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sparsim cinereo pubescens, ttiorace elytrisque tenuissime 

 subalbo lineolatis, antennarum basi, pedibus 4 antieis tar- 

 sisque posticis testaceis; fronte inter oculos biimpresso; 

 thorace capite duplo latiore, transverso, aequaliter gros- 

 so punctato, tenue albo 5 lincolato, antice arcuatim an- 

 gustato, basi trisinuato, angulis posticis fere rectis; 

 elytris thorace vix latioribus, distincte punctato-striatis, 

 interstitiis plains, alternis subalbo lineolatis; corpore sub- 

 tus dense griseo tomentosus; pygidio triangulare, margi- 

 nis medioque albo-lineatis. Long. V/ t 1. — Iat. elyt.. '/, 1. 



De l'Amérique centrale. Nicaragua. 



Spermophagus nigromarginutus Motsch., statura Sper. 

 rob/uiac, sed paulo minor, corpore subtus 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 antieis casta- 

 neis; thorace transverso, rugoso-punctato, antice arcuato 

 basi leviter trisinuato, angulis posticis rectis; elytris tho- 

 race vix latioribus, oblongo-ovatis, subdepressis, tenue 

 striatis, interstitiis planis; pygidio medio marginisque 

 subalbido lineolatis. Long. 2'/ 4 1.— Iat. elyt. 1% 1. 



De l'Amérique tropicale. Surinam. 



Spermophagus dilatât us Motsch. statura lata Sper. car- 

 dui, sed plus sexduplo major, elytris cinereo tessellatis; 

 fere rotundatus, subconvexus, niger, cinereo tomentosus, 

 antennarum basi geniculisque antieis subpiceis; antennis 

 thoracis basi non superant, versus apicem clavatim in- 

 crassatis; thorace transverso, triangulare, subinequale, sub- 

 tiliter punctato, cinereo tessellato, dorso subimpresso, ba- 

 si arcuatim bisinuato, angulis posticis acutis, prominulis; 



