496 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
SPILONOTUS, gen. nov. 
Rostrum moderately stout, about as long as the head and prothorax, curved, depressed at the base, the antenne 
inserted at or a little behind the middle, the funiculus 7-jointed, 1 and 2 elongate, the others short, the 
club ovate, with distinct sutures; eyes large, narrowly separated; prothorax strongly transverse, 
rounded at the sides, deeply bisinuate at the base, the ocular lobes feebly developed ; scutellum very 
small; elytra a little wider than the prothorax, convex, parallel at the base, with ten rows of punctures, 
the outer one short, the humeri rounded ; mesosternum prominent, raised, horseshoe-shaped ; metasternum 
short, the episterna scarcely visible, except in front ; ventral segments 2-4 subequal in length, the sutures 
almost straight; femora feebly clavate, unidentate, shallowly sulcate beneath ; body oblong-ovate, 
convex, squamose. 
The single species referred to this genus is nearly allied to Huscepes, Euxenus, 
Oxypterus, &c., but cannot be included in any of them, as at present defined. The 
very small scutellum, the almost hidden metathoracic episterna, &c., separate it from 
Diaporesis and some other genera of Division I]. The intermediate coxe are more 
approximate than in Gerstaeckeria. 
1. Spilonotus ornatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXIV. figg. 14, 14 a.) 
Black, the antenne and the tips of the tarsi more or less ferruginous ; thickly clothed with brown scales, the 
elytra each with a transverse sharply-defined patch at the shoulder, as well as a common, oblong, 
scutiform patch on the apical declivity, velvety-black, the humeral markings almost surrounded by a 
fulvous line, the apical one preceded by a rather broad, curved, fulvous or ochreous fascia which extends 
outwards to the fourth or fifth row of punctures, the upper surface also with a few widely scattered 
ochreous or whitish scales, and the scutellum similarly coloured; the vestiture of the legs and under 
surface reddish-brown, intermixed with whitish, the femora subannulate. Head densely, finely punctate ;. 
rostrum rugosely punctate and carinate to near the middle, and minutely punctate thence to the apex, a 
little longer and smoother in the 9. Prothorax narrowed and feebly constricted in front, densely 
punctate. Elytra rapidly narrowing from about the middle; rather coarsely seriate-punctate, the 
interstices flat, minutely punctulate. Beneath closely punctate. Legs moderately long, rather stout, 
the femoral tooth triangular. 
vength 5-64, breadth 22-3 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge); GuatemMata, Senahu in Vera Paz, Cerro Zunil, San 
Isidro (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Seventeen specimens, all but three from Cerro Zunil. In this insect the three 
velvety-black spots on the elytra are very conspicuous, and the subapical one is 
preceded by a broad, arcuate fulvous or ochreous fascia. The single example from 
Panama has darker brown scales and the apical black patch less truncate in front. I 
know of no other Cryptorrhynchid with similar markings. 
| EUSCEPES. 
Euscepes, Schonherr, Gen. Cure. vii. 1, p. 429 (1844) (nec Faust). 
The type of this genus, £. porcellus, Boh. (= Acalles longulus, Lec.), is a common 
insect in Central America, whence several other species are now added. Lacordaire 
(Gen. Col. vii. p. 100) gives the funiculus as 6-jointed, but upon examining the type I 
find that this is a mistake, and that the number of joints (7) was correctly noted by 
