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are longer and more clavate, especially the posterior, and mutie 

 beneath ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae are straight, and 

 the posterior very strongly curved; the white ring on each 

 elytron is very marked, but an approach to this is observable in 

 some individuals of D. Jieilojpoides. 



Dicordylus luctuosus. D. ater, undique pube erecta, setis inter- 

 jectis, vestitus, maculisque parvis, e squamositate ochracea formatis, 

 obscure irroratus ; prothorace subconico, lateribus medio rotundato- 

 ampliato ; scutello elevato ; elytris crebre puuctatis, antice transver- 

 sim rugosis, tuberculis plurimis atro-fasciculatis munitis, singulis 

 pone medium fascia nivea decoratis. Long. 7^ lin. 



Hob. Chili. 



This species differs from D. ithyceroides, inter alia, in being 

 much stouter in all its parts ; in the third joint of the antennae 

 being nearly as long as the two next together, and in the four ter- 

 minal joints being shorter and broader ; the apex of each elytron 

 is obliquely emarginate within ; in D. itliyceroides there is only 

 a single fascicle at the base on each side, and there is no ochra- 

 ceous powdery substance on the elytra, the tibiae are much 

 thickened at the apex, and in both species the middle of the tibiae 

 is covered with white hairs. 



Dicordylus amcenus. D. ovatus, purpureo resplendens; capite ro- 

 stroque lineatim, elytris maculatim ochraceo-pubescentibus ; rostro 

 brevi, nigro ; antennis rufo-testaceis, fusco-variis ; prothorace trans- 

 versim conico, crebre punctato, quinquevittato ; scutello semiorbi- 

 culari ; elytris depressis, humeris rotundatis, singulis subcarinatis, 

 apice in medio fortiter mucronatis, maculis magnis in seriebus tri- 

 bus ornatis ; corpore infra chalybeato, nitido, ad latera pube ochracea 

 variegato ; pedibus parce pilosis, rufo-testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 

 3| lin. 



Hab. Chili. 



This is a somewhat aberrant species. 



Agilaus. 



(Ehinomncerinae.) 



RfiynchitcB affinis, sed tibiis compressis, subfoliaceis ; et pygidio 

 obtecto. 



The remarkable form of the tibiae essentially differentiates this 

 genus from MhyncMtes. In other characters, except of the py- 

 gidium, it agrees with the description as given by Lacordaire ; 

 the granulate surface of the derm, however, is foreign to Rhyn- 



