160 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
A. flavirostris-group. 
2. Anthonomus flavirostris, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 18, 18 a, 2.) 
Obovate, robust, rugulose, opaque, nigro-piceous or black, the rostrum and antenne, and the abdomen in 
great part, flavo-testaceous; the legs flavo-testaceous, with the femora and tibia more or less annulated 
with black ; the surface densely clothed with fine, appressed, pubescence, that of the head and prothorax 
cinereous, the latter with two broad vitte on the disc and a marginal line fulvous, that of the elytra 
‘cinereous, mottled with fuscous and fulvous, the fulvous pubescence chiefly confined to the larger 
elevations. Head with a very small fovea between the eyes, the latter prominent; rostrum feebly 
curved, slender, much longer than the head and prothorax, sparsely punctulate and shining, almost 
smooth beyond the middle, pubescent at the base only, the antennew inserted at about two-fifths from 
the apex, joint 1 of the funiculus as long as 2-4 united. Prothorax broad, transverse, abruptly con- 
stricted and narrowed in front. Elytra very convex, broad and rather short, much wider than the 
prothorax, subparallel towards the base, the humeri obtuse, but prominent, the base strongly sinuate ; 
rather coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices convex and uneven, 3, 5, and 7 wider than the rest and 
each furnished with several angular prominences, those on 3 and 5 large. Legs stout; anterior femora 
greatly incrassate, with two triangular teeth, the inner one large; intermediate and hind femora each 
with a long tooth ; anterior tibise curved; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 34-4, breadth 1,%,-2 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Las Mercedes, Cerro Zunil, San Isidro, Capetillo, all on the 
Pacific slope (Champion). 
Five specimens, presumably all females. One of the most remarkable of the 
Central-American Anthonomi, and easily identified by the flavescent, slender, shining 
rostrum, the annulated legs, the conspicuous angular elevations on the elytra, and the 
strongly incrassate, bidentate anterior femora. 
3. Anthonomus inequalis, sp.n. (Tab. IX. fige. 19,194, ¢.) 
Rather broad, robust, opaque, piceous or rufo-piceous, the rostrum, antenna, and legs (the middle of the 
femora excepted) ferruginous, the abdomen broadly flavous at the tip; the head, the base of the rostrum, 
the under surface and legs clothed with rather long grey or ochreous pubescence, that on the prothorax 
not hiding the sculpture; the elytra thickly clothed with short, fine, fulvous pubescence, which is 
mottled with fuscous and pale ochreous or grey, and with a large dark brown or black patch at the base 
on each side of the scutellum, the other dark spots placed chiefly on the elevated portions of the surface, 
the light ones showing a tendency to form two fascia beyond the middle. Head closely punctate, the 
eyes prominent, rounded; rostrum long and slender, curved, shining, rugulose and tricarinate in its 
basal half, sparsely punctate towards the apex; antenne inserted at the middle of the rostrum in the 92, 
and at a little nearer the tip in the ¢, joint 1 of the funiculus elongate, twice as long as 2. Prothorax 
strongly transverse, deeply and abruptly constricted before the apex, the sides rounded at the middle, 
the surface densely punctate. Elytra gibbous, much wider than the prothorax, rather short, with 
obliquely truncated, subangularly projecting humeri; rather coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices 
densely rugulose and slightly convex, 2, 4, and 6 each with scattered oblong or angular prominences, 
3,5, and 7 with feebler elevations, the suture arched towards the base. Anterior femora with a 
moderately long, stout, triangular tooth, the intermediate and hind femora with a smaller tooth; anterior 
tibie sinuous on their inner edge; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 33-4, breadth 13-23 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Boquete (Champion). 
Seven specimens, varying much in size, 
