392 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
An abundant insect in the State of Panama, though we, unfortunately, have no note 
as to its habits. The chief characters of S. cwrtula, the type of which I have seen, are 
its coarsely punctured prothorax and the elongated, straighter, and more slender 
rostrum in the female. &. armipes (Solari), from Goyaz, Brazil, is a little broader than 
S. curtula, and has more sharply dentate femora, and a more abruptly curved, shorter 
rostrum in the male. 
3. Solaria curvata, sp. n. 
Very like the larger examples of S. curtula, but with the prothorax finely and sparsely punctate on the dise, 
and the elytra more finely striate and with the interstitial series of punctures finer and more scattered ; 
the rostrum stout, strongly arcuate, and about equal in length, in the two sexes, the apical portion 
smooth and shining in the 9; all the femora sharply dentate. 
Length 35-33, breadth 14-13 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Livingston (Schwarz and Barber, U.S. Nat. Mus.); Panama, 
Volcan de Chiriqui, Pefia Blanca (Champion). 
One male and five females. Apparently distinct from S. curtula, the difference in 
the form of the rostrum in the female being very marked. The shorter and more 
curved rostrum and the simply sinuate anterior tibie of the male separate S. curvata 
from S, acutidens; and the longer and less abruptly curved rostrum of the male, the 
more finely punctate upper surface, and the less strongly dentate femora distinguish it 
from S. armipes. 
4. Solaria gibba, sp.n. (Tab. XIX. figg. 27, 27 a, ¢.) 
Broad ovate, the prothorax somewhat gibbous at the base as seen in profile, varying in colour from black to 
ferruginous, shining. Head sparsely, finely punctate, shallowly, transversely grooved between the eyes ; 
rostrum moderately stout, arcuate, not longer than the head and prothorax, finely punctate, the apical 
portion smoother in the @, the antenne inserted at ( 2 ) or slightly beyond (¢ ) the middle. Prothorax 
broad, strongly constricted in front, gradually narrowing from the base, the sides rounded anteriorly ; 
sparsely, finely punctate (except along the narrow smooth median space), the punctures becoming longi- 
tudinally confluent at the sides. Scutellum almost smooth, flat, rounded behind. Elytra gradually 
narrowing from the rounded humeri, uneven; sharply striate, the strie feebly punctate, the interstices 
broad, flat, and finely uniseriate-punctate. Pygidium closely punctate, short, strongly transverse. 
Beneath closely and coarsely, a broad space down the middle more sparsely and finely, punctate. 
Prosternum shallowly sulcate, feebly bifoveate in front. Legs rather stout, coarsely punctate ; all the 
femora dentate ; anterior tibie almost straight on their inner edge; anterior tarsi slightly widened in 
the 3; tarsal claws small, free. 
Length 3-37, breadth 13-2 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Temax in N. Yucatan (Gaumer); Bririsi Honpuras, Rio Hondo 
(Blancaneaux) ; GuaTEMALA, San Isidro, Pacific slope (Champion). 
Five specimens. Broader than S. curtula, the prothorax somewhat gibbous at the 
base, the elytra uneven, the pygidium short and strongly transverse, the prosternum 
distinctly sulcate, the scutellum almost smooth and rounded bebind. 
