing slightly 

 below and before the eyes ; the latter broader than long, subacute 

 beneath, partially concealed in repose by the ocular lobes. Antennae 

 short ; scape a little shorter than the funicle, barely attaining the eyes, 

 gradually, feebly clavate ; funicle seven- jointed, first joint as long as the 

 next two together, second nearly twice as long as the third, joints 

 three to six equal, subquadrate, seventh a little wider, transverse, 

 rather close to the club ; the latter ovoidal, pointed, rather small, finely 

 pubescent. Prothorax without lateral tuberosities ; ocular lobes well 

 developed, devoid of fimbriae. Scutellum small, triangular, distinct. 

 Tenth elytral stria distinct in basal third. First abdominal segment 

 much longer than the metasternum, nearly as long as the next three 

 together, separated from the second by a very feebly arcuate, deeply 

 impressed suture ; second nearly as long as the third and fourth 

 together. Tarsi rather robust ; first three joints short, setose with the 

 tips spinose beneath ; third slightly wider than the second, bilobed ; 

 fourth nearly as long as the first three together ; claws long, divergent. 

 Cotyloid surface of the posterior tibiae semi-cavernous, having a long 

 outer and a short inner line of short, very robust spinules ; spurs 

 obsolete. 



The mentum is small, subquadrate, very deeply seated, and 

 has near the apex two deep setigerous punctures. The entire 

 body, including the tarsi and antennae, except the antennal 

 club, is covered with a very thick, dense indument of a scale- 

 like nature, the scales not overlapping, but densely and 

 polygon ally crowded. 



On comparing this genus with Ophryastes, it is seen to differ 

 in its non-fimbriate ocular lobes, more dilated third tarsal 

 joint, and evenly rounded sides of the prothorax. From 

 Eupagoderes it also differs in the first character, and in its much 

 longer fourth tarsal joint and second ventral segment. 



S. puncticolli§ n. sp. — Form elongate-oval, subparallel, convex ; 

 prothorax whitish, two lateral vittae dark brown ; elytra whitish, 

 unevenly clouded with darker, especially toward the suture ; under 

 surface whitish ; femora brown, except the apices which are white. 

 Head distinctly wider than the beak ; front broadly and evenly convex, 

 separated from the beak by a very feeble transverse impression ; beak 



