566 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
One specimen. Very like #. alticarinatus and EL. pilipectus, but with the disc of the 
prothorax becoming strongly gibbous anteriorly (the compressed elevation appearing 
rectangular in front, and the median carina horizontal, when the insect is viewed 
in profile), the elytral humeri more prominent, and the first ridge only uninterrupted. 
42. Kubulus gracilicornis, sp.n. (Tab. XXVIII. figg. 4, 4a, ¢.) 
Subrhomboidal, black, the antenne ferruginous; thickly clothed with intermixed reddish-brown, whitish or 
ochreous, and black scales, the latter condensed on the prothorax into two triangular spots at the base, 
the whitish and black scales on the elytra clustered into numerous spots, which are scattered all over the 
surface (the patches of whitish scales in one specimen forming an indistinct oblique fascia below the base), 
the legs subannulate; the upper surface also somewhat closely set with short, coarse, erect, black and 
whitish, setiform scales, those on the prothorax mostly black and clustered into two widely separated 
fascicles on the disc. Head rugosely punctate, transversely carinate above the eyes and also carinate on 
the vertex, the frontal depression trapezoidal, the eyes very large (especially in the ¢); rostrum strongly 
curved, sharply carinate and rugosely punctate in its basal half, and thickly punctate thence to the tip, a 
little smoother in the 9, the antenne inserted at (2) or beyond ( ¢) the middle, the funiculus slender, 
joints 2 and 3 elongate, 3 shorter than 2. Prothorax short, broad, strongly constricted and abruptly 
narrowed in front; densely punctate, the disc broadly depressed along each side of the very sharp, 
arcuate, median carina and also depressed laterally. Elytra subcordate, produced at the apex; seriate- 
punctate, the interstices 3, 5, 7, and 9 very sharply costate. Beneath densely, finely punctate. 
Mesosternal walls deeply hollowed at the middle between the coxe, appearing hooked in front. Legs 
moderately long; femora bidentate, the outer tooth on the anterior pair almost obsolete. Penis narrow, 
hooked at the tip. 
Length 7-73, breadth 4 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Guatemaa, El Reposo and San Isidro (Champion). 
Two specimens, both from the “tierra caliente ” of the Pacific slope. The coarsely 
setose, broad, abruptly constricted, uneven prothorax, the mottled vestiture of the 
elytra, the slender funiculus, &c. readily distinguish EF. gracilicornis. It somewhat 
resembles Cryptorhynchus duplicatus, Ros., from Brazil, but has the prothorax much 
more constricted in front. 
43. Kubulus flavovariegatus, sp. n. 
Subrhomboidal, robust, opaque, black, the antenne (the club excepted) ferruginous; somewhat densely clothed 
with reddish-brown scales, the elytra each with a very broad, indeterminate space, extending from a little 
below the base to near the apex, and inwards to near the suture, much variegated with ochreous, and the 
femora broadly annulate with the same colour, the prothorax also set with short, fine, dark sete. Head 
rugosely punctate, the transverse frontal depression limited anteriorly by two faint oblique ridges, which 
meet in the centre and are continued downwards, the shallow sulcus around the eyes terminating in 
a rounded fovea on each side of the base of the rostrum, the eyes prominent; rostrum arcuate, stout, 
reaching the front of the metasternum, rugosely punctate and feebly carinate at the base, and sparsely, 
minutely punctate thence to the apex, the antenne stout, inserted at the middle, joints 1 and 2 of the 
funiculus subequal in length, the club ovate. Prothorax strongly transverse, rapidly narrowing from a 
little before the base; finely, rather sparsely punctate, and also arcuato-carinate, the interspaces here 
and there nodulose. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, subcordate ; seriate-punctate, the interstices 
3, 5, 7, and 9 sharply costate. Beneath sparsely, extremely coarsely punctate; fifth ventral segment 
