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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Genus SPERMOPHAGUS, Steven , Sch. 
Spermophagus Sallei, Jekel. 
Oblongo-ovalus, obscure ferrugineus, subtus parce , supra densius fulvo- 
subolivescente aut jlavescente tomentosus, interstitiis alternis elytrorum 
pallidius lineatis; ore, antennarum basi pedibusque anticis dilutius 
ferrugineis; oculis magnis , nigris , profunde grosseque reticulatis ; 
fronte medio longitudinaliter elevato carinatoque ; thorace transverso, 
sinuatim subsemicirculari , densissime punctulato ; elytris anguste 
punctato-striatis , interstitiis alternis convexiusculis , alternis planis ; 
pygidio subobliquo , semiovato, punctato. 
Longit. (cum pygid. parum exs., cap. infl.) 2f lin. = 6 T | millim. 
Latit. infr. hum. 1+ lin. = 3 7 | millim. 
Patria : Santo Domingo : A Dom. Salle detectus. 
This species is allied to Sperm. Hoffmannseggi , Gyll., Sch., hut that 
insect is scarcely larger, very little longer, and proportionally broader. 
Head short and transverse behind the eyes, and between them coni¬ 
cally narrowed towards the rostrum : front longitudinally elevated in the 
middle, subcarinate; densely punctulate, dark ferruginous or rufous, covered 
with a subolivaceous fulvous pile. Eyes large, semilunar, obliquely ap¬ 
proximating towards the rostrum ; pitchy black, strongly reticulate. Ros¬ 
trum small, short, transverse, narrower at its base than the head behind the 
eyes, subconically narrowed towards the apex, where it is truncate; coarsely 
punctate, subglabrous; apex shining, smooth; ferruginous. Labrum ex¬ 
tremely short, transverse, sublinear, smooth, shining, pale ferruginous. 
Mandibles short, scarcely extended over the labrum, subconic, slightly in¬ 
curved at the apex, which is acute ; dark ferruginous. Parts of the mouth. 
and palpi coloured as the labrum. Antennce rather elongate, reaching fur¬ 
ther than the base of thorax, moderately thick; first three joints ferrugi¬ 
nous, subglabrous, shining; 1st elongate, subconic; 2nd minute, very short, 
transverse, half the length of the third, which is cylindric-subconic, 
scarcely longer than its apical width, and half the length of the first; 
4—11 dark ferruginous, nearly equal in length, somewhat longer than the 
third, flat, tomentose ; 4—10 subquadrangular-conic, narrower at the base, 
with the angle rounded, wider at the apex, with the angle acute,—they 
