LONCHOPHORUS. 153 
rugulosely punctate, the fifth callose at its apex. Legs stout; femora each with two teeth, the outer 
one small, the inner one large and triangular, the anterior pair strongly clavate; tibiz sinuous within ; 
tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 9, breadth 4 millim. (<.) 
Hab. Panama, Taboga I. (Champion). 
Two males. Distinguishable from the following species by its larger size and more 
robust build, the stouter, less curved, and dorsally flattened rostrum (<¢ ), the arcuately 
dilated, inwardly depressed humeri, and the different arrangement of the pubescence 
on the elytra. Less elongate than the South-American L. varius (Fabr.) (=parasita, 
Fabr.), the legs shorter and stouter, the prothorax more transverse, the humeri 
more rounded. It is probable that more than one species does duty for L. varius 
in collections. 
3. Lonchophorus fusiformis, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 12, 12a, 5; 13, 2.) 
Elongate, subfusiform, shining, piceous or ferruginous; the prothorax with a median vitta, the elytra with 
several large, irregular, longitudinally confluent patches on the disc, extending from the base to the apex, 
the scutellum, and two spots on the mesosternal side-pieces, thickly clothed or tessellated with appressed, 
ochreous pubescence, the rest of the surface with scattered, decumbent, ochreous or whitish hairs. Head 
foveate and punctulate between the eyes, which are rather narrowly separated; rostrum (<) slender, 
moderately curved, considerably more than twice the length of the prothorax, seriate-punctate and 
5-carinate in its basal two-thirds, and smooth thence to the apex, (@) very much longer, strongly 
curved, and smooth in its outer half; antenne inserted at the middie of the rostrum in the 9, and at 
about one-third from the apex in the ¢. Prothorax transverse, narrowing from the base, constricted in 
front, the sides rounded anteriorly; coarsely, irregularly punctate, except along the finely punctured, 
flattened median space. Elytra elongate, flattened on the disc anteriorly, compressed laterally, at the 
base very little wider than the prothorax, narrowing from a little below the rounded humeri to the apex ; 
deeply punctate-striate, the interstices convex, sparscly punctulate, the fifth raised a little below the 
base. Femora each armed with a long triangular tooth, and with a small touth exterior to this, the latter 
not always present on the hind pair; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 53-7, breadth 23-3 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Sad/é), Cerro de Plumas (Hdége) ; GuaTEMALA, Pantaleon, 
Mirandilla (Champion) ; Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Eighteen specimens. The ochreous markings on the elytra together form an irregular, 
broad, laterally excised, common discoidal patch, which extends from the base to the 
apex. ‘he fifth interstice is not raised at its point of termination. 
4. Lonchophorus pustulatus, sp.n. (Tab. IX. fig. 14, 3.) 
Elongate, subfusiform, shining, piceous, the rostrum, the antenne in part, and the base of the femora and the 
knees, more or less ferruginous ; very sparsely clothed with whitish decumbent hairs, the elytra with a 
broad, common, subcruciform fascia at the middle, which is connected with a transverse patch below it, 
and another at the apex, and the scutellum, thickly clothed with appressed ochreous pubescence. Head 
sparsely punctate, carinate between the eyes, which are large and narrowly separated ; rostrum about 
twice as long as the prothorax, feebly curved, rather stout, 5-carinate and seriate-punctate to near the 
tip, which is sparsely punctulate, the antennx inserted at about one-third from the apex, joint 1 of the 
funiculus twice as long as 2. Prothorax broader than long, narrowing and slightly constricted in front, 
the sidcs parallel behind; the entire surface coarsely, irregularly punctate. Elytra convex, not much 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. IV. Pt. 4, February 1903. XX 
