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LAWRENCE S. DILLON AND ELIZABETH S. DILLON 137
sha.l.J.ow and not attaining base of stcrnite; profemora not rugose; antennae little
longer than body, scape not grooved basally.
LENGTH 10-12 mm.; width 3.75-5 mm.
Type locality.-Brazil.
Distribution.-Southeastern Brazil.
BRAZIL: 2 a; Nova Friburgo; [M.CZ.J . a, ; Rio Vormelho, Santa Catharina,
November, 1941, March, 1940; (A. Maller) ; [L. Lacey]. ; Marra, Santa
Catharino., Mach, 1934; (A. Maller); [L. Lacey].
Apamauta hehes Thomson
Apamauta liebes Thomson, Physis, IT, 1868, p. 59.
"Elongate, black; above fulvous irroratc. Head covered with sparse, black
puncture;;, two fulvous lines before eycs; antennae brown, pilose, segments four to
eleven gray at base. Prot.bor:lx covered with sparse, black punctures. Elytra tri­
angular, more than four times length of prothorax; fulvous irrornte, deeply black­
punctate; apices rounded. Beneath fulvous maculate; legs fulvous tomcntose.
Length 13-19 rom.; width 4--G mm. Brazil."
The above is a translation of the original description.
This may prove to be identical with Ischiocentra tnultinotata
Melzer.
Apamauta pubescens Thomson
Apamauta pubescens Thomson, 'Pbysis, II, 1868, p. 59.
"Elongate, rufous, covered everywhere with gray pubesccnce; immaculate. Head
brown pubescent; antennae testaceous, gray pubescent. Prothorax cylindrical, U11-
armed. Elytra triangular, slightly depressed, coarsely punctate, apices rounded.
Body beneath and legs gray pubescent. Length 18 mm.; width 7 mm. Brazil."
The foregoing is a translation of the original description.
BETA Dillon and Dillon, gen. nov.
Somewbat related to 11fidamus in the broad front, small eyes,
short genae and cylindrieal pronotum ; distinct in having tbe eyes
broader, more oblong; antennal tubercles more prominent; pronotum
transvere, sides not excavated, distinctly tuberculate, disk
with two tubercles ; elytra more tapering, apices acute, base punctate,
humeri more elevated; metatibiae subequal in length to metafemora.
Moderate-sized, elongate-ovate, robust. Head with front transverse, feebly
narrowed below eye, deely excavated between antennal tubercles; gena elongate;