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Scambus, all very distinct in habit. After its shape, the most 

 striking peculiarity consists in the way in which the anterior coxae 

 are sloped away for the reception of the rostrum. 



Bebelatus aranea. (PI. XIII. fig. 7.) B. brevis, tumidus, niger, 

 squamis griseo-fuscis tectus, aliisque elongatis adspersus ; rostro 

 squamoso, prothorace multo breviore ; antennis testaceis ; prothorace 

 parvo, dorso tuberculis quatuor majoribus, lateribus quinque munitis, 

 lobo basali truncato ; elytris parum latioribus quam longioribus, indi- 

 stincte seriatim punctatis, singulis novem tuberculis in series tres dis- 

 positis ; pedibus valde squamosis ; tarsis articulo ultimo unguiculis- 

 que testaceis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Amazons. 



EURYPAGES. 



(Baridinse.) 



Hostrum elongatum, cylindricum, parum arcuatum ; scrobes me- 

 dianae. Antennae tenues, scapo oculum haud attingente ; funi- 

 culo articulis duobus basalibus aaqualibus, haud elongatis, cseteris 

 gradatim brevioribus. Oculi ovales, tenuissime granulati. Pro- 

 thorax transversus, convexus, apice tubulatus, basi bisinuatus, 

 utrinque fortiter rotundatus. Pedes longiusculi, antice in mare 

 multo longiores ; femora in medio crassiora, infra fortiter den- 

 tata ; tibiae anticae rectse, caeterae flexuosae, apice mucronata3, 

 posticaa corbellis cavernosis ; tarsi antici ( cS ) valde dilatati, 

 fimbriati, caeteri, anticique in fcemina, art. duobus basalibus 

 triangularibus, tertio fortiter bilobo ; unguiculi connati. Coxa 

 anticse haud approximataa. Prosternum haud canaliculatum. 

 Metasternum modice elongatum. Processus intercoxalis latis- 

 simus. 



Compared with Centrinus in its Schonherrian sense, Eurypages 

 differs principally in the absence of the pectoral canal, and in the 

 remoteness of the anterior coxas. The length of the fore legs in 

 the male and their dilated tarsi may be of little more than spe- 

 cific value. The species described below is a rather isolated form : 

 it has the three intermediate segments of the abdomen curved at 

 the sides ; the scales on the elytra are arranged on each side of the 

 striae like the barbs of a feather. 



Eurypages pennatus. (PI. XIII. fig. 6.) E. rhombicus, niger, 

 squamis piliformibus griseis munitus j capite punctis confertis uni- 

 squamigeris impresso ; rostro basi rude punctato ; prothorace supra 



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