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1NSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
9 Capite postice cequali , haud canaliculato ; thorace lobis infra - 
ocularibus nullis . 
Long, (rostv. excl.) 4; elytr. 2^. Lat. hum. 2^ mill. 
Patria : Brasilia. Dom. Dupont. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et 
Jekel. 
Extremely allied to Attel. ( Thyreolabus) corniculatus , Sch.; the 
thorax is less ample and rounded at the sides, subconiciform; the 
sculpture is different, &c. Body pitchy-brown, more or less obscurely 
greenish or olivaceous-shining, except the elytra, abdomen and posterior 
legs. Rostrum deeply punctate, having at the base an impression 
continued through the forehead to the vertex anteriorly, with two cana- 
liculse and an obtuse carina between them. Thorax obsolete trans¬ 
versely rugulose-punctate on the disk ; sides smooth anteriorly, remotely 
punctate posteriorly; underneath obliquely strigose; a constricted 
arcuate transverse impression above behind the apex is observable. 
Elytra subquadrate, convex, slightly angustate posteriorly, apex widely 
obtusely rounded ; shoulders roundly angulate callose ; punctures sub- 
foveiform anteriorly, successively smaller and more obsolete to the apex. 
Pygidium coarsely — pectus remotely and more deeply — abdomen obso- 
letely—punctate. 
Attelabus (Hybolabus) Sallei, Jekel. 
Breviter ovatus , gibbosus , nilidus , glaber; niger aut nigro-piceus ; 
thorace infra , elytris (basi exceptu ), pectore medio pedibusque 
violaceo-cyaneis ; capite cum rostro brevissimo ; thorace breviori , 
vertice evidenter canaliculato ; thorace transverso subconico , parum 
convexo , leviter punctato , striga obliqua utrinque dorsi impresso; 
sculello paululum transverso et convexo; elytris mox ante basin 
gibboso-convexis , leviter angusteque striato-punctatis , punctis valde 
approximatis ; pectore grosse—pygidio mediocriter—abdomine levi¬ 
ter — punctatis ; femoribus omnibus subtus denticulis brevissimis 
3-5 armatis. 
Long, (rostr. inclin. excl.) 4^ —-4 T % ; elytr. 3^ — 3$. Lat. hum. 
3^-3^ mill. 
