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verse, nearly semicircular, apex usually rounded, sometlln(!S notched; disk somewhat
impressed. Elytra slightly widened behind nriddle, apices each angularly rounded;
basal glbbosity very broad and feeble, rest of disk only slightly uneven, basal half
coarsely, densely punctate, behind middle punctures suddenly finer and sparser,
obsolete before :tpex; humeri prominent, :tnterior margin strongly rounded, angles
with smtiH but distinct tubercles; sides s1igbtly rugose behind humeri, more sparsely
punctate than disk. Proolernum strongly and suddenly expanded at middle, then
gradually wider bas.'\\ly. Procoxae tumid posteriorly, before with a broad, distinct
tubercle; femora robust, clavate, profemora rugose posterioriy, only feebly so on
anterior face. Fifth sternite slightly longer than fourth, apex hro..'\dly rounded.
Antennae one-third longer them body, eighth segment attaining clytral apex, fim­
briate on proximal four segments, which are all very robust; scape strongly clavate,
especially internally, e.xternally at base slightly rugose; third segment twice lengtb
of first, broaclly arcuate; fourth slightly shorter than third, fifth much shorter than
fourth, rest subequai.
FEMALE. Slightly more robust than male; antennal tubercles only shortly
dentate at apex; JJTocoxae with a very feeble tubercle anteriorly; profemora not
rugose; fifth sternite one-fourth longer than fourth, apex retusc, triangularly im­
presed at middle; antennae equal to body in length, scape and three following
segments more slender, the former not rugose basally; segments from fifth gradually
decrensing in length.
LENOTII 15-19 mm.; width 5-8.5 mm.
Holotype.-Male ; North Parana, Brazil ; [M.C.Z.] .
.A.llotype.-FemaJe; Sao Paulo ; S. P., Brazil, Nov. 12, 1919 ;
[C.A.S.].
Paratypes.-5 males, 1 female; Mafra, Santa Catharina, Brazil,
Dec.-Feb. 1932, 1934 ; (A. Maller) ; [L. Lacey]. Female; Faxina,
S5.o Paulo, Brazil; (A. Maller) j [L. Lacey]. Male ; Cachoeirinha,
Parana, Brazil, Nov. 1939 ; (A. Maller) j [L. Lacey]. Female ; S5.o
Paulo, S. P., Brazil, Nov. 12, 1939 ; [O.A.S.]. Male; Sapercay,
Paraguay ; (W. '1'. Foster) ; [U.S.N.M.].
Hesychotypa lirissa Dillon and Dillon, spec. nov.
PLATE VI, FIGURE 3.
Similar to H. subfasciata but the elytral fascia with more dentations
on posterior margin, less definite ; antennae much longer,
one and one-half or more times length of body; in male third and
fourth segments likewise enlarged; lateral tubercle of pronotum
much smaller.
MALE. Elonga.te-ovate, robust, subeylindrical, elytra subconvex; dark reddish­
brown to fuseous; head, pronotum and elytfll with dark brown pubescence and
with markings as follows: head above with five feeble, lulvous vitt.re, one broader
at middle, one either side of median, feebly arcuate, one either side beh.ind isthmus;