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Head densely, rugosely punctate, carinate on the vertex, depressed between the eyes, with distinct super- 
ciliary ridges; rostrum very stout, arcuate, as long as the prothorax, rugosely punctate and feebly 
unicarinate. Prothorax rapidly narrowing from near the base, abruptly constricted in front, canaliculate 
and gibbous on the disc, with sharp lateral tubercles, the anterior margin slightly emarginate in the 
middle; the surface densely, shallowly, rugosely punctate. Elytra very broad, rounded at the sides, 
depressed at the base, below the shoulders, and on the dise beyond the middle; punctate-striate, the 
interstices alutaceous and finely granulate, the alternate ones convex, the others slightly raised. Meta- 
sternal excavation deep, reaching to near the apex. Fifth ventral segment foveate in the middle behind, 
the fovea almost hidden by long coarse white scales. Intermediate femora with indications of a minute 
tooth. Anterior and intermediate tibie unguiculate at the inner apical angle in the ¢, the intermediate 
pair only with a distinct claw in the ?. 
Length 43-44, breadth 31-34 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Acapulco (Hége), Toxpam (Sallé). 
Six specimens, all but one from Acapulco. This is one of the largest of the 
Central-American species, and recognizable by the distinctly granulate, punctate- 
striate, uneven elytra, and the non-tuberculate disc of the prothorax. The elytra 
are almost bare when the waxy secretion is removed. 
3. Hypoceeliodes unguiculatus, sp. n. 
Short ovate, broad, robust, black, alutaceous; the under surface and legs sparsely clothed with small, narrow, 
cinereous scales, the vestiture of the upper surface very fine and in part hidden by a mealy secretion. 
Head densely, rugosely punctate, carinate on the vertex and depressed between the eyes; rostrum stout, 
arcuate, as long as the prothorax, rugosely punctate. Prothorax canaliculate down the middle, and with 
prominent ‘lateral tubercles; densely, shallowly punctate. Elytra broad, rounded at the sides, slightly 
depressed at the base; punctate-striate, the interstices alutaceous and minutely granulate, the alternate 
ones convex. Metasternal excavation reaching to beyond the middle. Ventral segment 5 foveate in the 
middle in the g, the vestiture not coarser around the fovea. Legs very short; all the tibie sharply 
unguiculate at the inner apical angle in the d. 
Length 3, breadth 24 millim. (<¢.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge). 
Two specimens. Smaller than H. granulatus, the elytra with shallower depressions, 
the legs shorter, with all the tibiz unguiculate in the male, the fovea on the fifth 
ventral segment unaccompanied by coarser scales, the metasternal excavation shorter. 
4. Hypoceeliodes bicarinatus, sp. n. (Tab. VIII. figg. 29, 29a, 2.) 
Short ovate, alutaceous, black, the tarsi, antenne, and apical margin of the elytra ferruginous ; sparsely clothed 
with minute, hair-like, cinereous scales, which are clustered into various faint, irregular, interrupted, 
undulate fascize on the elytra. Head densely, rugulosely punctate, feebly carinate on the vertex, flattened 
between the eyes; rostrum stout, arcuate, longer than the prothorax, rugulosely punctate, not carinate. 
Prothorax rapidly narrowed from the base, feebly constricted in front, the anterior margin notched in the 
middle; the disc gibbous, canaliculate, and with two sharp oblique carine ; the lateral tnbercles well- 
developed ; the surface finely punctate. Llytra broad, finely punctate-striate, the interstices alutaceous, 
the alternate ones more or less raised, the others flat. Metasternal excavation reaching to near the apex. 
Tibize unarmed at the inner apical angle *, 
Length 2,%,, breadth 2 millim. (@.) 
Hab. British Honpuras, Rio Sarstoon (Blancaneauz). 
* The spur to the intermediate pair shown by our artist does not exist, though doubtless present in the ¢. 
