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of which arises entirely from the crenate punctures of the strive, the interstices being 
smooth, shining, and very convex. The posterior femora are unarmed. 
A, nigropictus-group. 
12. Anthonomus nigropictus, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 28, 284, ¢ .) 
Oblong-ovate, robust, dull, nigro-piceous, the rostrum sometimes reddish towards the tip, the antenne: and 
legs partly ferruginous; densely clothed with rather long, coarse, appressed pubescence, which is mostly 
tawny in colour, variegated with whitish, the scutellum and three vitte on the prothorax also whitish, 
the elytra with a short black streak on the fourth interstice before the middle; the vestiture of the 
under surface pale. Head closely punctate ; rostrum (¢) rather stout, about as long as the head and 
prothorax, moderately curved, closely punctate and with a fine central carina, smoother at the tip, 
glabrous in its outer half, (2) a little longer and more curved, the antennz in both sexes inserted some 
distance before the middle, joint 1 of the funiculus slightly longer than 2. Prothorax transversely 
convex, nearly as long as broad, rounded at the sides, narrowed and a little constricted in front, strongly 
bisinuate at the base, densely punctate. Elytra oblong, much wider than the prothorax, somewhat 
gibbous, transversely depressed at the base, the basal margin raised, the humeri swollen and obliquely 
truncated ; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices convex and rugulose. Legs stout; anterior femora 
strongly clavate and with a long triangular tooth, the other femora with a smaller tooth ; anterior tibise 
sinuate on their inner edge; tarsal claws with a fine tooth. 
Length 4-43, breadth 2 millim. (¢ 2.) 
fiab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion). 
Six specimens. This species is distinguishable by its oblong, convex form, robust 
limbs, and dense, coarse pubescence, the elytra with a short black streak on the fourth 
interstice before the middle, the prothorax trivittate. 
13. Anthonomus yucatanus, sp. n. 
Elongate-ovate, convex, shining, black, the legs in part obscure ferruginous ; thickly clothed with long, coarse, 
intermixed ochreous and whitish pubescence, the elytra somewhat tessellated with fuscous and the white 
pubescence condensed into spots on the disc. Head closely punctate; rostrum (the tip of which is 
broken off) curved, moderately elongate, seriate-punctate, the scrobes deep (antennz missing). Prothorax 
a little broader than long, rounded at the sides, narrowed and constricted in front, densely punctate, 
Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, rather long, subparallel in their basal half, the humeri obtuse, 
the anterior margin raised ; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices convex and very minutely punctulate. 
Legs stout and rather elongate ; femora each with a triangular tooth, that on the anterior pair long and 
stout ; anterior and intermediate tibie sinuate within; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 35, breadth 13 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Temax in N. Yucatan (Gawmer). 
One imperfect specimen. Distinguishable by its elongate, convex shape, coarse 
pubescence, which is very long on the prothorax and somewhat tessellated on the 
elytra, and the strongly unidentate anterior femora. A. yucatanus is not very closely 
allied to any of the other species of the genus here enumerated. 
