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moreover these margins are even and well defined, whereas masoni 
has them narrow and not well defined or limited. The Jacoby 
species has also a dark spot on the breast. 
Luperus beniensis sp. nov. 
Small, below dirty testaceous, antennae and body above 
very dark brown, fairly thickly punctulate, the edges of the 
elytra especially the sutural, diffusely light colored. 
Type 4 examples Reyes, Beni Riv. 7-8-95 (Stuart) 3 spe- 
cimens labelled Peru, M. Kirsh (2 Jac. coll) Bow. coll. Length 
2 mm. 
Antennae cf (?) slender, longer than the body, somewhat 
flavous at base shorter 9 (?). Again very close to marginatus 
Jac., but that form is black below, less punctured above, with 
the light margins plainly defined, besides being larger. 
Luperus pallidus sp. nov. 
Small, entirely dirty yellow, antennae comparatively short 
and slightly darkened towards the tip, surface very lightly punc- 
tulate, smooth, shiny, no depression on the thorax and only a 
very obsolete one on the elytra below the inner shoulder, one 
specimen has the eiytral edge slightly darkened, also the ab- 
domen. It is small, insignificant, but the only light colored form 
rated from South America. 
Type 3 specimens Bolivar, Colombia, Cartagena vii-11-20 
(F. A. Mason) No. 93. Length 2}4 mm. Bow. coll. 
Luperus blumenensis sp. nov. 
Medium sized, shining black, head, thorax, scutel and base 
of femora yellow, elytra without depression, thickly and closely 
punctate. 
Type 1 example Blumenau, So. Brazil (Reitter) Bow. coll. 
Length 4 mm. 
Head with smooth shiny vertex, antennse not reaching the 
end of the body, joints 2, 3, 4 gradually increasing in length, 
