CYPHONICHUS. 681 
4. Cyphonichus mollis, sp. n. 
Ovalis, subdepressus, piceus, anterius fere omnino niger, pube fusca subtili parum elongata vestitus ; antennis 
pedibusque testaceis ; elytris parce punctatis, singulo ante medium seriebus nonnullis punctorum, valde 
abbreviatis. 
Long. 24 millim. 
//ab. Guatemaua, Torola 1000 feet (Champion). 
The series of larger punctures are four in number on each wing-case, and though 
greatly abbreviated are very distinct. The pubescence is short and very fine. The 
form is short-oval, but little pointed behind: this character and the shorter antenne 
readily distinguish C. mollis from C. vestitus. One specimen. 
5. Cyphonichus vestitus, sp.n. (Tab. XX. fig. 3.) 
Ovalis, parum convexus, nigricans, antennis pedibusque testaceis, subtiliter punctatus, pube sat elongata 
suberecta dense vestitus ; elytris seriebus punctorum majorum abbreviatis. 
Long. 35 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Rather elongate-oval, considerably narrowed behind, blackish, the elytra being black 
and the abdomen more rufescent than the rest of the body. ‘The pubescence is of a 
dark fuscous colour, abundant and conspicuous; the punctuation on the thorax is 
scarcely evident, and on the elytra is scanty and fine, there being four or five series of 
larger punctures on each, reaching halfway, or less, towards the apex. On the under 
‘surface there is a very fine pubescence, which renders the surface dull. 
Described from eight specimens found at San Gerdnimo. Two Mexican examples 
are rather smaller, and exhibit slight distinctions in the sculpture, but I hesitate to 
treat them as distinct while we have so little evidence as to the variation of these 
closely allied forms. 
6. Cyphonichus misellus, sp. n. 
Ovalis, minus angustus, sat convexus, fusco-niger, antennis testaceis, pedibus rufis; pube elongata dense 
vestitus; elytris seriebus punctorum majorum abbreviatis. 
Long. 3 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (H. H. Smith). 
In this insect the serial punctures of the elytra are conspicuous and less abbreviate 
than in most of the other members of the genus, and extend from the suture outwards ; 
the series along the suture, though consisting of remote punctures, can be traced for 
the greater part of the length of the elytra; the minute diffuse punctuation is less 
than in most of the other species, and all the sculpture is much concealed by the 
largely developed pubescence. 
Though we have only one specimen, I think it represents a distinct species from 
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