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metasternum. ‘The black line at the middle of the second elytral interstice is sharply 
defined. 
5. Hulechriops boops, sp. n. (Tab. VIL. fige. 12, 12 a.) 
Elliptic, black, the antenne: and the apical margin of the elytra obscure ferruginous; the prothorax, and the 
elytra with the base, a transverse postmedian fascia, suture, and apical margin clothed with very small, 
narrow, cinereous seales, the rest of the elytral vestiture sparse, fuscous, that of the under surface and 
legs white. Eyes very large, almost contiguous in front. Rostrum arcuate, long, rugulosely punctate 
and subcarinate at the base. Joint 2 of the funiculus much longer than 1, as long as 3 and 4 united. 
Prothorax short, gradually narrowing from the base, hollowed at the apex, and with feebly developed 
ocular lobes; densely finely punctate, and in one specimen carinate. Elytra much wider than the 
prothorax, rounded-triangular, separately rounded at the tip; punctate-striate, the interstices rugose. 
Rostral canal deep, rather narrow, reaching as far as the posterior margin of the middle coxe. Legs 
comparatively short ; femora unarmed, the posterior pair about reaching the apex of the abdomen. 
Length 21-3, breadth 11-14 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Two specimens, the larger one somewhat worn. ‘Distinguishable by the cinereo- 
bifasciate elytra, large eyes, long second joint of the funiculus, and deep rostral canal. 
The vestiture of the prothorax is uniform, instead of being condensed into sharply 
defined spots as in £. albofasciatus. The prothorax is hollowed in front, much as in 
Lechriops copturoides. 
6. Hulechriops melas, sp.n. (Tab. VII. fig. 13.) 
Broad-ovate, black, the antenne and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous; the prothorax with three small spots at 
the base and one in the middle in front, and the elytra with a short streak on the second interstice below 
the base, another on the suture towards the tip, and a small spot on the eighth interstice beyond the 
middle, clothed with coarse, narrow, yellowish-white scales, the rest of the vestiture of the upper surface 
brown, sparse, and fine; the under surface with scattered narrow whitish scales, the ventral segments 3-5 
bordered externally with a line of coarser ochreous scales, which is continued across the apical portion 
of 2, the femora each with a patch of whitish scales about the middle. Head finely punctate; eyes large, 
contiguous in front; rostrum stout, arcuate, thickly punctate and carinate at the base ; joints 1 and 2 of 
the funiculus equal in length. Prothorax transverse, rather convex, rounded at the sides, narrowed and 
constricted in front, deeply bisinuate at the base; densely, coarsely punctate, and feebly carinate. Elytra 
broad, somewhat rounded at the sides, blunt at the tip; coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices asperato- 
punctate. Rostral canal very deep, extending beneath the anterior margin of the metasternum. Inter- 
mediate coxze widely separated. Legs short ; femora unarmed, sulcate beneath. 
Length 4,),-41, breadth 23-23 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Toxpam in Vera Cruz (Sallé); GuateMata, Teleman in Vera Paz 
(Champion). 
Two specimens, agreeing perfectly znter se, both from the Atlantic slope. A broad- 
ovate, rugose, black form, with several small scattered whitish spots on the prothorax 
and elytra, and a common ochreous annulus on the apical half of the abdomen. The 
rostral canal is broad and very deep. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. IV. Pt. 5, December 1906. QQ 
