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ctulato ; capite nigro, antrorsum punctulato ; thorace longi- 

 tudine vix latior, antrorsum rotundato-angustato, basi media 

 lobato, cribrato- punctulato, subtränsversim irregulariter 

 squamuloso, squamulis utrinque linea albida curvata, medio 

 subcarinulat; elytris breviter ovatis, basi tmncata, punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis deplanatis, punctato-flavo-albidi-squami- 

 feris, squamulis ad scutellum plagaque postice densioribus; 

 femoribus inermibus. 



Long. Itytfiwn, lat. l 3 / s mm. 



Habitat in Venezuela. 



C'en tri uns * montan ns m. G. bifronti Fab. affinis; 

 suboblongus, postice attenuatus, niger, subnitidus, foveo- 

 lato-punctulatus, punctis ochraceo-setiferis ; rostro striato- 

 punctato, medio vix ampliato et longitudinaliter impresso, 

 antrorsum nitido, vix punctulato, basi undique granulato- 

 punctato; capite convexo, subopaco, antice vix sparsim pun- 

 ctulato; oculis non prominulis; thorace subquadrato, antice 

 truncato, leviter impresso, basi bisinuato, ad scutellum le- 

 viter exciso, angulis posticis rectis, lateribus post medium 

 fere parallelis, ante medium rotundatis, disco remote late- 

 ribus creberrime cribrato-punctatis, punctis ochraceo-seti- 

 feris, linea media longitudinali laevi, subcarinata; elytris 

 breviter ovatis, basi truncata, leviter impressa, humeris pro- 

 minulis; profunde striatis, striis punctatis, interstitiis ele- 

 ^ vatis, deplanatis, postice angustis, seriatim subfoveolato- 

 setiferis; femoribus inermibus, nigris, tibiis nigris vel san- 

 guineis, tarsis sanguineis. 



Long. 3 1 /»— 4V4mm, lat. IVa— l a / 3 mm. 



Mas. Prosternum subtus bicornutum, cornibus rufo-san- 

 guineis. 



Variat rufo- sanguineis, rostro, capite, scutello geniculis- 

 que nigris (immatura). 



Habitat in Nova-Granata, Am. austr. 

 i Centr,. montanus Schauf. i. litt. Centr. regularis Deyr. i. 1. 



