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Attelabus (Sternolabus) longirostris, Jekel. 
Breviler truncato-ovatus, nitidus, glaber; piceus aut brunneus, partim 
aut chalceo , aut cupreo-micans; capite cum rostro longissimo, 
froute angustissima ; thorace subconico, lateribus oblique rotundato, 
striga antica arcuata alteraque magna obliqua versus basin angula - 
riter producta impresso , ftasi lateribus (prceserlim infra ) longitu- 
dinaliter strigoso, reliqua superficia fere Icevi; scutello la to, valde 
transverso ; elytris brevibus, postice paulo angustatis, striis sub- 
punctatis antice profundis ab ante medium ad apicem obsoletis; 
pectore laxe—pygidio mediocriter—abdomine obsolete — punctatis. 
S Capite postice utrinque transversim elevalo, medio canaliculato, rostro 
paulo longiori et crassiori ; reliquis ut in prcecedentibus. 
5 Capite postice cequali, canalicula media obsoletiore. 
Long, (rostr. excJ. 3^—4; elytr. 2-^—2 T S 5 . Lat. hum. 2^—2-^ mill. 
Patria: Columbia. Dom. Goudot. Mus. Bowling, Saunders et 
Jekel. 
About the size of Attel. nitidus, F., distinguishable from it and the 
congeneric Xestolabi, by the elongation of its arcuate rostrum, much 
longer than the head, and, above all, the development of its sternum ; 
the elytra are evidently narrowed posteriorly, &c. 
Attelabus (Thvreolabus) deceptor, Jekel. 
Breviter obtuse ovatus, nitidus , piceo-brunneus, fere omnino obscure 
virescenti aut cenescenti micans ; rostro crebre punctato ; thorace 
lateribus modice rotundato , supra obsolete transversim ruguloso- 
punctato, utrinque dorsi foveola nonnullisque obsoletis ante basin 
impresso ; scutello medio valde impresso , angulis posticis acutis; 
elytris punctis seriatis distantibus postice obsoletis impressis , inter - 
stitiis Icevibus. 
$ Capite postice angulatim transversim elevato cum canalicula brevi 
media ; thorace lateribus apicis versus lobos infra-oculares angu- 
latos et spinosos antrorsum ductis. 
