CRYPTORRHYNCHUS. 667 
Species moderately large or small, elongate-ovate, oblong-ovate, or subovate, squamose, with 
the rostrum curved, the eyes large, distant or well-separated, and partly exposed (covered 
in C. consobrinus), the antennal club ovate, the prothorax bisinuate at the base and with 
the subtruncate hind angles received into the excavate base of the elytra, the alternate 
elytral interstices usually more or less raised, the mesosternum arcuately emarginate 
(horseshoe-shaped in C. quadriplagiatus, C. carinifer, and C. evanescens), the metathoracic 
episterna becoming very narrow anteriorly, the ventral segment 2 as long as, or longer 
than, 3, the femora unidentate or unarmed, the anterior tarsi sometimes (C. bifenestrutus, 
C. tirunculus, and C. cancellatus) with a few projecting hairs in the ¢. (Nos. 62-88.) 
62. Cryptorrhynchus quadriplagiatus, sp. n. (Tab. XXXII. fige. 31, 
31a, 2.) 
Oblong-ovate, black, the antennz and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous; thickly clothed with brown and 
blackish scales, the prothorax with a broad white cruciform vitta on the disc (extending from the base 
to the apex), and the elytra each with a very broad, oblique, white fascia extending from a little below 
the shoulder to the suture, as well as an oblong, common, white apical patch (which nearly joins the 
fascize in front and is sinuous on its outer edge), the blackish scales clustered along each side of the 
prothoracic vitta and along the edges of the elytral markings; the upper surface also set with scattered 
short sete, the legs annulate. Head densely, rugulosely punctate, the eyes somewhat distant; rostrum 
moderately stout, curved, about as long as the head and prothorax, rugulosely punctate and finely 
carinate at the base, for the rest minutely punctate, the antenne inserted far behind the middle, joint 2 
of the funiculus elongate, as long as 1, the club ovate. Prothorax broader than long, rounded at the 
sides, narrowed and constricted in front, deeply bisinuate at the base; densely, finely punctate, the disc 
apparently depressed down the middle and with an abbreviated median carina. Scutellum rounded. 
Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, oval, widening for a short distance below the base and narrowed 
thence to the apex ; seriate-punctate, the interstices rugulose and sparsely granulate, 3, 5, 7, and 9 more or 
less raised, 3 becoming more prominent towards the base, the suture swollen posteriorly. Mesosternum 
horseshoe-shaped. Beneath finely punctate. Legs rather slender; femora sharply unidentate. 
Length 7,4,, breadth 3 millim. ( 2.) 
Hab. GuatTEMaLa, Cerro Zunil 4000 feet (Champion). 
One specimen. Smaller and less elongate than Diaporesis distincta, the prothorax 
shorter and with a broad cruciform white patch on the disc, the three white patches 
on the elytra so enlarged as to become almost coalescent, the alternate dorsal interstices 
costate. 
63. Cryptorrhynchus carinifer, sp.n. (Tab. XXXII. fig. 32.) 
Oblong-ovate, black, the antennz ferruginous ; thickly squamose, the prothorax black, with a spot in front 
of the scutellum and the flanks anteriorly ochreous, the scutellum ochreous; the elytra with the base, a 
spot on the disc below this, and a large triangular patch at the sides towards the apex, black, the rest of 
their surface ochreous, except laterally and near the suture, where they are fulvous ; the vestiture of the 
under surface and legs in great part ochreous, the femora and tibie fusco-annulate: the prothorax and. 
elytra also set with short, scattered, rather coarse, semierect sete. Head rugosely punctate, carinate 
down the middle, the eyes rather prominent and not very widely separated ; rostrum strongly curved, 
moderately long, stout, rugosely punctate and sharply carinate at the base, and for the rest sparsely, very 
finely punctate, the antenne inserted towards the base, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal in length, 
the club ovate. Prothorax broader than long, rounded at the sides anteriorly, narrowed and feebly 
constricted in front; coarsely, closely, shallowly punctate, and obsoletely carinate. Scutellum rounded. 
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