178 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
Hab. Guatema.a, Cubilguitz in Vera Paz (Champion). 
One specimen. Very similar to A. sulcipygus, but with the pygidium entirely 
hidden in the male, the eyes more coarsely facetted, the rostrum and antenne less 
elongate, the sculpture of the prothorax coarser, the long tooth on the anterior femora 
narrower, the legs a little stouter. 
40. Anthonomus abdominalis, sp. n. 
Oblong-ovate, shining, black, the antenne (the club excepted), the base of the anterior femora, the apex of 
the anterior tibie, the intermediate and hind femora and tibiw, the base of each tarsus, and the abdomen, 
ferruginous or testaceous; sparsely clothed with a fine pubescence of a uniform grey colour, the elytra 
with a rather broad transverse space at the middle almost bare; the under surface with white 
pubescence. Head rugulose, the eyes large and rather narrowly separated ; rostrum moderately curved, 
a little longer than the head and prothorax, finely seriate-punctate towards the base, for the rest smooth 
and shining, the antenne inserted a little before the middle, joint 1 of the funiculus nearly as long as 
2-4 united, the club loosely articulated. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, constricted and 
much narrowed in front, densely punctate. Elytra convex, much wider than the prothorax, parallel 
towards the base, truncated in front, the humeri rounded; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices 
strongly convex and finely punctulate. Anterior legs elongate; anterior femora with a stout triangular 
tooth, the intermediate and hind femora each with a small acute tooth, the anterior pair strongly clavate ; 
anterior tibise deeply sinuate within ; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 24, breadth 1,4, millim. (@.) 
Hab. Panama, San Feliz (Champion). 
One specimen. Recognizable by the black upper surface of the body, the ferruginous 
abdomen, large eyes, and sparse grey pubescence, the elytra with a transverse space at 
the middle almost bare, this apparently not being due to abrasion *. From A. sulci- 
pygus and A. ocularis the present species may be separated by its relatively narrower, 
less gibbous elytra, smaller size, black coloration, &c. 
A. canaliculatus-group. 
41. Anthonomus canaliculatus, sp.n. (Tab. X. figg. 18, 18a, 3.) 
Subovate, pitchy-black, the antenne (the club excepted) and legs testaceous, the anterior femora and tibie 
partly infuscate ; sparsely clothed with a very fine, short, greyish pubescence, that on the under surface 
whiter. Head rugulosely punctate, sulcate between the eyes, the latter large and prominent; rostrum 
moderately curved, not longer than the head and prothorax, rugulose and tricarinate, smoother at the 
tip, the antenne inserted at about one-third from the apex, joint 1 of the funiculus as long as 2-4 united, 
3-7 short. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, much narrowed and constricted in front, densely 
punctate. Elytra one-half wider than the prothorax, somewhat gibbous, subcordate, strongly sinuate at 
the base, narrowing from a little below the shoulders, which are swollen and prominent; deeply 
punctate-striate, the interstices strongly convex and minutely punctate. Pygidium almost covered. 
Legs slender ; femora each with an acute tooth, that on the posterior pair very small, the anterior pair 
moderately clavate and with a minute tooth exterior to the other ; anterior tibie sinuate within; tarsal 
claws with a long tooth. 
Length 23, breadth 13 millim. (<¢.) 
* T have seen a South-American Anthonomid with a similar bare space on the elytra. 
