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than the prothorax, short, parallel at the base, the humeri a little swollen, the suture depressed behind 
the scutellum ; punctate-striate, the interstices smooth and more or less convex. Femora each with an 
acute tooth; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 2, breadth 1,4) millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Tapachula in Chiapas (Hoge); Guatemaua, El Jicaro in Vera Paz 
(Champion). 
Four specimens. The chief characters of this species are its short-ovate form, the 
rugose rostrum, and the small patch of dense white squamiform pubescence on the suture 
of the elytra at the base, the rest of the upper surface (the scutellum excepted) being 
bare. The eyes are more approximate than in A. mexicanus, and less prominent than in 
A. albopictus. The scrobes are lower down than usual, descending to beneath the eyes. 
A. albopictus-group. 
30. ‘Anthonomus albopictus, sp. n. 
Ovate, rather broad, dull, black, the apex of the antennal scape rufo-testaceous, the intermediate and hind 
femora obscure ferruginous at the base; clothed with a short, fine, very sparse, ochreous pubescence, and 
with a few very small widely scattered clusters of whitish scales—one on the scutellum, one near each 
shoulder, and a few on the disc of the elytra being the most conspicuous; the under surface squamose, 
the vestiture whitish and becoming very dense at the sides; the legs with piliform and broad scales 
intermixed. Head rugulose and suleate between the eyes, and feebly constricted behind them, the eyes 
very prominent and narrowly separated; rostrum slender, curved, much longer than the head and 
prothorax, shining, shallowly seriate-punctate, almost smooth in its apical half, the antenne inserted 
about the middle, joint 1 of the funiculus nearly as long as 2—4 united. Prothorax transverse, rounded 
at the sides, much narrowed and constricted in front, densely, rugosely punctate. Elytra convex, 
comparatively short, a little wider than the prothorax, subparallel towards the base, the humeri rounded ; 
deeply punctate-striate, the interstices almost flat and densely rugulose. Legs long, rugose; femora 
each with an acute tooth, the anterior pair moderately clavate; anterior and intermediate tibie sinuate 
on their inner edge ; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 24, breadth 13 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Ventanas in Durango (/ége). 
One specimen. Recognizable by its short, broadly ovate form, rugosely punctured 
prothorax, rugulose elytra, and peculiar vestiture. It is possible, however, that in 
fresh examples the entire upper surface is squamose ; but this can hardly be the case, 
as our insect has a short ochreous pubescence between the small scattered clusters of 
coarse whitish scales. ‘The sculpture of the prothorax is as coarse as in that of the 
North-American A. nigrinus, Boh. 
A, puncticeps-group. 
31. Anthonomus puncticeps. (Tab. X. figg. 11, head from in front; 11 a, 
rostrum.) 
Subovate, very shining, piceous, the basal half of the antenne testaceous, glabrous above, and clothed with 
whitish pubescence beneath. Head coarsely, rather closely punctate, the eyes prominent ; rostrum very 
stout, curved, about as long as the head and prothorax, rugulosely punctate and faintly sulcate, the 
