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sparsely punctate in the 9, the antenne inserted behind the middle, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus 
subequal in length, the club ovate. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, rapidly narrowing from 
the middle, feebly constricted in front; densely punctate and obsoletely carinate. Scutellum rounded. 
Elytra much wider than the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half, the humeri obtuse ; seriate- 
punctate, the interstices rugulose, and sparsely granulate, 2-9 more or less raised, 2, 3, 5, and 7 
prominent. Beneath densely punctate. Mesosternum very prominent, feebly emarginate. Legs stout; 
femora unidentate ; tibie sinuous within. 
Length 5-63, breadth 23-3 millim. (¢ @.) 
Hab. Guatemata, El Tumbador, El Reposo, Las Mercedes, Calderas, Zapote, all on 
the Pacific slope (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson). 
Numerous examples. Larger and broader than C. cancellatus, the black reticulation 
somewhat differently distributed; the rostrum more rugose in the male, and stouter ; 
the prothorax less abruptly constricted before the middle; the second elytral inter- 
stice raised; the abdomen densely punctate; the anterior tarsi of the male without 
projecting hairs. 
79. Cryptorrhynchus cancellatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXXIII. fig. 16, .) 
Oblong-ovate, black, the antennse and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous; thickly clothed with rather coarse, 
intermixed brown and cinereous scales, the prothorax and elytra more or less reticulated or variegated 
with black, the elytra often with indications of a pallid median fascia, and also set with numerous short, 
coarse, semierect, pallid and black sete, which are arranged in a series along each elytral interstice and 
are sometimes clustered into four inconspicuous fascicles on the prothorax, the femora and tibiz fusco- 
annulate and setulose. Head rugulosely punctate, the eyes pyriform, distant; rostrum about as long as 
the prothorax, curved, coarsely punctate, rugose and carinate at the base and smooth along the centre 
thence to the apex, the apical half more finely punctate in the 9, the antenne inserted at a little behind 
the middle, joint 2 of the funiculus slightly shorter than 1, the club ovate. Prothorax transverse, 
rounded at the sides, abruptly narrowed and constricted in front; densely punctate, and sometimes 
obsoletely carinate. Scutellum rounded. Elytra oblong, very little wider than the prothorax, parallel 
at the base, the humeri obtuse; seriate-punctate, the interstices shining and faintly granulate, 
3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 raised. Beneath rather coarsely punctate, the first ventral segment slightly 
depressed down the middle in the g. Mesosternum prominent, arcuate-emarginate. Femora 
unidentate. Tibie almost straight on their inner edge. Anterior tarsi with a few projecting longer 
hairs in the ¢. 
Length 43-54, breadth 1,%-23 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo (Hége), Toxpam (Sallé); Guatemaa, San Juan in Vera 
Paz, El Tumbador, El Reposo, Zapote (Champion), Panzos (Conradt) ; Panama, Bugaba, 
Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Eighteen specimens, varying a good deal in the colour of the scales. This is one 
of several extremely closely allied variable forms, and mainly distinguishable by the 
hairy front tarsi and the rather sparsely punctate rostrum of the male, the almost 
straight inner edge of the tibis, and the somewhat closely nigro-reticulate elytra. 
A single example ( ¢ ) from Teapa, with the vestiture blackish-brown, variegated with 
black, probably belongs to the same species. A well-marked specimen from San Juan 
is figured. 
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