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7. Hypoceeliodes dietzi, sp. n. 
Very like H. pulvereus, but differing as follows :—The vestiture of the upper surface denser; the rostrum a 
little shorter, not reaching the apex of the metasternum, stout in both sexes, rugosely punctate and 
sharply carinate to the tip in the g, with about the apical third smoother and shining in the 9 ; the 
metasternum flattened or slightly hollowed down the centre; the ventral segments 1-4 flattened along 
the middle, and 5 with a shallow transverse depression, in the 3. 
Length 23-21, breadth 13-12 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Chacoj in Vera Paz (Champion); Panama, Bugaba, Caldera, Tolé, 
San Miguel in the Pearl Is. (Champion). 
Thirteen specimens. Though so like H. pulvereus, this species can be readily 
separated therefrom by the sexual characters, the female having a much stouter and 
more rugose rostrum, and the male wanting the longitudinal ventral groove. The 
prothorax is quadrituberculate, and the intermediate and posterior tibiz of the male 
are unguiculate, in the two species. 
8. Hypoceliodes obliquus, sp. n. 
Short ovate, dull, black, the antenne ferruginous; clothed with scattered, minute, cinereous scales, which are 
clustered into several small spots on the elytra. Head rugulosely punctate, finely carinate on the vertex, 
flattened between the eyes; rostrum stout, arcuate, reaching the apex of the metasternum, rugulosely 
punctate and feebly carinate, becoming much smoother towards the tip. Prothorax narrowing from near 
the base, feebly constricted in front; densely, finely punctate, the dise with two strongly divergent, 
feeble, cariniform elevations, separated by a shallow median groove, the lateral tubercles small. Elytra 
moderately bread, short, rounded at the sides, the humeri not prominent; rather coarsely punctate- 
striate, the interstices rugulose, the alternate ones raised. Metasternal excavation broad. Legs 
comparatively stout. | 
Length 2, breadth 14 millim. (@.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
One specimen. Narrower and more ovate than H. wickhami (Dietz) (for an example 
of which we are indebted to Mr. H. F. Wickham), the vestiture very sparse, the dorsal 
prominences of the prothorax strongly divergent (together forming an interrupted 
v-shaped ridge), the elytra more coarsely punctate-striate. The dorsal elevations on 
the prothorax are more oblique than in any of the other Central-American members of 
the genus. 
9. Hypoceliodes coronatus, (Tab. VIII. figg. 32, 324, 0, .) 
Hypoceliodes coronatus, Faust, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1896, p. 101°. 
Short ovate, broad, alutaceous, nigro-piceous or black, the antenne (the club excepted), tarsi, and sometimes 
the apical margin of the prothorax also, ferruginous ; sparsely clothed with cinereous and brownish, 
minute, hair-like scales, the elytra often with a fuscous streak at the base of the suture, the vestiture of 
the under surface and legs coarser. Head densely, rugulosely punctate, carinate on the vertex, depressed 
between the eyes, with distinct superciliary ridges ; rostrum very stout, arcuate, as long as the prothorax, 
rugulosely punctate and tricarinate. Prothorax rapidly narrowing from near the base, abruptly con- 
stricted in front; the disc gibbous, canaliculate, and with two short prominent parallel ridges, which 
are sometimes each divided into two tubercles, the lateral tubercles acute; the anterior margin notched 
