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  G. 
  E. 
  BRYANT. 
  

  

  Brevicolaspis 
  villosa, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (fig. 
  2). 
  

  

  Oblong-ovate, 
  subcylindrical, 
  ferruginous, 
  covered 
  with 
  rather 
  dense 
  yellowish- 
  

   white 
  adpressed 
  hair-like 
  scales, 
  finer 
  and 
  longer 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  vertical, 
  flattened, 
  covered 
  with 
  yellowish-white 
  hairs, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  

   short 
  longitudinal 
  impression 
  ; 
  eyes 
  reniform. 
  Antennae 
  filiform, 
  ferruginous, 
  

   with 
  slight 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  1st 
  joint 
  long, 
  2nd 
  very 
  short, 
  the 
  3rd 
  and 
  7th 
  about 
  

   equal 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  each 
  rather 
  swollen 
  at 
  apex, 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  joints 
  shorter 
  and 
  

   darker 
  and 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  reaching 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  Brevicolaspis 
  villosa, 
  Bryant, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  finely 
  and 
  evenly 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  yellowish-white 
  adpressed 
  

   hairs. 
  Scutellum 
  subquadrate, 
  with 
  hair-like 
  scales. 
  Elytra 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   broad, 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  from 
  about 
  middle 
  rounded 
  to 
  apex, 
  

   strongly 
  punctured, 
  ferruginous, 
  covered 
  with 
  yeUowish 
  hair-like 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  coarser 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax. 
  Legs 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  femora 
  with 
  

   hair-like 
  scales 
  and 
  all 
  armed 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  tooth, 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  near 
  apex. 
  Underside 
  

   ferruginous, 
  with 
  hairs 
  more 
  scattered 
  and 
  finer 
  ; 
  ventral 
  segments 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  

   about 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  following, 
  with 
  only 
  fine 
  short 
  scattered 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  cj 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  $ 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  antennae 
  stouter 
  and 
  longer. 
  

  

  South 
  Brazil 
  : 
  Bahia, 
  10 
  specimens 
  (G. 
  Bondar), 
  1 
  specimen 
  (C. 
  Darwin), 
  

   1 
  specimen 
  (Read). 
  

  

  Reported 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bondar 
  as 
  attacking 
  coconut 
  palms. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  B. 
  pilosa, 
  Lap., 
  in 
  colour, 
  in 
  the 
  antennae 
  of 
  the 
  (J 
  being 
  shorter, 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  more 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  in 
  the 
  thicker 
  and 
  coarser 
  hair-like 
  scales, 
  the 
  colour 
  

   of 
  the 
  scales 
  being 
  yellowish-white, 
  not 
  grey, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  being 
  armed. 
  

  

  