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The mesosternum bears matt bands arranged as in V. sinuatosulcatus, but has in addition a 

 band of hair-bearing punctures on either side of the whole length of the middle-line. The 

 anterior lateral and intermediate areas of the metasternum are entirely covered with 

 hair-bearing punctures. The elytra have a tuft of hair on the shoulders ; they are less 

 glossy than in other species, although the head and pronotum are normal in this respect. 

 The middle but not the hind tibiae have a spine before the end. Otherwise V. cnniceys 

 resembles the much larger V . simillimus in structure. 



Veturius assimilis (Weber). 



Fig. V, 8. p. 34. 

 Passalus assimilis, Weber, 1801, p. 81. 



One specimen from Rio de Janeiro, 26 mm. long. 



The mandibles resemble those of V. simillimus and V . criniceps, but the head is much 



narrower than in these species, and the central tubercle is set much further back than in 



the latter, being if anything somewhat further from the inner tubercles than these are from 



each other. The frontal ridges are absent except close to the central tubercle, where they 



are directed straight towards the inner tubercles. The scutellum is strongly punctured on 



either side of a broad median band. The mesosternum resembles that of V . simillimus, 



but has fewer punctures. The grooves of the elytra are vecy strongly punctured. The 



middle and posterior tibiae have no spines before the end. In other respects this species 



resembles V. simillimus. 



Veturius boliviae n. sp. 



Fig. V, 9, p. 34. 



Five specimens from Chaco, Bolivia, 31-34 mm. long. 



Veturius boliviae is very like V. cephalotus, but is smaller, has three well developed 

 terminal teeth on both mandibles, has very few punctures on the scutellum and the matt 

 parts of the mesothoracic episterna, has hair-bearing punctures on either side of the middle 

 line of the mesosternum as well as in front and at the sides and sometimes diffused over 

 other parts, the middle line being matt narrowly or not at all, and has more or less 

 impunctate grooves on the elytra. 



Veturius heydeni, Kaup. 



Fig. V, 10. p. 34. 



Passalus Heydenii. Kaup. 18686. p. 27. 

 ? Nee. Veturius heydeni. Kuweit, 1898, p. 169. 



One specimen from Mexico, 33 mm. long and very broad in proportion ; determined by 

 Kaup. 



The frontal ridges and inner tubercles of this species are obsolete, and the short parietal 

 ridges are dwarfed by the large central tubercle. In other respects the structure of this 

 species resembles that of V . boliviae, except that the marginal grooves of the pronotum are 

 narrower, that there is scarcely any hair near the middle line of the mesosternum and none 

 between this and the marginal bands, which alone are matt, and that the elytra are more 

 distinctly punctured. 



