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Scelolyperus tenuimarginata sp. nov. 
Long, parallel, straw yellow; tibiae, tarsi and upper sides of 
femora dark brown, abdomen and metosternum metallic cyaneous 
with gray pubescence, epipleura, the reflexed edges posteriorly, 
and the suture for apical two thirds, very narrowly edged with 
metallic greenish black. 
Type 1 d' example Brazil 9 (2d Jac. coll.) Bow coll. Length 
8 mm. 
Head with long well marked longitudinal furrow, antennae 
long and slender (4 upper joints missing), thorax broader than 
long, smooth with vague lateral impressions, elytra thickly rather 
coarsely and confusedly punctate with numerous obsolete costae, 
especially indicated towards the middle, the metallic coloring 
below is almost similar to that of S. bella Jac. and S. viridis Jac. 
In the shape of the thorax this species is allied to S. flava All. 
from Argentine, which is not strictly typical in the shape of the 
thorax. 
Scelolyperus rosenbergi sp. nov. 
Medium sized, black, with lower face, thorax, joints 9-11 
antennae (except tip), fulvous or yellowish white, elytra dark 
purplish blue, very closely, thickly and rugosely punctate with 
two or three obsolete costae, of which the most marked is one at 
apical third, a little the lateral side of the middle. 
Type 1 example Cali, Colombia ix-xii-94 Rosenberg. Bow. 
coll. Length 7 mm. 
Head with vertex almost smooth, in certain lights tinged 
with greenish, antennae graceful, nearly as long as body, joints 2, 
3 almost equal, thorax rather transverse, smooth, convex, almost 
impunctate, the scutel is smooth, the punctuation of the elytra, 
excepting the costal indications is similar to bella Jac- 
