74 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége), Teapa (H. H. Smith); Guaremaua, Tamahu, Cahabon, 
La Tinta (Champion). 
Rostrum short and stout, attenuate at the tip, with a slight incrassation at the inser- 
tion of the antenne, the insertion at about one-third of the length towards the front ; 
eyes rather small, a little convex, somewhat widely separated, the space between them 
with two or three strize; antenne dark yellow, the first and second joints nodose. 
Thorax a little narrowed from the middle to the front, shining, very sparingly punctate. 
Elytra short, without grooves, but with series of punctures, connected by fine lines so 
that striz are thus formed. Under surface black, but with a slender line of white 
setosity on each side of the breast. Legs yellow; coxe and trochanters black; femora 
marked with black towards the apex; tibiz at the knees and apex, together with the 
tarsi, fuscous; middle coxe rather slightly separated ; hind tibie in the male with a 
slight prolongation of the internal apical angle. 
Eighteen examples have been received of this species. It is very distinct from all 
others, except the following, which is very closely allied. 
61. Apion fraudulentum, sp. n. 
Nigerrimum, nitidum, pedibus fusco-testaceis, variegatis ; rostro brevi, crassiusculo ; prothorace parce fortiter 
punctato; elytris striatis haud sulcatis, 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David (Champion). 
This is extremely close to 4. pleuriticum, but the five individuals obtained differ as 
follows :—They are rather larger; the antenne are darker in colour; the thorax bears 
coarser punctures; the strie of the elytra are deeper; and the femora are, to a large 
extent, fuscescent, only their bases being yellow. 
62. Apion pallitarse, sp.n. (Tab. III. fig. 16.) 
Angustum, nigrum, opacum, fere nudum ; rostro gracili; antennis fusco-testaceis ; elytris late profundeque 
sulcatis, interstitiis angustis, convexis; pedibus basi fusco, apicem versus pallidioribus, tarsis testaceo- 
pallidis. 
Long. 1? millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in February (f/. H. Smith); Guaremaua, Zapote (Champion). 
Rostrum slender, subcurvate, in the male rather shorter than the head and thorax, in 
the female a little longer, opaque, not visibly sculptured ; head narrow; eyes small, 
somewhat prominent, the space between them rather wide, obscurely striate ; antenne 
slender, inserted about as far in front of the eyes as the width of the head (including 
the eyes). ‘Thorax very slender, subcylindrical, scarcely at all narrowed in front, coarsely 
punctate. Elytra slender, dull black, deeply and broadly sulcate, the grooves being very 
distinctly punctate ; interstices narrow and not flat. Legs long and slender, the femora 
dark, the tibize infuscate-testaceous, their apices and the tarsi pallid testaceous. Under 
surface without setosity ; coxee and trochanters dark ; middle coxe slightly separated. 
