580 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge); British Honpuras, R. Sarstoon (Blancaneaur) ; 
GuatemaLa, San Gerénimo in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Four specimens. Very similar to C. discifer, but without tubercles on the prothorax, 
the rostrum much shorter and stouter, the femora unidentate, &c. The prothorax is 
more convex than in C. albofasciatus and its allies, and has conspicuous, inwardly and 
outwardly curved, white lines on each side. 
70. Conotrachelus minutus, sp. n. 
Oblong-ovate, narrow, shining, ferruginous, darker beneath ; the vestiture rather long, coarse, whitish, scattered, 
subfasciculate on the elytra and condensed into a small patch on each shoulder, the femora with a white 
ring. Head closely punctate, foveate between the very large eyes, the latter separated by less than the 
width of the rostrum; rostrum arcuate, short, scarcely as long as the head and prothorax, moderately 
stout, punctate-striate at the sides, almost smooth at the tip, the antenne inserted at one-third from the 
apex, joint 2 of the funiculus one-half the length of 1. Prothorax transverse, rather convex, constricted 
and slightly narrowed in front, feebly bisinuate at the base, closely punctate. Llytra about one-half 
wider than the prothorax, oblong-subtriangular ; coarsely seriate-punctate, the punctures oblong in shape, 
the interstices 3, 5, 7, and 9 sharply costate, the ridge on 3 interrupted beyond the middle and, like 5, 
slightly depressed below the base. Mesosternum flattened between the coxe, vertical in front. Ventral 
segments sparsely, finely punctate. Femora clavate, feebly unidentate. Tarsal claws with a very short 
tooth. 
Length 23, breadth 1 millim. (Q.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
One specimen. The smallest of the Central-American species, 
71. Conotrachelus dimidiatus, sp. n. 
Subovate, robust, dull, black or nigro-piceous, the elytra usually with the apical half more or less mottled with 
rufo-piceous, this colour sometimes extending over their entire surface, the antenne, and the legs in part, 
ferruginous; the vestiture coarse, close, fulvous or ferruginous, that on the basal half of the elytra 
intermixed with whitish and that on the apical declivity dense and almost entirely ferruginous, the 
prothorax with an oblique, whitish or rusty-red stripe on each side of the disc, these stripes coalescent 
to near the base (which is sparsely squamose between them) and continued backwards along the humeri, 
the upper surface and legs also with fine, scattered, short, white, decumbent, setiform scales, the femora 
obsoletely annulate. Head convex, densely, rugulosely punctate; rostrum stout, moderately curved, slightly 
dilated at the tip, in the Q fully or more than one-half longer than the prothorax, shorter in the ¢, 
rugosely punctate and feebly 5-carinate, sometimes smoother in the 2, the apical portion thickly punctate, 
the antenne in the ¢ inserted at about one-fourth and in the Q at one-third from the apex, joint 2 
of the funiculus shorter than 1. Prothorax broader than long, rounded at the sides anteriorly, strongly 
constricted and much narrowed in front, moderately bisinuate at the base; densely, rugulosely punctate, 
usually carinate down the median third. LElytra broad, subtriangular, somewhat flattened on the disc 
anteriorly, the humeri rounded ; coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices densely rugulose, 3, 5, 7, and 9 
moderately costate, the ridge on 3 broadly twice interrupted, that on 5 also depressed or interrupted 
below the base. Ventral segments coarsely, closely punctate. Intermediate coxe widely separated, the 
mesosternum simply flattened between them. Legs stout, rugose; femora clavate, strongly unidentate ; 
tarsal claws with a moderately long tooth. 
Length 43-63, breadth 24-33 millim. (d 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge), Cuernavaca (H. H. Smith), Temax in N. Yucatan 
(Gaumer) ; GUATEMALA, Chinautla (Salvin), San Gerénimo (Champion). 
