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1NSECTA SAUNDERSIANA, 
This group and the three following have the eyes more approximate 
than in all the preceding groups, with the forehead narrow, having two 
longitudinal strigae inside the eyes, and the area between these forming 
a narrow, elevated ridge. It is, like those, American. 
Typus : Attel. bifoveatus, Jekel, Huj. Op. , 20 $ 
Congen.: Attel. rugicollis, Jekel.* 
Synon.: Attel. placidus ( Dej. Cat. 1837).f 
Attel. laevicollis {Jekel). 
Sect. IX. Xestolabus, Jekel. 
Charact. fere omnia ut in Sect. VIII.; thorace striga intra-apicali 
arcuata, plerisque sat profunda; elytra suhparallela,subquadrata, latitu- 
dine parum longiora, humeris obtusis. Corpus breviter ovato-subquad- 
ratum, nitidum, glabrura. 
* Attel. rugicollis. — Nitidus; capite, thorace scutelloque obscure 
brunneo-virescentibus; rostro feraoribusque anticis piceis, pectore tibiis- 
que anticis laetius picescentibus ; pygidio, abdomine pedibusque quatuor 
posticis dilute rufis; rostro arcuato, capite longiore, illo laevi, canalicu- 
lato ; thorace amplo, supra obsolete transversim—lateribus crebre— 
rugoso-punctato ; elytris antice castaneis, postice nigricantibus, leviter 
punctato-striatis; pectore crebre, pygidio abdomineque mediocriter 
punctatis (£). Long, (rostr. inclin. excl.) 4^; elytr. 2^. Lat. hum. 
3 mill. Cayenna; D. Dupont., Mus. Bowring. Attel. nitido , F., 
paulo major. 
f Attel. placidus. — Nitidus ; capite, thorace, scutello, pectore femo- 
ribusque anticis virescenti-piceis ; rostro, elytris, pygidio abdomine tibiis- 
que anticis brunneis; antennis pedibusque quatuor posticis dilute rufis ; 
capite ante basin utrinque elevato, fronte angusta occipiteque brunneis; 
thorace anguste conico, laevi, lobis ocularibus spinosis, utrinque dorsi 
oblique bi-impresso ; elytris slriis antice profundis, postice obsoletis, 
haud punctatis; pectore profunde, abdomine pygidioque mediocriter 
punctatis ( $). Long, (prset. rostr.) 4 T 4 g ; elytr. 2^. Lat. hum 2^ mill. 
Cayenna; D. Dupont, Mus. D. Bowring, magnitudo fere Attel. nitidi , F. 
