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Very like C. ludiosus, but less rugose above and with the vestiture somewhat 
differently arranged, the fourth joint of the funiculus twice the length of the third 
(as in C. fulvomaculatus), the legs longer and not so stout, the rostrum more slender. 
I have seen three specimens of C. gracilis, including the type. 
27. Copturus histricus, sp. n. (Tab. V. fig. 28.) 
Subelliptic, nigro-piceous, the antennx and rostrum ferruginous, the legs partly rufescent ; variegated above 
with narrow ochreous, cinereous, and blackish scales, the ochreous scales clustered into a line around the 
eyes and three rather broad sharply-defined vittee on the prothorax, the elytra with a small spot on 
the shoulder, two common, curved, interrupted fasciz (one median and the other midway between it 
and the apex), and the apical portion of the suture, ochreous, the rest of the suture (except for a short 
distance before the middle) and various short streaks at the base of the dorsal interstices whitish ; the 
vestiture of the under surface and legs white or yellowish-white. Eyes very large, subcontiguous. 
Rostrum rugulose and carinate at the base. Funiculus slender, joint 2 elongate, about as long as 3 and 4 
united, these subequal in length and each as long as 1, 5-7 short. Prothorax transverse, constricted in 
front, narrowing from near the base, the sides rounded posteriorly ; densely, somewhat finely punctate, and 
subearinate. Llytra rather narrow, depressed along the suture, blunt at the tip; punctate-striate, the 
interstices almost flat. Meso- and metasternum flattened between the middle coxew, Legs comparatively 
slender, moderately long; femora sharply unidentate, the posterior pair reaching to a little beyond the 
apex of the abdomen, carinate externally. 
Length 44-43, breadth 2 millim, 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Two specimens, varying in the extent of the ochreous markings on the elytra. Less 
robust than C. dudosus, the ochreous vittee on the prothorax sharply defined, the elytral 
vestiture differently arranged, the sculpture of the prothorax and elytra not nearly so 
coarse, the legs more slender, &c. 
28. Copturus amenus, sp. n. (Tab. V. fig. 29.) 
Copturus amenus, Faust, in litt. 
Oblong-elliptic, opaque, piceous, the antennw and the apical margin of the elytra ferruginous ; the vestiture 
fine, close on the elytra: the head with a line around the eyes, and the prothorax with three vitte, 
fulvous ; the elytra variegate with fulvous, cinereous, and blackish-brown—the cinereous scales condensed 
into two patches on the suture (one at the base, oblong, the other beyond the middle, transverse or trian- 
gular), the second usually extending along it to the tip, and various scattered spots, the fulvous scales mainly 
clustered into a spot on the shoulder, an oblique or transverse stripe below it, and a broad, interrupted, 
subapical fascia; the under surface thickly clothed with coarser white scales, the vestiture of the legs 
also white. yes very large, narrowly separated. Rostrum rugulosely punctate at the base. Joint 2 of 
the funiculus elongate, as Jong as 3 and 4 united, the latter equal in length, 5-7 short. Prothorax short, 
somewhat rounded at the sides, constricted and slightly narrowed in front ; densely, rugulosely punctate, 
and obsoletely carinate. Elytra narrowing from a little below the base, conjointly rounded at the apex ; 
punctate-striate, the interstices rugulose and almost flat. Meso- and metasternum flattened between the 
middle coxse. Legs slender, rather long ; femora unidentate, the intermediate and posterior pairs carinate 
externally, the posterior pair scarcely reaching beyond the apex of the abdomen. 
Length 3-4, breadth 13-13 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Koltze, in Mus. Dresden); Guaremaua, San Juan in Vera Paz 
(Champion). | 
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