704 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
the disc of the prothorax and around the scutellum) ; the elytra each with a large, rounded-subquadrate, 
velvety-black spot on the disc a little beyond the middle, the spots surrounded by a line of pale brown 
scales, and the prothorax with two small black spots at the base ; the upper surface also thickly set with 
very long, erect, rather fine, blackish seta, the legs and under surface with shorter pallid sete, the 
vestiture of the abdomen sparse. Head densely, rugulosely punctate, the eyes moderately separated, 
coarsely facetted ; rostrum about as long as the prothorax, feebly curved, slightly widened and rugulosely 
punctate at the base, and finely punctate thence to the tip, smoother in the 9, the antenne inserted 
behind the middle, joint 1 of the funiculus nearly twice as long as 2, 3-7 short, the club oblong-ovate. 
Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, narrowed and feebly constricted in front ; densely 
punctate. Scutellum very small, oblong. LElytra slightly wider than the prothorax, subparallel in their 
basal half; seriate-punctate, the interstices feebly convex. Mesonotum prominent, horseshoe-shaped. 
Ventral segments sparsely, finely punctate. Legs short; femora finely unidentate. 
Length 34, breadth 13-13 millim. (¢ @.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, David (Champion). 
Two specimens. ‘This is the only Central-American Cryptorrhynchid with a velvety- 
black, eye-like spot on the disc of eachelytron. ‘The vestiture of the elytra is so dense 
as to almost hide the sculpture. 
Species very small, oblong-ovate or subovate, squamose and strongly setose, with the eyes distant, 
partly exposed, the rostrum curved, the antennal club ovate or oblong, the prothorax 
bisinuate at the base, the elytra wider than the prothorax, punctate-striate, with the 
interstices feebly convex, the mesosternum prominent, arcuate-emarginate, the metathoracic 
episterna moderately broad, the ventral segment 2 much longer than 3, the femora uni- 
dentate, the tibiz rounded or angular at the base externally. (Nos. 137, 138.) 
137. Cryptorrhynchus echinatus, sp. n. 
Oblong-ovate, shining, nigro-piceous or black, the antenne and the apical margin of the elytra ferruginous ; 
rather sparsely clothed with intermixed fulvous and blackish scales, the fulvous scales condensed into a 
faint cruciform patch or median line on the disc of the prothorax and various scattered patches on the 
elytra, the upper surface also thickly set with long, erect, blunt, light and dark sete, the vestiture 
of the under surface very sparse, fine, and brownish, the legs strongly setose. Head densely punctate, 
the eyes rather prominent and not very widely separated; rostrum feebly curved, about as long as the 
prothorax, widened and rugosely punctate at the base, and sparsely, finely punctate thence to the apex, 
the antenne inserted at a little behind the middle, joint 2 of the funiculus shorter than 1, the club ovate. 
Prothorax slightly broader than long, rounded at the sides, narrowed and constricted in front; densely 
punctate. Scutellum small. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, subparallel to near the middle, 
produced at the apex, the humeri rounded ; with rows of coarse, oblong punctures placed in narrow strie, 
the interstices feebly convex, flat along the suture. Beneath sparsely, finely punctate. Mesosternum 
prominent, arcuate-emarginate. Legs rather slender; femora feebly unidentate. 
Length 2,%-383, breadth 13-1} millim. 
Hab, Panama, Volean de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Five specimens. This insect resembles C. porcatus, but it has much smaller eyes, 
a more slender rostrum, the prothorax less constricted in front, &c. The seriate 
punctures on the elytra are longer and coarser than in C. strigatus. 
