180 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
forwards, and densely punctate, the funiculus short, with the joints 2-7 closely arti- 
culated, the antennal club rather stout and ovate. The stouter anterior femora and 
rostrum, the more rounded sides of the prothorax, the rather narrower elytra, &c., 
separate it from A. rodriguezi, which is of the same size and colour. 
A. venustus-group. 
44, Anthonomus venustus, sp.n. (Tab. X. figg. 21, 21a, 2.) 
Subovate, dull, nigro-piceous, the elytra brown, interruptedly lineate with black, the tip of the rostrum, and 
the anterior femora and tibie in part, ferruginous, the antennz (the club excepted), the intermediate 
and hind legs (a ring on the femora excepted), and the apex of the anterior tibie, testaceous ; thickly 
clothed with a rather coarse, squamiform, yellowish pubescence, which is more condensed down the 
middle of the prothorax and along an oblique line on each side of it, the elytral pubescence partly 
fulvous, the yellowish clothing restricted to a large oblong humeral patch, whence an oblique line extends 
to about the middle of the suture, and various interrupted lines before and beyond this, the black 
markings almost bare; the vestiture of the under surface whitish. Head rugulosely punctate ; rostrum 
curved, about twice as long as the prothorax, seriate-punctate and finely carinate, bare and almost smooth 
beyond the points of insertion of the antennz, at about two-fifths from the apex, joint 1 of the funiculus 
nearly as long as 2-4 united. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, constricted and much narrowed 
in front, densely punctate. Elytra convex, moderately long, much wider than the prothorax, subparallel 
in their basal half, the humeri obliquely truncated and somewhat prominent; deeply punctate-striate, 
the interstices strongly convex and punctulate. Intermediate coxe narrowly separated. Anterior 
femora strongly clavate and sharply bidentate, the inner tooth the longer ; iutermediate and hind femora 
each with a small sharp tooth ; anterior tibie bowed; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 3, breadth 1$ millim. (9.) 
Hab. GuateMALa, near the city (Salvin). 
One specimen only of this very distinct species has been obtained. It is readily 
distinguishable by the interrupted black and yellowish lines on the elytra, and the 
common V-shaped yellowish mark at the middle of the disc. The anterior femora 
are armed with two long triangular teeth, the anterior tibize simply bowed. 
45. Anthonomus cinereus, sp. n. 
Subovate, dull, piceous or rufo-piceous, the elytra with a common, large, indeterminate blackish patch below 
the base, the rostrum partly or almost entirely, the antennz, and the legs in part (the intermediate and 
hind pairs entirely in one specimen), testaceous ; thickly clothed with grey or yellowish-grey pubescence, 
which is sparser on the dark space on the elytra, and sometimes on several short streaks beyond it, and 
showing a tendency to become more condensed down the middle and at the sides of the prothorax. 
Head rugulose ; rostrum ( ¢ ) feebly curved, slightly longer than the head and prothorax, rugulose and 
finely carinate, sparsely punctate and shining at the tip, (2) smoother and not carinate, the antenne 
inserted at about two-fifths from the apex in the 2 and considerably more forward in the d, joint 1 of 
the funiculus nearly as long as 2-4 united. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, constricted and 
much narrowed in front, densely punctate. Elytra convex, much wider than the prothorax, subparallel 
before the middle, the humeri swollen and somewhat obliquely truncated; deeply punctate-striate, the 
interstices strongly convex and punctulate. Anterior femora strongly clavate, sharply bidentate, 
the outer tooth short ; intermediate and hind femora each with a small tooth; anterior tibia bowed, 
sinuate within ; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 23-23, breadth 13-13 millim. (¢ @.) 
