518 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
somewhat rounded at the sides posteriorly ; sparsely, finely, irregularly granulate and also minutely 
punctate. Elytra oblong, not or very little wider than the prothorax, the sides more parallel in the ? 
than in the 3; coarsely seriate-punctate, and more or less granulate or asperate, the alternate interstices 
3, 5, and 7 raised, the first (or sutural one) more or less swollen and arcuate anteriorly inthe g¢. Ventral 
segments finely, shallowly punctate. Legs rather long, the anterior pair moderately elongated in the ¢, 
the femora clavate, unidentate; anterior tibize bowed at the apex, and mucronate at the inner apical angle, 
and the two basal joints of the anterior tarsi clothed with long projecting hairs, in the ¢. 
Length 43-8, breadth 14-8 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico (ex coll. Flohr), Jalapa (Hoge), Toxpam in Vera Cruz (Sallé) ; 
GuaTEMALA, OCubilguitz, Chacoj, and Senahu in Vera Paz, Cerro Zunil, Las Mercedes, 
San Isidro, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
_ This insect, which was found in abundance on both the Atlantic and Pacific slopes 
of Guatemala, is distributed in collections under the above-mentioned MS. name of 
Chevrolat. The elytra of the male, viewed in profile, are gibbous towards the base. 
The sculpture is variable, and the vestiture is not arranged so as to form any definite 
markings. ‘The eyes are very large. 
5. Cophes aspersus, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 24, 24a, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, rather broad, black; densely clothed with intermixed reddish-brown and blackish scales, and 
also with scattered isolated whitish scales, the dark scales on the prothorax clustered into two spots 
at the base and on the elytra condensed into an angulate fascia beyond the middle and a spot on the 
third interstice below the base, the apical declivity (like the prothorax) in great part reddish-brown ; the 
vestiture of the legs dense, dark brown, with intermixed, scattered, white scales. Head densely, 
rugulosely punctate, the eyes separated by the width of the rostrum ; rostrum curved, moderately stout, 
slightly longer than the prothorax, rugose and carinate at the base, the apical half sparsely punctate, 
smoother in the 9, the antenne inserted behind the middle, the funiculus slender, joints 2-7 decreasing 
in length, 2 elongate, much longer than 1, the club ovate, acuminate. Prothorax transverse, arcuately 
dilated at the sides, narrow and tubulate in front, strongly bisinuate at the base, the hind angles 
subrectangular; densely punctate. Scutellum rounded. Elytra considerably wider than the prothorax, 
parallel at the base; coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices rugulose and finely granulate, 3 and 5 
interruptedly costate, 7 also costate at the base, the outer ones likewise a little raised. Ventral 
segments densely, finely punctate. Legs moderately stout; femora unidentate, the anterior pair 
sublinear ; anterior tarsi with joints 1 and 2 widened, and clothed with long projecting hairs, in the g. 
Length 93, breadth 4), millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers), Azahar de Cartago (Underwood). 
One pair, precisely alike in coloration, the isolated white scales on the upper surface 
and legs being conspicuous in both specimens. This species superficially resembles 
Macromerus stigmaticus; but differs from it in having shorter legs, the anterior pair 
very little longer in the male than in the female, the femora less clavate, the elytra 
narrower, the funiculus more slender, the rostrum shorter, the eyes more distant, &c. 
6. Cophes copnatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXVI. figg. 2, 2a, 3.) 
Elongate-ovate, black, the antenne ferruginous ; densely clothed above and beneath with brown scales, the 
disc of the prothorax and elytra more or less mottled with blackish, the dark scales condensed into two 
triangular patches at the base of the prothorax and clustered into irregular spots behind the scutellum, 
