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the latter ochreous, the upper surface also set with short, scattered, setiform scales. Head rugulosely 
punctate, the eyes large, distant ; rostrum strongly curved, rather longer than the prothorax, a little 
widened, rugosely punctate, and carinate at the base, for the rest sparsely punctate, smoother in the 2, 
the antenne inserted towards the base in the 2, and nearer the middle in the ¢, joints 1 and 3 of the 
funiculus equal in length, 2 more elongate, the club ovate. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, 
narrowed and constricted in front, and also narrowed behind ; densely, finely punctate, and also carinate. 
Scutellum rounded, rather large. Elytra moderately long, wider than the prothorax, subparallel in their 
basal third, and considerably produced at the apex, the humeri rounded ; seriate-punctate, the interstices 
rugulose and granulate, 3, 5,7, and 9 raised, the suture also elevated, except at the base. Beneath densely 
punctate. Legs moderately long ; femora unidentate ; anterior tarsi of the ¢ with a few long laterally 
projecting hairs, 
Length 7-84, breadth 3-34 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sallé); Guatemaa, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
Four specimens, the one from Mexico in rather dirty condition. C. cognatus is not 
unlike C. aspersus, differing from it in the shorter legs, the less nodose elytra, and the 
non-dilated anterior tarsi of the male. ‘The metathoracic episterna are narrow. 
7. Cophes bifurcatus, sp. n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 25, 25a, b, 3.) 
Oblong-ovate, shining, black, the antenne and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous; thickly clothed with reddish- 
brown scales, the head with a posteriorly excised, transverse, white patch on the vertex, the prothorax 
sometimes with two darker brown oblong patches on the disc behind; the elytra each with an oblong, 
posteriorly bifurcate streak on the disc at the base, an irregular oblique or transverse median fascia, and 
sometimes some other markings between them, velvety-black, the suture with a small, narrow, whitish 
or ochreous spot at about one-third from the base; the upper surface also set with very short, scattered, 
suberect, ochreous and blackish, squamiform sete ; the vestiture of the under surface sparse and pale, the 
legs with conspicuous intermixed whitish scales, the femora subannulate. Head densely punctate, the 
eyes well separated ; rostrum curved, rather slender, about as long as the head and prothorax, rugulosely 
punctate at the base and closely punctate thence to the apex, much smoother in the 2, the antenne 
inserted at (¢) or slightly behind (Q) the middle, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus equal in length, 
3-7 short, the club oblong-ovate. Prothorax slightly broader than long, constricted and much narrowed 
in front, deeply bisinuate at the base, and also sinuate at the sides behind; densely, finely punctate. 
Scutellum narrow. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, subparallel to near the middle, the humeri 
swollen ; seriate-punctate, the interstices rugulose, 3, 5, and 7 a little raised, 3 conspicuously swollen at 
the base. Ventral segments rather sparsely punctate. Mesosternum prominent, horseshoe-shaped. 
Legs slender, the anterior pair slightly elongated in the ¢ ; femora unidentate ; tarsi elongate, slender, 
the anterior pair with joints 1 and 2 clothed with very long projecting hairs, and 2 as long as 3 and 4 
united, in the ¢. 
Length 43-6, breadth 2-25 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Guaremata, Cerro Zunil 4000 feet (Champion). 
Twelve specimens. Not unlike C. aspersus, but much smaller and with more slender 
legs, the elytra not granulate and with conspicuous velvety-black markings, the 
anterior tarsi of the male not dilated and with joint 2 about as long as 3 and 4 
united. 
g, Cophes hieroglyphicus, sp. n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 26, 26a, 3.) 
Oblong-ovate, shining, black, the antennz and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous ; variegated above with a dense 
_ clothing of reddish-brown, black, and whitish scales—the black scales on the prothorax more or less 
