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of the body very sparse and white. Head flattened in tront, closely punctate, foveate between the eyes; 
rostrum rather slender, moderately curved, nearly as long as the body, finely, very sparsely punctate, 
striate towards the base, the antenne inserted a little behind the middle, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus 
subequal in length. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, constricted and much 
narrowed in front, deeply bisinuate at the base; coarsely, rugosely punctate, the disc carinate down the 
anterior half. Elytra gradually narrowing from the base, strongly sinuate in front, the humeri a little 
swollen ; seriate-punctate, the interstices rugulose and granulate, 3, 5, and 7 feebly costate posteriorly, 
and 9 from the base onwards, the ridge on 3 broadly interrupted in the space occupied by the white 
fascia. Intermediate coxe rather narrowly separated. Mesosternum vertical in front, with a stout, 
oval prominence on each side between the coxe anteriorly. Ventral segments very sparsely, finely 
punctate. Femora clavate, sharply unidentate. Tibiz strongly unguiculate. Tarsal claws with a 
short tooth. 
Length 7, breadth 32 millim. (9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Mirador in Vera Cruz (Sal/é). 
One specimen. A species with an exceedingly elongate rostrum (in the @), the 
mesosternum strongly bituberculate between the coxe, the elytra with a broad, dense, 
white subapical fascia and the alternate dorsal interstices very feebly raised towards 
the apex only, the prothorax deeply bisinuate at the base and with the white patch on 
each side of the disc somewhat interrupted down the middle. 
24. Conotrachelus latefasciatus, sp. n. 
Extremely like C. longirostris, but a little more elongate, the white patch on each side of the disc of the 
prothorax enclosing a small bare space, the subapical fascia of the elytra broader; the rostrum almost 
straight, not twice the length of the prothorax, tricarinate and closely punctate, the antenne inserted 
before the middle, joint 2 of the funiculus shorter than 1; the elytra coarsely seriate-punctate, the 
interstices much smoother and not granulate, 3,5, and 7 feebly costate from the base, the ridge on 3 
twice, and that on 5 once, broadly interrupted, the humeri less prominent: the mesosternum simply 
flattened between the coxe, without trace of tubercles; the legs a little shorter, the femora acutely 
unidentate. 
Length 73, breadth 34 millim. (<¢.) 
Hab. GuaTEMALA, Cerro Zunil, Pacific slope (Champion). 
One specimen. This insect would at first sight appear to be the male of C. longi- 
rostris; but the difference in the form of the mesosternum, and the more distinctly 
costate dorsal interstices of the elytra, &c., show that they cannot be treated as the 
sexes of the same species. 
25. Conotrachelus squamosus, sp.n. (Tab. XVIII. figg. 21, 21a, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, shining, piceous, the rostrum reddish at the tip; above thickly clothed with rather coarse, 
oblong-oval, ferruginous scales, a few white ones being intermixed at the hind angles of the prothorax 
and along the basal margin of the elytra, and stout, scattered, semierect sete; the vestiture of the 
legs also rather close, ferruginous, with short intermixed sete, condensed into a ring toward the 
apex of the femora, the latter usually with a few white scales above, the metasternum and abdomen 
with scattered, piliform, whitish scales. Head densely punctate ; rostrum ( 3 ) moderately stout, curved, 
about as long as the head and prothorax, rugulose and obsoletely 5-carinate, the tip sparsely punctate, ( @ ) 
smoother and more slender, nearly twice as long as the prothorax, with the punctures seriately arranged 
towards the base only, the antenne in the Q inserted at the middle and in the ¢ at about one-third 
from the apex, joint 2 of the funiculus shorter than 1. Prothorax transverse, abruptly narrowed in 
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