OXYPTEROPSIS. 499 
Euxenus, and Euscepes; but as they agree in having two characters in common, 
viz. a small conspicuous scutellum and unarmed femora (except the posterior pair 
in O. armatus), it seems best to separate them. 0. latirostris has a broad apically 
dilated rostrum, 0. armatus peculiarly-formed hind femora and tibie, and O.7 bipartitus 
apically produced elytra. 
1. Oxypteropsis armatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXIV. figg. 18; 18a, hind leg.) 
Rather elongate, narrow, subfusiform, nigro-piceous, the legs and elytra rufo-piceous; densely clothed with 
ochreous and brownish scales, the ochreous scales condensed into a well-defined median vitta on the 
prothorax, the elytra with a transverse, subquadrate, subapical, white fascia, the upper surface also set 
with scattered semierect sete, the legs setulose. Head densely punctate, the eyes large and narrowly 
separated; joint 2 of the funiculus nearly as long as 1; rostrum closely, finely punctate, rugulosely 
punctate and squamose at the base. Prothorax transverse, narrowed and constricted in front, rounded 
at the sides anteriorly; densely punctate. Elytra elongate-triangular, considerably wider than the 
prothorax, compressed at the sides posteriorly, the humeri obliquely and subangularly dilated; finely 
punctate-striate, the interstices closely, minutely punctulate. Legs stout; femora clavate, the posterior 
pair with a stout blunt tooth on the inner lower edge towards the apex, the others unarmed ; tibie 
sinuate within, the posterior pair deeply, and the others more shallowly, excavate at the base. 
Length 33, breadth 13 millim. (¢ ?) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
One specimen. The peculiar form of the posterior femora and tibiz is doubtless a 
male character, as the femoral tooth is not in the usual position. The metasternum 
is densely clothed with ochreous scales. 
2. Oxypteropsis latirostris, sp.n. (Tab. XXIV. figg. 19, 19 a.) 
Subovate, rather narrow, shining, nigro-piceous, the antenn# ferruginous ; thickly clothed with intermixed, 
coarse, ochreous and white scales, the elytra variegated with black and with the white scales condensed 
into a sharply-defined transverse subapical fascia (formed by a short line on each of the interstices 1-4), 
a minute spot on the anterior part of the disc and another near the apex, the prothorax with two 
fascicles of coarse, erect, setiform, intermixed fulvous and black scales on the disc. Head densely 
punctate, the eyes very large and narrowly separated ; rostrum short and broad, dilated at the apex and 
also a little widened at the base, thickly punctate, smooth and subcarinate down the middle; joint 2 of 
the funiculus much shorter than 1. Prothorax transverse, abruptly narrowed and constricted in front, 
feebly binodose on the disc anteriorly ; densely, finely punctate. Elytra convex, one-half wider than the 
prothorax, subtriangular, the humeri rather prominent ; coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices narrow, 
rugulose, and rather convex, 2 broader, swollen, and setigerous at the commencement of the apical 
declivity. Beneath rather coarsely punctate. Mesosternum very broad. Legs short and stout, the 
femora unarmed. 
Length 3, breadth 13 millim. 
Hab. Guaremata, San Juan in Vera Paz (Champion). 
One specimen. This insect is very like Oxypterus capillatus, Faust, from Venezuela; 
but it has a short, broad, apically dilated rostrum and a conspicuous squamigerous 
scutellum, the elytra are more rapidly narrowed from the base and have the subapical 
white fascia differently formed, the femora are unarmed, &c. 
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