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beyond the middle, the dark subapical patch with small black scales; the vestiture of the under surface 
coarse and white, that of the legs also white. Eyes very narrowly separated. Rostrum rugulose, 
squamose, and carinate at the base, reaching to a little beyond the middle coxe. Joint 2 of the 
funiculus very elongate, longer than 3 and 4 united, 3 as long as 1. Prothorax short, somewhat rounded 
at the sides, narrowed and constricted in front; densely, rather coarsely punctate. LElytra rounded- 
triangular, blunt at the apex ; punctate-striate, the interstices flat and rugulose. Meso- and metasternum 
flattened between the middle cox. Legs moderately long; femora with a minute tooth beneath (sometimes 
almost obsolete), the intermediate and posterior pairs carinate externally, the area on the anterior pair 
very finely strigose; the anterior tarsi, and the inner edge of the anterior and intermediate tibia, 
clothed with very fine, long, pallid, projecting hairs in the ¢. 
Length 2?-3,,, breadth 13-1, millim. (¢ 2.) 
10? 
Hab. Mexico, Toxpam in Vera Cruz (Sa/lé); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Two specimens from each locality. This insect, like Copturus lamprothoraz, has a 
metallic-blue reflection on the posterior lobe of the prothorax. ‘The entirely pale legs 
and rostrum, the peculiar markings of the elytra, &c., separate C. cwruleotinctus from 
C. confluens. The examples with hairy legs are assumed to be males. 
6. Copturomimus asperatus, sp.n. (Tab. IV. figg. 23; 23 a, anterior femur.) 
Subovate, robust, piceous or nigro-piceous, the antenns ferruginous; sparsely clothed with ochreous scales, 
those on the upper surface narrow and those on the under surface coarser, oval or rounded, the prothorax 
and elytra with scattered bare spaces (a subquadrate patch before the middle of the suture usually 
conspicuous). Eyes very narrowly separated. Rostrum rugulosely punctate and carinate to about the 
middle, and finely punctate thence to the apex, smoother in the 9. Joint 2 of the funiculus as long as 
8-5 united. Prothorax short, rounded at the sides, constricted and narrowed in front; coarsely, 
rugosely punctate, and sometimes carinate. LElytra somewhat rounded at the sides, blunt at the tip; 
punctate-striate, the interstices almost flat, rugulose, and subgranulate. Meso- and metasternum 
flattened between the middle coxe. Legs short, rather stout; femora unidentate, the posterior pair 
carinate externally, the area on the anterior pair oblique, concave, and rather coarsely strigose. 
Length 24-4, breadth 13-24, millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (/ége) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Six specimens from Mexico, three from Panama. In this insect the vestiture is 
almost entirely ochreous, and more or less condensed on the elytra into scattered 
confluent patches, the spaces between which are almost bare; and the upper surface 
is rather rough, the elytral interstices being subgranulate. ‘here is an allied unnamed 
form from Brazil in the Fry Collection with a smaller and differently-shaped strigose - 
area on the anterior femora. 
7. Copturomimus sparsus, sp. n. 
Subovate, piceous, the antenne and the apical margin of the elytra ferruginous ; above and beneath sparsely 
clothed with narrow, hair-like, cinereous scales, which are condensed into three vitte on the prothorax 
and an interrupted line on each elytral interstice, the elytra also with darker scales intermixed, these 
latter condensed into a transverse, subquadrate patch on the suture at one-third from the base. Hyes 
very large, almost contiguous. Rostrum stout, not extending beyond the middle coxe, finely punctate, 
rugulose and finely carinate at the base. Joint 2 of the funiculus about as long as 3-5 united. Prothorax 
short, somewhat rounded at the sides, narrowed and constricted in front; densely, rather coarsely 
punctate and with a short median carina, LElytra punctate-striate, the interstices flat and rugulose. 
