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INSECTA SAUNDERS1ANA. 
V. Ut in Sect. III. et IV., sed antennis tenuibus, longioribus, arti- 
culis 3-7 cylindricis, successive brevioribus, sed 7o tantura 
latitudine duplo longius ; 80 longo, conico, clavae adpresso ; 
clava brevi, ovata. Scutellum dorso pellucido-globosnm. 
( Thyreuscelus ). Typus : Eusc. scutellatus , Sch., &c. 
Euscelus bipustulosus, Jekel. 
Elliptico-ovatus, nitidus , glaber; violaceus aut violaceo-brunnescens, 
scepe partirn—prcesertim in ihorace et pectore—virescenti aut cenes- 
centi micans ; maculis duabus basalibus magnis pellucido-elevatis 
elytrorum , pygidio abdomineque Jlavis ; capite cumrostro elongate, 
thorace multo longiori, sublcevi ; thorace obsolete punctate, striga 
transversa apicali alteraque media arcuata, margine basali bi- 
strigata; elytris Icevibus subconicis, humeris oblique truncato- 
acutis. 
S' Thorace latiore ; elytris postice magis angustatis; pedibus anticis 
corpore multo longioribus (7-8 mill, long.); femoribus crassiori- 
bus, arcuatis, dente ante-apicali externa, crassa, apice intus 
hamato-truncata, interna angusta vero spiniformi. 
9 Pedibus anticis corpore paulo longioribus (5 T 5 g —6 mill, long.); 
femoribus anticis spina interna ut in $, externa nulla, sed 
secunda subinterna proprius apicem parva. 
Long, (vostr. excl.) 5—5^; elytr. 3^—3 T |. Lat. hum. 2 T 7 g —2^ mill. 
Patria : Jamaica. Mus. Bowling, Chevrolat, Saunders et Jekel. 
Statura formaque generalis Eusc. hamati , Sell., plus duplo major, 
pro ratione latior. 
Rostrum much shorter than the head, narrow at the base, subtri- 
angularly ampliate to the apex, little convex, almost smooth, with 
a canaliculate elevation between the antennae continuing on the fore¬ 
head. Head oblong, somewhat ampliate to the base, transversely 
impressed posteriorly, with the occiput more convex than the vertex ; 
obsoletely strigose-punctulate, smooth on the occiput. Eyes large, flat, 
approximate on the forehead, which is very narrow. Antennae rather 
