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82 THE TRIBE ONCIDERINI
punctures finer and obsolete; humeri projecting, anterior margin straight, very
oblique, posterior margin shortly cariniform, lit angle obtusely tuberoulate. Pro­
sternum slightly widened between procoxae; mesosternal process apically deeply and
sharply emarginate at middle; fifth sternite about one-half longer than fourth,
cmarginate feebly at apex. Procoxae globose, with a strongly curved uncus anter­
iorly; profemora with sides nearly straight on basal half, apical half gradually
clavate to apex, dorsal one-third of base feebly, ventral one-half of base roughly,
rugose; metatibiae strongly dilated on apical half; protarsi dilated. Antennae
about one-third longer than body, fimbriate heavily on first and third segments,
slightly on fourth and fifth; seape reaehing to middle of prona.tum, feebly capitate
apically, moderately punctate on basal half and very feebly rugose, finely, dcnsely
punctate on apical half; third segment sinuatc, one-fift.h longer than scape;
remaining segmcnts gradually shorter, eleventh with process much elongate.
FEMALE. More robust; elytra feebly attenuate; antenna! tubercles very ob­
tusely produced; fifth sternite about one and two-thirds times length of fourth, apex
emarginate and fringed, narrowly and shallowly, triangularly impressed at middle;
procoxae globose, very feebly, obtusely tubercled; profemora gradually clavate,
not rugose basally on dorsal or ventral surfaces, meta tibiae dilated apically;
antennae as long or slightly longer than body, scape somewhat more slender,
eleventh segment with feeble acces.;;ory process.
LENGTH 9.5-11.95 mm.; width 4.25-5.5 mm.
Type locality.-Peru.
Distribution.-Peru and Ecuador.
ECUADOR.: 4 , 4 !j!; Balsapamba, 700 m., April 27 to June 4, 1938 ; (\Vm. C.
MacIntyre) ; [L. Lacey] . 2 &; Playas Montalvo, Provo Los Rios, 15 m.,
l\'1arch 31, 1938, April 20, 1938; (Wm. C. MacIntyre); [L. Lacey] . I !j!,
Los Rios, March 2, 1938; (Wm. C. MacIntyre) ; [L. Lacey].
CIPRISCOLA Dillon and Dillon, gen. nov.
Related to Charoides, differing in front being narrower but
similarly shaped; antennal tubercles in male bearing a longer, robust
horn; elytra less attenuate, at base granulate-punctate, basal
gibbosities broader and longer; antennae with. seape more robust,
shorter, not attaining middle of pronotum, third segment one-fifth
longer than first, eleventh segment in male with a terminal process ;
meso tibiae, as well as meta tibiae, expanded in male.
Small to moderate-sized, elongate-ovate, robust, convex. Head with front
elongate, narrowed between, and slightly widened below, eyes; gena vertical; eye
with lower lobe broadly oblong, about equal to gena in height; antennal tubercles
prominent, subapproximate, in male at apex with a short, robust, obtuse horn, in
female only minutely produced. Pronotum transverse, slightly wider basally than
at apex, sides with a small, distinct tubercle behind middle; disk with five feebly
elevated tubercles. Scutellum transverse. Elytra gradually attenuate, a.pices
separately rounded; basal gibbosities feebly elevated, broad; disk on basal third