492 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
ochreous, ferruginous, or dark brown sete, the front of the head also bifasciculate; the legs densely 
squamose and setose. Head rugulosely punctate, shallowly sulcate between the eyes; rostrum with a 
few very fine scattered punctures, the antenne inserted a little behind the middle, joints 1 and 2 of the 
funiculus subequal in length. Prothorax transverse, subquadrate, very abruptly narrowed and constricted 
in front; closely punctate, with four setigerous prominences placed in a transverse series a little before 
the middle and two others at the apex. Elytra subtriangular; coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices 
rugulose, 2 with three and 4 with two setigerous scattered prominences on the basal half. Legs rather 
stout, the femora dentate. 
Length 34-5, breadth 2-24 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sallé), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith), Tapachula 
(Hoge); GuatemaLa, Paraiso, Las Mercedes, El Reposo, Zapote, San Gerénimo, 
Senahu, Panzos (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson). 
Fifteen specimens. This is a northern form of O. torvidus, inhabiting both the 
Atlantic and Pacific slopes, with a broader scutellar patch, and a less elongate and less 
conspicuous setigerous elevation at the commencement of the apical declivity of the 
elytra. It also has the elytra a little broader and more convex. The dense vestiture 
varies in colour. 
4, Oxypterus asper. (Tab. XXIV. figg. 6, 6a.) 
Cryptorhynchus asper, Boh. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 128°. 
Hab. Guarrmaua, Senahu, San Juan, and Teleman in Vera Paz (Champion) ; PANAMA, 
Bugaba (Champion).— Braziu!. 
Found in plenty at Bugaba. This is a close ally of O. torvidus and O. fasciculosus, 
but differs from both in wanting the pale scutellar patch on the elytra, and in having 
the elytra themselves more gradually narrowed posteriorly. The oblique whitish line 
at the middle of the base of each elytron isconspicuous. There is no visible scutellum. 
The type has been communicated by Dr. Sjéstedt for comparison. A specimen from 
Bugaba is figured. 
5. Oxypterus fausti, sp.n. (Tab. XXIV. figg. 7, 7a.) 
Oblong-ovate, narrow, black (the humeri and a subapical fascia, and the legs in part, sometimes ferruginous), the 
antenne more or less ferruginous ; thickly clothed with coarse ochreous and blackish or brown scales, the 
dark scales on the elytra not extending on to the apical declivity, the prothorax with a V-shaped ochreous 
mark on the disc, the vestiture of the head dense and sometimes white; the upper surface also set with 
scattered, coarse, semierect scales and the elevations each with a cluster of coarse setw. Head closely 
punctate; rostrum rugulose and subcarinate at the base, and very sparsely, finely punctate thence to the 
tip ; eyes narrowly separated ; joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal in length. Prothorax broader 
than long, convex, narrowed and feebly constricted in front, deeply bisinuate at the base; closely, rather 
coarsely punctate, binodose on the disc before the middle, and with a projecting cluster of sete on each 
side and two others at the apex. Elytra about one-half wider than the prothorax, convex, elongate- 
triangular ; coarsely seriate-punctate, the punctures distant from one another, the interstices rugulose, 
2 and 4 each with two or three scattered setigerous prominences. Legs long, the femora feebly 
clavate and obsoletely dentate. : 
Length 34-5, breadth 14-27, millim. 
