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ME. P. P. PASCOE ON THE CUECULlONIDiE. 



flavidis paulo condensatis effecta ; rostro basi parum, apice fortiter, 

 dilatato \ antennis rufo-brunncis, clava nigra, funiculo tenuiter setu- 

 loso ; prothorace utrinque modice rotundato, basi truncato; scutello 

 transverso, ruguloso-punctato ; elytris subparallelis, prothorace multo 

 latioribus, ad latera abrupte declivibus, apice obtuse rotundatis ; cor- 

 pore infra pedibusque obscure nigris, squamulis valde dispersis notatis. 

 Long. 6 lin. 

 Hob. Brazil. 



Somewhat resembling the preceding, but {inter alia) the gra- 

 nules on the elytra larger and less dispersed. 



Cholus sycophanta. C. subellipticus, in medio paulo depressus, 

 niger, corpore pedibusque sulphureo-squamulosis, nitide ruaculatim 

 granulatis, capite prothoraceque vitta laterali squamulis densioribus; 

 rostro nigro, nitido, basi carinato ; scapo oculum haud attingente ; 

 funiculi articulo primo tribus sequentibus conjunctim sequali ; pro- 

 thorace utrinque paulo ampliato, confertim granulato; scutello nigro, 

 esquamoso ; elytris basi prothorace manifeste latioribus, subsenatim 

 granulatis, seriebus alternatis minoribus ; abdomine segmentis 3. 4. in 

 medio denudatis j mesosterno antice oblique planato, postice margine 

 anguste elevato; femoribus sublinearibus. Long. 11 lin. 



Hah. New Granada. 



This fine species in general appearance is like Dionyclius 

 flavescens. 



Cholus mimetes. C. subellipticus, supra parum depressus, niger, cor- 

 pore pedibusque sulphureo-squamulosis, confertim nitide granulatus, 

 vitta laterali in prothorace elvtrisque e squamulis condensatis effecta ; 

 rostro nigro, nitido, basi subcarinato j antennis nigris j scapo oculum 

 haud attingente ; funiculi articulo primo tribus sequentibus breviore ; 

 prothorace utrinque vix ampliato, confertim granulato ; scutello cas- 

 taneo, esquamoso ; elytris basi prothorace manifeste latioribus, gra- 

 nulis numerosis rufo-castaneis, plurimis confluentibus, minoribus 

 interjectis, instructis ; corpore infra ut in prsecedente, sed pedibus 

 magis tenuatis, femoribus sublinearibus. Long. / lin. 



Hab. Nicaragua (Chontales). 



Allied to the last, but smaller, with proportionally more slender 

 legs, and granulation of elytra more dense. 



Cholus curialis. C. anguste rhombicus, modice convexus, rufo- 

 piceus, silaceo-squamosus, granulis nitidis confertim maculatus ; 

 rostro basi subreticulato-punctato ; funiculi articulo primo secundo 

 vix longiore ; prothorace utrinque paulo ampliato, vitta laterali ab- 

 breviata, lateribusque infra cum jugulo squamis densioribus tectis ; 

 scutello squamoso, subscutiformi ; elytris elongato-cordatis, subseri- 

 atim granulatis, maculis parvis ochraceis, plus minusve raris, irregula- 



