480 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
becoming very conspicuous across the middle of the elytra, the legs setulose, Head and rostrum densely 
punctate ; antenne inserted at the middle of the rostrum, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal in 
length, the club stout, ovate. Prothorax transverse, conical, feebly constricted in front, hollowed at the 
base; closely, minutely punctate. Hlytra gibbous, ovate, produced at the apex, not wider at the base 
than the prothorax ; finely striate, the striz with scattered punctures, the interstices flat. First ventral 
segment with a very large, deep, rounded excavation extending to the apex, and a dense transverse 
cluster of coarse ochreous scales on each side of it behind; the fifth slightly depressed in the middle at 
the apex. Legs rather short, femora stout, unarmed; anterior tibia strongly sinuate, the intermediate 
pair abruptly hollowed before the apex within, the hind pair dilated below the base externally and 
hollowed thence to near the tip. 
Length 23-22, breadth 13 millim. (d.) 
Hab. Guatemaua, Cerro Zunil, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Two specimens. A very peculiar form. The dense cluster of coarse ochreous scales 
on each side of the first ventral segment is perhaps a male character; the central 
excavation is doubtless common to both sexes. 
2. Kurhoptus anchonoides, sp.n. (Tab. XXIII. figg. 19, 19a, 3.) 
Oblong-ovate, shining, black, the antenne and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous ; sparsely clothed with 
agglutinated brown scales and scattered, decumbent, curled sete. Head and rostrum densely punctate, 
the apex of the latter bare and almost smooth ; antenne inserted at the middle of the rostrum, joints 
1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal in length, the club stout, ovate. Prothorax transverse, rounded and 
somewhat dilated at the sides anteriorly, constricted and much narrowed in front, slightly hollowed at 
the base; closely, rugulosely punctate, shallowly sulcate down the middle. Elytra ovate, convex, 
conjointly sublobate and very little wider than the prothorax at the base; irregularly seriato-foveolate, 
the interstices almost smooth, with scattered subconical tubercles, these becoming larger and oblong in 
shape on 3 and 5. First ventral segment with two very large, rounded, smooth fovee, the fifth deeply 
foveate at the apex. Legs short, moderately stout, the femora unarmed ; anterior tibise sinuous, the 
others rounded externally and sinuous within. 
Length 25%, breadth 14 millim. (<.) 
Hab. Guatemana, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
One specimen. This insect is very like a small Anchonus. The deep rounded 
ventral fovee are a little larger than the one on the fifth segment. 
8. Kurhoptus fuscisetis, sp. n. 
Subovate, shining, black, the antenne, the apex of the rostrum, and the tips of the tarsi reddish ; clothed 
with agglutinated brown scales and short clubbed, semierect, dark setee, the latter very numerous and 
clustered into fascicles on the prothorax and elytra, the legs thickly setose. Head and rostrum densely 
punctate, the apex of the latter smoother and bare; antenne inserted near the middle of the rostrum, 
joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal in length, the club stout, ovate. Prothorax slightly broader. 
than long, gradually narrowed and constricted in front ; densely, rugulosely punctate, the disc depressed 
down the middle and subnodose on either side of this behind the apical constriction. Elytra ovate, 
convex, not wider than the prothorax at the base; seriate-punctate, the interstices punctulate, 3, 5, and 
7 with scattered oblong or subconical setigerous tubercles. First ventral segment with two very large, 
rounded, smooth fovex. Legs short, moderately stout, the femora unarmed ; anterior tibiew sinuous, the 
others widened on their outer edge to near the middle. 
Length 8, breadth 12 millim. 
Hab. Guatemaua, Sinanja in Vera Paz (Champion), 
