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fine white hairs, the rest of the surface almost glabrous. Head smooth, foveate above the eyes; rostrum 
stout, curved, longer than the head and prothorax, closely seriate-punctate, smoother at the tip, the 
antennz inserted at about two-fifths from the apex, joint 1 of the funiculus as long as 2-4 united. 
Prothorax convex, transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, constricted and much narrowed in front, 
rather closely and moderately coarsely punctate. lytra one-half wider than the prothorax, somewhat 
gibbous, subparallel before the middle, the basal margin strongly raised internally, the humeri swollen 
and rounded; finely and lightly punctate-striate, the sutural stria deeply impressed, the interstices 
smooth and flat. Pygidium exposed, vertical. Legs elongate; all the femora strongly clavate, and each 
with an acute triangular tooth, the tibie sinuate on their inner edge; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Fifth ventral segment emarginate at the apex. 
Length 3, breadth 13 millim. (<.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—CotomB1A, Bogota 1. 
One specimen. This is one of several Central-American forms allied to the 
Colombian A. cyanicolor, Gyll., the present insect being easily recognizable by its 
brilliant violaceous elytra, &c. Dr. Heller has been good enough to compare our 
insect with the type in the Dresden Museum. 
26. Anthonomus cyaneus, sp.n. (Tab. X. figg. 8, 8a, 3.) 
Subovate, very shining, black, the prothorax bluish-green, the elytra blue, the antenne testaceous at the 
middle ; the prothorax with a few long white hairs at the base, sides, and on the disc in front, the 
scutellum and sternal side-pieces with dense, and the rest of the under surface and the legs with sparse, 
white pubescence, the other parts almost bare. Head sparsely punctate, foveate above the eyes, the 
latter narrowly separated; rostrum stout, strongly curved, not longer than the head and prothorax, 
seriate-punctate and carinate, smoother at the tip, the antenne inserted at about one-third from the 
apex. Prothorax convex, broader than long, constricted and much narrowed in front, rounded at the sides 
anteriorly, sparsely, somewhat coarsely punctate. Hlytra much wider than the prothorax, gibbous, 
parallel towards the base, transversely depressed behind the acutely raised anterior margin, the humeri 
swollen and prominent ; finely striate, the strice with rather coarse punctures, the sutural stria deeply 
impressed, the interstices smooth and flat. Legs comparatively short ; femora each with an acute tooth, 
the anterior pair moderately clavate ; anterior tibie strongly sinuate within; tarsal claws with a long 
tooth. 
Length 3, breadth 14 millim. (..) 
Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (Hoge). 
One specimen. Very like A. formosus, but with a shorter, strongly curved, carinate 
rostrum ; the eyes not so widely separated ; the prothorax more constricted in front, 
sparsely punctured, and clothed with long, scattered, white hairs at the base; the 
elytra more acutely margined at the base, and with the punctures of the strie deeper 
and coarser, especially in front; the legs shorter. 
A. ruficollis-group. 
27. Anthonomus ruficollis, sp. n. (Tab. X. figg. 9, 9a, ¢.) 
Subovate, shining, the head, prothorax, scutellum, basal margin of the elytra, mesosternum, and anterior and 
intermediate coxe rufous, the rostrum and legs piceous or black, the elytra blue, the metasternum and 
abdomen black, the antennal scape and funiculus testaceous ; the prothorax with long white hairs at the 
sides, base, and middle, the scutellum and sternal side-pieces with dense, and the rest of the under 
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