124 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
distinguished from the allies by its shape, the narrow thorax and contracted shoulders 
being almost peculiar to it. Only one specimen has been received. 
43, Epicerus godmani, sp. n. (Tab. IV. fig. 24.) 
Angustus, niger, nudus, subnitidus ; rostro medio obsolete impresso, utrinque fovea ovali profunda munito ; 
prothorace subcylindrico, grosse rugoso ; elytris seriebus punctorum majorum profundorum impressis. 
Long. 93 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, in the pine-forest of Popocatepetl (Godman). 
Rostrum with the pterygia but little prominent; with a broad, shallow, median 
impression, a very deep front fovea, and on each side of the front a deep oval impres- 
sion; eyes rather large, subconvex ; antenne slender and elongate, the second joint of 
the scape a little longer than the first. Thorax elongate, covered with vague, coarse, 
rugose depressions, which form a very indistinct groove along the middle; it is slightly 
narrower in front than at the base, and the basal margin projects a little laterally, the 
upper surface at the base being rather abruptly distinguished from the sides. Hlytra 
long and narrow, subparallel, with series of large, rather closely placed, deep punctures. 
Depressions of the under surface of the rostrum very deep, the supports of the mandi- 
bular pieces unusually elongate. ‘Two specimens. 
This is a remarkably distinct species, in some respects allied to the £. vets group, in 
others to #. mexicanus. 
44. Epicerus pyriformis, sp.n. (Tab. 1V. fig. 23, 3.) 
Niger, capite prothoraceque obsolete squamosis, subnitidis, illo medio depresso, utrinque depressione minore 
munito; prothorace fere esculpturato, medio longitudinaliter impresso; elytris haud convexis, minus 
conspicue squamosis, seriebus punctorum majorum impressis, interstitlis 3°, 5°, 7° vix perspicue elevatis. 
Long. 11 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Hége). 
Rostrum widened at the apex, the pterygia distinctly projecting laterally; on the 
middle with a broad deep depression, the frontal fovea scarcely visible; on each side of 
the front a short additional impression, and another depression adjoining the front of 
the eye; the surface bearing scanty obsolete scales, each of these placed in a very 
shallow puncture, which it exactly fills. ‘Thorax rather depressed above, and with a 
vague depression along the middle not reaching the front or the base, slightly narrower 
in front than at the base; the surface appearing naked, but covered with imbedded 
scales, with scarcely any sculpture, and remarkably even, except for the median groove. 
Elytra covered with scales that are less obsolete than those on the anterior parts; a little 
broader at the sides from the base to behind the middle, with rather regular series of 
large impressions. Flanks and under surface covered with a squalid squamosity. One 
specimen of each sex. 
It is very difficult to assign a satisfactory place in the genus to this species. By the 
