CHOLUS. 303 
with more elongate scales and short bristly white hairs. Head irregularly punctate, foveate between the 
eyes ; rostrum moderately stout, curved, much longer than the prothorax, in the g rugulosely punctate, 
sulcate, and carinate at the base and almost smooth at the tip, in the Q still smoother. Prothorax 
transverse, rounded at the sides, mnch narrowed anteriorly, granulate, the elevations transverse on the 
disc. Scutellum subcordate. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax, rapidly narrowing from a little 
below the base; feebly seriate-punctate, the interstices irregularly granulate, the elevations smooth and 
here and there transversely or obliquely confluent. Beneath rugulosely punctate and sparsely granulate, 
the ventral segments 3 and 4 with a broad space at the middle smooth and almost bare, 1 and 2 broadly 
flattened down the centre. Mesosternum not raised between the coxw. Femora each with a short, 
acute tooth. 
Length 103-13, breadth 53-63 millim. (d 9.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Four specimens. Near C. lecideosus, but with the squamosity white and much 
denser throughout, extending even to the legs, the granular elevations flattened, and 
on the elytra much more scattered and mainly confined to the interstices. 
27. Cholus subcaudatus, sp.n. (Tab. XVI. figg. 6, 6a, 3.) 
Rhomboidal, nigro-piceous or piceous, the rostrum and legs sometimes reddish ; thickly clothed with small, 
rounded or oval, brownish or greyish scales, the last three ventral segments ( ¢ ) with a broad space down the 
middle, and the scattered shining granules above and beneath, bare, the legs with long ochreous or greyish 
seales and short bristly hairs. Head rugosely punctate and foveate between the eyes; rostrum long, 
moderately stout, curved, rugulose, squamose, and sulcate on each side above to near the middle, the sulci 
separated by a median carina, the apical half bare and almost smooth. Prothorax transverse, moderately 
rounded at the sides, much narrowed anteriorly, somewhat closely granulate. Scutellum subcordate, 
squamose. Elytra considerably wider than the prothorax, abruptly constricted at some distance below the 
shoulders and rapidly narrowing thence to the apex, depressed at the base and beyond the middle, the 
apices (¢ ) produced, subcaudate, and clothed with long hairs; seriate-punctate, the interstices rather 
sparsely granulate, the elevations unequal in size and giving an uneven appearance to the surface. Ventral 
segments 3-5 (6) smooth along the middle, 5 deeply, transversely depressed. Mesosternum not raised 
between the coxe. Femora each with an acute tooth. 
Length 11-12, breadth 5-53 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Mexico (Mus. Brit.); Guatemana, San Juan and Panima in Vera Paz 
(Champion) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Five specimens, varying a little in the size of the granular elevations. Very like 
C. pilicauda ; but with the elytra more uneven (appearing somewhat gibbous anteriorly, 
when viewed in profile), relatively broader at the base, and more distinctly caudate, 
the fifth ventral segment smoother in the ¢ and transversely excavate in the middle. 
28. Cholus pilicauda, sp.n. (Tab. XVI. figg. 7, 7 a, , 3.) 
Subrhomboidal, nigro-piceous or piceous, the rostrum sometimes reddish ; densely clothed with rather coarse,. 
rounded, brownish-ochreous scales, which become paler beneath, the scattered, smooth, shining granules 
and a broad space down the middle of the ventral segments 3-5 in the ¢, and of 3 and 4 in the Q, bare, 
the elevations on the elytra each followed by a short, pallid, decumbent seta; the legs thickly clothed 
with oblong whitish scales and scattered, short, bristly hairs. Head rugulosely punctate and foveate 
between the eyes; rostrum long, curved, stout, in the ¢ subsulcate, densely, rugulosely punctate, 
carinate, and squamose to about the middle, and smoother and bare thence to the apex, in the 2 smoother 
