102 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
narrowing from near the base, slightly constricted in front; densely rugulosely punctate and feebly 
carinate. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, blunt at the tip, depressed along the suture anteriorly ; 
deeply punctate-striate, the interstices a little wider than the striw, rugose, faintly costate towards 
the base. Rostral canal deep, extending into the front of the metasternum. Ventral segments 1 and 2 
rather sparsely punctate, 1 shallowly sulcate in the ¢. Femora sharply dentate. 
Length 22-32, breadth 13-2 millim. (¢ @.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Four specimens. Closely related to ZL. parilis, but with a smaller head, smaller 
eyes, a more conical prothorax, and finer vestiture, the elytral interstices faintly costate 
at the base. Larger than J. disparilis, the elytra with less sharply-defined spots and 
broader interstices, the vestiture of the under surface sparser and finer. 
23. Lechriops disparilis, sp. n. 
Smaller than Z. evtritus; the prothorax with three faint ochreous or white vitte on the disc, which are 
sometimes divided into spots ; the elytra with traces of a curved, much interrupted fascia extending from 
the scutellar region to below the humeral callus (often obsolete), a small spot at the middle of the suture, 
one at its apex, and one on the eighth interstice, white ; the vestiture of the under surface coarser and 
closer, white ; the posterior femora with an indication of a dark patch towards the apex; the elytral 
interstices scarcely wider than the striee, not carinate at the base; the ventral segments more closely 
punctate, 1 depressed down the middle in the g ; rostrum carinate and rugulose in its basal half in 
the 3, smoother in the 9. 
Length 24-23, breadth 14-1} millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Champion). | 
Nine specimens. Perhaps an extreme form of L. eatritus. The sparse, blackish 
general vestiture of the elytra (leaving a few small white spots distinct) distinguishes 
L. disparilis from the variable L. infimus, as well as from L. lebast. The present 
insect is very like Copturomorpha funerea, but the latter has a conspicuous concave 
strigose area on the anterior femora, a dark oblique band on the posterior femora, and 
the femora themselves unarmed beneath. 
24. Lechriops quadripunctatus, sp.n. (Tab. VI. fig. 28.) 
Of the same size and shape as L. disparilis, but duller and more rugose ; the prothorax somewhat rounded at 
the sides, with a faint submarginal vitta on each side and two spots along the median line ochreous ; the 
elytra with a small spot at the middle of the suture, another in a line with it on the eighth interstice, and 
a few scales at the base, whitish, and a larger spot at the apex ochreous, the interstices broader than the 
striz ; the vestiture of the under surface and legs white, rather coarse; joint 2 of the funiculus a little 
longer than 1. 
Length 22, breadth 13 millim. (9.) 
Hab. Mexico, 'Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
Two specimens. Distinguishable from LZ. disparilis and other allied forms by the 
sharply-defined ochreous apical spot. The upper surface is opaque. 
