COPHES. 517 
Hab. Guaremaua, Panzos and Teleman in Vera Paz (Champion); Nicaragua, 
Chontales (Belt); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Eight specimens, the one from Chontales larger and more coarsely granulate than 
the others. Not unlike C. longiusculus, but with more parallel-sided elytra, the 
latter granulate and with much less prominent dorsal ridges, the scutellum squamose, 
the anterior tibize of the male more hollowed towards the apex, the ventral segments 
coarsely punctate, &c. 
8. Cophes quadricostatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 1, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, black; thickly clothed above with intermixed black and yellowish-white scales, the latter 
almost wholly condensed on the prothorax into a sharply-defined, cruciform, median vitta (extending 
from the base to the apex), the black scales on the elytra mainly condensed into a spot on the disc below 
the base and a large subtriangular lateral patch, the elytra also set with short, scattered, decumbent sete ; 
the vestiture of the under surface and legs sparse, whitish. Head rugosely punctate, the eyes separated 
by a little less than the width of the rostrum ; rostrum feebly curved, rather stout, about as long as the 
prothorax, rugosely punctate at the base, sparsely so towards the tip, a little longer and smoother in the 
Q, the antenne inserted behind the middle, joint 2 of the funiculus shorter than 1, 3-7 transverse, the 
elub oblong-ovate, as long as the five preceding joints united. Prothorax broader than long, rounded at 
the sides, narrowed and constricted in front; coarsely, densely punctate, obsoletely canaliculate and 
sometimes subcarinate down the middle. Scutellum bare, convex, rather small. Elytra a little wider 
than the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half; with rows of large, deep, subquadrate, approximate 
punctures, the outer interstices narrow and slightly raised, 3 and 5 serrulato-costate throughout. 
Ventral segments sparsely, finely punctate. Legs moderately stout, rather short, the anterior pair 
longer; femora clavate, the anterior pair with a long tooth and a small denticle (sometimes wanting) 
placed at some distance exterior to it, the others sharply unidentate ; anterior tibie rounded externally 
and sinuate within ; anterior tarsi with a few long projecting hairs. 
Length 44-71, breadth 2-37), millim. (¢ Q.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500-4000 feet (Champzon). 
Found in abundance in Chiriqui. In this insect the whitish cruciform median vitta 
on the prothorax is sharply defined, as are also the irregular elytral markings (the 
scales covering the dorsal coste), and the anterior femora are armed with one long 
tooth and usually with a small denticle exterior to it. The prothorax and elytra have 
a few white scales intermixed with the yellowish ones. C. guadricostatus approaches 
C. longiusculus, but has much shorter legs, &c. 
4. Cophes gibbus, sp. n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 23, 23.4, b, ¢.) 
Celosternus gibbus, Chevr. in litt. 
Oblong-ovate, black ; mottled above with a dense clothing of intermixed white, ochreous, and blackish scales, 
the blackish scales sometimes condensed into a small oblong patch behind the scutellum and the whitish 
ones into a faint subapical fascia; the vestiture of the under surface and legs white, the femora slightly 
annulate with ochreous or brown. Head rugulosely punctate, the eyes extremely large, finely facetted, and 
narrowly separated ; rostrum moderately stout, curved, about as long as the prothorax, in the ¢ rugose 
and subcarinate at the base and thickly punctate thence to the tip, in the ? almost smooth from near the 
base, the antenne inserted at about the middle, joint 2 of the funiculus shorter than 1, 3-7 transverse, 
the club stout, ovate, with oblique sutures. Prothorax broader than long, much narrowed in front, 
