164 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
‘wo specimens. This species approaches A. cristatus, A. nodifer, and A. sea- 
tuberculatus, but it is without the setigerous prominences on the disc of the elytra, 
the alternate interstices of the latter being merely a little raised and nodose at the 
base. The patches of pale ochreons scales on the head and the anterior half of 
the prothorax give the insect a peculiar appearance. 
10, Anthonomus verepacis, sp.n. (Tab. IX. fig. 26, ¢.) 
Oblong-obovate, ferruginous, the metasternum and coxe darker, the legs annulated with fuscous ; clothed 
with a very fine, ochreous, squamiform pubescence, the legs with ochreous hairs. Head rugulose, finely 
foveate above the eyes, the latter prominent ; rostrum (¢ ) shining, curved, rather slender, a little longer 
than the head and prothorax, tricarinate and seriate-punctate, smooth at the tip, (2 ) more elongate and 
much smoother, shallowly seriate-punctate at the sides and base, the antenne in the ¢ inserted near the 
tip and in the @ at about two-fifths from the apex, joint 1 of the funiculus as long as 2 and 3 united. 
Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, narrowed and constricted in front, and slightly narrowed 
behind ; the surface densely punctate. LElytra moderately long, one-half wider than the prothorax, 
convex, shining, transversely depressed below the base, subparallel to near the middle, the humeri 
swollen, obtuse ; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices strongly convex and faintly punctulate, 3 and 5 
here and there slightly raised, 3 with two conspicuous oblong prominences towards the base. Anterior 
femora bidentate, the intermediate and hind femora unidentate, the anterior pair strongly clavate ; 
anterior tibia strongly and the others feebly sinuate within ; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 24-8, breadth 13-13 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Guaremata, Sinanja (Champion), Coban (Conradt). 
One pair, both from the forest-regions of Alta Vera Paz. Distinguishable by the 
very convex elytral interstices, the third with two oblong prominences towards the base, 
the fine ochreous vestiture, ferruginous colour, annulate legs, bidentate anterior 
femora, &c. The antenne of the male are inserted at about one-fourth from the apex 
of the rostrum. 
A. crenatus-group. 
11. Anthonomus crenatus, sp. n. (Tab. IX. figg. 29, 294, 3.) 
Obovate, shining, obscure ferruginous, the elytra paler than the head and prothorax, the abdomen testaceous 
at the apex ; clothed with scattered, long, decumbent, cinereous hairs, which on the elytra arise from 
the punctures of the striz and are transversely arranged, the scutellum only densely pubescent. Head 
closely punctate ; rostrum curved, much longer than the head and prothorax, sparsely punctate, carinate 
down the middle, the antenne inserted at one-third from the apex, joint 1 of the funiculus twice as long 
as 2. Prothorax rather convex, transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, narrowed and slightly 
constricted in front, strongly bisinuate at the base, coarsely, closely punctate, with an interrupted median 
carina. Elytra gibbous, much wider than the prothorax, subparallel before the middle, transversely 
depressed at the base, with obtuse, prominent humeri; very deeply striate throughout, the stri finely 
punctured, the interstices strongly convex, quite smooth, and shining. Anterior femora strongly clavate, 
armed with an acute triangular tooth; intermediate femora with a smaller tooth, posterior femora 
unarmed ; tibie sinuous within ; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 4, breadth 2 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
One specimen. An isolated form, with gibbous, deeply furrowed elytra, the vestiture 
