104 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
others from North America sent me by Mr. Wickham in having the vestiture a little 
coarser. L. oculatus is closely related to L. infimus, having relatively broader elytra, 
coarser vestiture, and a more sharply defined white sutural spot. 
27. Lechriops sticticus, sp.n. (Tab. VI. fig. 29.) 
Ovate, rather narrow, shining, black, the apical margin of the elytra, the antenne, tibiz, and tarsi more or less 
ferruginous ; the prothorax with a median vitta (sometimes broken up into two spots), two submarginal 
spots, and a streak along the flanks, and the elytra with a transverse mark at the middle of the suture, 
a streak along the latter at the tip, a small spot on the eighth interstice, another on the tenth, and various 
scattered patches or short streaks, ochreous or white; the vestiture of the legs and under surface white, 
the posterior femora sometimes with a darker patch towards the apex. Head rather small; eyes 
subcontiguous; rostrum rugulose at the base; joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus equal in length. Pro- 
thorax transverse, gradually narrowing from the base, feebly constricted in front; densely, finely 
punctate and obsoletely carinate. Elytra deeply striate, the stria finely punctate, the interstices rugulose 
and almost flat. Rostral canal deep, reaching the front of the metasternum, the walls complete. 
Length 21-23, breadth 11-1? millim. 
Hab. Mrxico, Oaxaca and ? Jalapa (fége). 
Six specimens, probably all from Oaxaca. A small, narrow form with sharply- 
defined whitish spots, near LZ. alboguttatus, but of the general shape of L. porcatus, 
differing from the latter in the much narrower strie of the elytra. ‘The second joint 
of the funiculus is shorter than in L. aldoguttatus. 
28. Lechriops bicolor, sp.n. (Tab. VI. fig. 30.) 
hriops bicolor, Faust, in litt. 
Subovate, black, the disc of the elytra in great part piceous or rufo-piceous, their apical margin, the antennxy, 
the tip of the rostrum, the tarsi, and sometimes the femora and tibie also, ferruginous; the vestiture 
fine, sparse, and filiform: the prothorax with three more or less interrupted ochreous or whitish vittee ; 
the elytra with two broad oblique fasciw, united along the suture (the posterior one sometimes reduced to 
a common sutural spot, or the whole of these markings united into a large saddle-shaped patch), a short 
streak on the eighth interstice, and another at the apex, ochreous or whitish, the white scales sometimes 
condensed into a spot at the middle of the suture ; the under surface and legs white, the posterior femora 
usually with a dark patch towards the apex. Eyes large,subcontiguous. Rostrum rugulose and carinate 
at the base. Joint 2 of the funiculus a little longer than 1. Prothorax short, narrowing from near the 
base, feebly constricted in front; densely punctate and feebly carinate. LElytra subcordate, broadly 
rounded at the apex; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices rugose, very little wider than the striz, 
almost flat. Rostral canal deep, reaching the anterior portion of the metasternum. 
Length 23-23, breadth 13-12 millim. 
Hab. Muxico (Mus. Dresden), Toxpam (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hége), Teapa (Hoge, H. H. 
Smith) ; Britisn Honpuras, Belize (Llancaneaur); Guatremaua, Cubilguitz, Cahabon, 
San Juan, Chacoj, San Gerdénimo, Cerro Zunil (Champion); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan 
de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Numerous examples. A very close ally of L. infimus, but differing from it in the 
general coloration of the elytra, as well as in the arrangement of the vestiture. There 
is sometimes a distinct whitish or ochreous patch at the middle of the suture. 
