EUBULUS. 509 
decreasing in length. Prothorax strongly transverse, rapidly, arcuately narrowing from a little before 
the base, the sides straight or parallel behind and not forming a continuous outline with those of the 
elytra; coarsely, confluently punctate and often feebly carinate. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax, 
narrowing from a little below the base, broadly produced at the apex, the humeri rather prominent ; 
coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices rugulose, 3, 5, 7 and 9 sharply costate. Ventral segments 
coarsely punctate, 2 with two transverse rows of punctures in front; 1 depressed and pilose in the middle 
in the g¢. Legs moderately long; femora unidentate, and also armed with a more or less distinct denticle 
exteriorly ; posterior tibiz slightly hollowed at the apex within in the ¢ ; posterior tarsi with the 
basal joint barely as long as 2-4 united. 
Length 53-8, breadth 24-34 millim. (¢ 9°.) 
Hab. Mexico (ex coll. Flohr), Ventanas in Durango (Hége), Puebla, San Andres 
Tuxtla, Orizaba, Vera Cruz (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge), Atoyac (H. H. Smith); Guatema.a, 
Panajachel, Capetillo (Champion). 
Numerous examples. Extremely like £. inequalis, but with the sides of the 
prothorax not forming an almost continuous outline with those of the elytra, the 
second ventral segment with two incomplete rows of coarse punctures. The males 
differ from those of the allied forms in the peculiarities noted above. 
27. Eubulus mutatus, sp. n. 
Very like Z. trigonalis, but subovate in shape; the elytral interstices 3-9 more equally costate, 3, 5, 7, and 9 
a little more raised than the others; the femora feebly dentate, the outer denticle obsolete ; the posterior 
tibiee of the ¢ scarcely hollowed at the apex within ; the second ventral segment more closely punctate. 
Length 54-62, breadth 25-33 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Guatemata, San Juan and San Gerénimo in Vera Paz, Zapote (Champion), 
Dueiias (Salvin). 
Eight specimens, five of which are from San Juan, in the Polochic Valley. Perhaps 
a form of E. trigonalis? 
28. Hubulus bidentatus, sp. n. (Tab. XXVII. figg. 26, 26a, 2.) 
Oblong-subrhomboidal, convex, shining, black, the antennz obscure ferruginous ; sparsely clothed with rather 
coarse ochreous scales, many of which are setiform and semierect. Head rugosely punctate, obliquely 
subcarinate above the very large narrowly separated eyes ; rostrum curved, slender, nearly reaching the 
metasternum, densely punctate and carinate at the base and almost smooth thence to the apex, the 
antenne inserted at about the basal third, long, joints 1 and 3 of the funiculus subequal in length, 
2 more elongate, the club ovate. Prothorax strongly transverse, subconical ; coarsely, confluently 
punctate, and also with an abbreviated median carina, the narrow raised interspaces forming longitudinal 
rugee. Scutellum oblong. Hlytra rather elongate, much wider than the prothorax, narrowing from a 
little below the base, the humeri rounded and not prominent; with rows of large approximate punctures, 
the interstices narrow, smooth, convex, 3, 5,and 7 becoming costate towards the base and apex. Ventral 
segments sparsely punctate. Legs moderately long; femora each with a sharp tooth, that on the posterior 
pair long, and a small denticle exterior to it. 
Length 7, breadth 33 millim. ( 2.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
One specimen. The long rostrum, the short, conical, longitudinally rugose prothorax, 
the rather long, very closely seriate-punctate elytra, with narrow, smooth, convex 
