714 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
1. Trichodocerus spinole. (lab. XXXV. figg. 13, 13a-c, ¢.) 
&. Trichodocerus spinole, Chevr. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1879, p. xciii’. 
9. Trichodocerus lateralis, Chevr. loc, cit.* 
Oblong, nigro- or rufo-piceous, the rostrum and antenne (the club excepted) ferruginous; thickly clothed 
with cinerous, brown, and ochreous scales, the cinereous scales on the elytra clustered into a large 
humeral patch and a common, broad, A-shaped, median fascia, which is usually bordered anteriorly by a 
row of black spots, the seriate punctures each bearing a small scale and the alternate interstices a row 
of short pallid sete, the head with a line of ochreous scales between and above the eyes ; the intermediate 
and posterior femora broadly fusco-annulate; the vestiture of the under surface sparse, whitish, and 
piliform. Rostrum shining, moderately long, feebly curved, very sparsely, minutely striato-punctate, 
rugulose at the base. Funiculus with joints 2-4 elongate, 5-7 shorter. Prothorax transverse, rounded at 
the sides anteriorly, much narrowed in front, sinuate at the base; densely, rather coarsely punctate, and 
strongly arcuato-carinate. Scutellum moderately large. Elytra oblong, much wider than the prothorax, 
flattened on the disc anteriorly ; seriate-punctate, the interstices punctulate, 3, 5, and 7 slightly raised, 
9 becoming costate posteriorly. Beneath shining, closely punctate. Ventral segments 1-5 slightly 
depressed down the middle, and the pygidium narrowly exposed beneath, in the ¢. 
Length 5-6, breadth 2-23 millim. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Pozo Azul (Underwood); Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—GuIANA, 
Cayenne!?; Peru (coll. Fry in Mus. Brit.). 
Nine specimens, all but one from Bugaba. Dr. Aurivillius has been kind enough to 
send me the two types of Chevrolat for examination, and they are certainly the sexes 
of the same species. ‘The descriptions are inaccurate in several particulars *. 
2. Trichodocerus brevilineatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXXV. figg. 14; 15, var.) 
Elongate, narrow, piceous or rufo-piceous, the antennz (the club excepted), and sometimes the rostrum also, 
ferruginous ; thickly clothed with small brownish, ochreous, and cinereous scales, the cinereous scales 
clustered into a faint double line on each side of the prothorax and various interrupted lines on the 
elytra, the elytra also with several short fuscous or blackish lines on the alternate dorsal interstices— 
one on the first (sutural) at the base, one on the third at the middle and a second near the apex, and one 
on the fifth at or beyond the middle, being the most conspicuous; the vestiture of the legs cinereous or 
brownish, the femora faintly fusco-annulate, that of the under surface sparse, cinereous or whitish, fine, 
piliform. Rostrum shining, moderately long, slender, arcuate, minutely striato-punctate, rugulose at the 
base. Funiculus with joints 2 and 3 very elongate, 4-7 shorter. Prothorax transverse, rounded at 
the sides anteriorly, much narrowed in front, and slightly narrowed behind, sinuate at the base ; densely, 
finely punctate, and usually more or less distinctly carinate. Scutellum small. Elytra oblong, a little 
wider than the prothorax; seriate-punctate, the interstices punctulate and feebly convex. Beneath 
shining, closely punctate. Ventral segment 1 depressed down the middle in the ¢. 
Var.? The elytra with the short blackish or fuscous streaks near the middle of the disc united into a trans- 
verse fascia, and sometimes with other dark markings near the base and apex. 
gth 3-41, breadth 13-12 millim. 
| Hab. Guatemana, San Juan in Vera Paz (Champion); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de 
Chiriqui (Champion). 
Found in abundance in the “ tierra caliente ” at Bugaba. ‘The variety? is represented 
* The male measures 2mm, in breadth (instead of 14, as stated), the rostrum is curved (instead of straight), 
he prothorax is broader than long, &c. 
