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tibiis $ paulo arcuatis. Corpus utrinque valcle attenuato-inclinatum, 
sat deplanatum, nitidum, glabrum. 
This American group is more flatly inclined both sides of the body 
than any other. 
— Typus : Attel. angulatus, F. 
~ Congen. ; Attel. melanocoryphus, Germ. 
Attel. Buquetii (Dej.) = testaceus ( Buquet ), Hug. Op. 
Sect. XV. Pleurolabus, Jekel. 
Caput cum rostro arcuatum, thorace longius. Antennce crassae ; 
clava ampla. Thorax sat amplus, utrinque rotundatus, basi simpliciter 
marginatus. Elytra breviter OYato-parallela, convexa, postice non 
attenuato, sed rotundatim declivia ; humeris obtusis; pone scutellum 
transversim impressa ; multicostata. Femora mutica. Corpus glabrum, 
nitidum, statura abbreviata et subparallela fere ut in Sects. II. et III. 
This group is South African, and is reudered peculiar in the genus 
by its striate-multicostate elytra. I have seen very few species. 
Typus : Attel. exaratus, Sch. 
Congen. ; Attel. costatus, Jekel , Hug. Op ., <$rc. 
Sect. XVI. Phymatolabus, Jekel. 
Caput cum rostro elongatum, arcuatum, thorace longius. Rostrum 
capite paulo brevius, intra antennas compressum. Caput parallelo- 
cylindrieum: — Oculi minimi, semi-globosi, laterales, parum exserti. 
Frons lata. Thorax utrinque rotundatus, supra insequalis. Elytra 
breviter. ovata, inaequalia, tuberculata, humeris oblique truncatis, late- 
raliter angulatim extensis. Femora omnia aut dentata cum tibiis 
subtus muticis, aut mutica cum tibiis subtus denticulatis aut crenulatis. 
This group is, like the preceding, composed of South African 
species, but is very distinct from it and all the other sections, in 
having its thorax and elytra unequal, tuberculate. 
