694 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Duefias (Champion). 
Three specimens, one with the elytra more variegated with white than the others, 
and the white scales tending to form two interrupted fascie on the dise. The con- 
spicuous oblong cluster of short black sete at the base of the third elytral interstice 
and the very feebly bisinuate base of the prothorax separate C. abjectus from various 
allied forms. 
118. Cryptorrhynchus mesomelas, sp.n. (Tab. XXXIV. fig. 11, 2.) 
Subovate, nigro-piceous, the antenne, and sometimes the tarsi and knees and tip of the rostrum also, ferru- 
ginous; thickly clothed with fulvous or brownish scales, which are usually paler in colour on the apical 
half of the elytra and whitish or flavo-cinereous on the base of the rostrum and the flanks of the head 
and prothorax; the prothorax with two broad vitte on the disc, and the elytra with a transverse median 
fascia and various markings between this and the base, black ; the upper surface also set with suberect 
sete, which are seriately arranged down each elytral interstice ; the vestiture of the under surface close 
_and pale, that of the legs more or less variegate. Head rugulosely punctate, the eyes very large, prominent, 
and rather narrowly separated; rostrum curved, a little longer than the prothorax, widened towards the 
base, thickly punctate in the ¢, smoother in the 9, the antennz inserted slightly behind the middle, the 
club oblong-ovate. Prothorax rather broader than long, narrowing from near the base, densely punctate. 
Scutellum small. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, subparallel to near the middle ; seriate-punctate, 
the interstices more or less convex and punctulate. Beneath closely, finely punctate. Mesosternum 
raised, prominent, v-shaped in front. Legs slender; femora finely unidentate, the tooth on the anterior 
pair sometimes wanting. , 
Length 23-34, breadth 1-1,8, millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion). 
Apparently a common insect in Chiriqui. Not unlike C. conspicillatus, but with the 
prothorax subconical and very differently marked, the elytra with the apical half 
unicolorous and the basal half more or less maculated with black, the median fascia 
varying in extent, the two dark vittee on the disc of the prothorax usually distinct. 
The metathoracic episterna are broad. 
119. Cryptorrhynchus conspicillatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXXIV. fig. 12, .) 
Oblong-ovate, piceous, the antenne, the tip of the rostrum, the tarsi, and sometimes the knees and tibie also, 
ferruginous ; the vestiture close, coarse on the prothorax and fine elsewhere ; the prothorax fulvous or 
fulvo-cinereous, with a curved streak along the outer margin, two incomplete, ring-like marks placed 
transversely on the disc, and two small spots at the apex, black; the elytra brownish, with a narrow space 
at the base reddish-brown variegated with black, a common, curved, subapical fascia (sometimes extending 
to the tip), and a short streak on the suture before the middle, fulvous, the apical half mottled with 
black, and the suture black between the fulvous markings; the upper surface also set with short, suberect 
sete, which are clustered into two small fascicles at the apex of the prothorax and are seriately arranged 
down each elytral interstice; the legs variegate with fulvous and cinereous, and also subannulate with 
black. Head rugulosely punctate, the eyes very large, prominent, and rather narrowly separated ; rostrum 
curved, a little longer than the prothorax, widened tewards the base, rugulosely punctate to the tip in 
the ¢, minutely punctate and shining from the basal third in the @, the antennz inserted behind the 
middle, joint 2 of the funiculus shorter than 1, the club oblong-ovate. Prothorax transverse, rounded at 
the sides, constricted and narrowed in front, and also narrowed at the base ; densely punctate. Scutellum 
rounded. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, parallel in their basal third, the humeri subrectangular, 
