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catis, tmncaturse angulo postico acuto ; maris articulo 12'"° an- 
tennarum longiusculo, curvato. Long. 4^ lin. c? • 
Head clothed with thick tawny-grey pubescence, vertex 
spotted with brown ; inner side of each antenniferous tubercle 
( (^) produced into an acute tooth. Antennse towards the base 
grey, spotted with dark brown ; apices of third to eleventh joints 
dusky, bases of joints from the fourth testaceous. Thorax con- 
vex, unarmed, grey, coarsely punctured (especially on the sides) 
and spotted with dark brown. Elytra moderately broad at the 
shoulders, the latter not conically produced, but obtusely trun- 
cated, with the posterior end of the truncature acute ; surface 
thinly clothed with grey pile, and coarsely punctured, simply 
convex. Body beneath and legs clothed with tawny- grey pile, 
spotted with blackish, base of claw-joint testaceous ; apical half 
of posterior tibise strongly dilated ( (^). 
Ega. 
8. Hypselomus crassipes, n. sp. 
H. robustus, brunneus ; thorace lateribus pallidis ; elytris utrinque 
macula oblonga transversa cretacea ; pedibus crassis, nigris, tibiis 
posticis maris trigonis. Long. 8| lin. c? . 
Head coarsely wrinkled, black ; antenniferous tubercles pro- 
duced on the inner side into a stout spine (S). Antennse 
scarcely so long as the body, bases of joints, from the fourth, 
pale testaceous ; twelfth joint ( ^ ) short and twisted. Thorax 
convex in the middle, without distinct tubercles, a short obtuse 
tubercle on each side; above dark brown, sides dingy tawny 
white, traversed by an indistinct dusky stripe. Elytra broad 
and but slightly convex ; shoulders conically produced, base on 
each side obtusely elevated and very coarsely granulate-punctate, 
sides under the humeral projections also coarsely punctured, 
rest of the surface faintly punctured ; dark brown, base dingy 
tawny white ; each elytron beyond the middle ornamented with 
a distinct oblong, transverse, chalky spot. Body beneath dingy 
tawny ; abdomen black in the middle. Legs very stout, black ; 
tibise compressed ; hind tibise ( ^ ) dilated from the base, and 
obliquely truncated at the apex ; claw -joint red. 
Tapajos. Apparently allied to H. fasciatus of Thomson ; but 
no mention is made by this author of any peculiar formation 
in the legs. 
9. Hypselomus simplex, n. sp. 
H. subelongatus, brunneo-fulvus, unicolor ; elytris modice attenuatis, 
humeris conicis ; anteimis gracilibus, articulis basi griseis. Long. 
6|--9 lin. c? $ . 
Rather more elongate than the allied species ; but the elytra 
rather convex, and the third antennal joint strongly bent. Head 
