380 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
1. Parexillis striatus, sp.n. (Tab. XIV. fig. 26.) 
d. Nearly related to P. lineatus, Jord. (J. ¢.); three vittee on pronotum, continued over the head, and alternate 
interspaces of elytra luteous, these stripes sharply defined, the interspaces between them being uniformly 
brown ; stripes in third and ninth elytral interspaces continuous behind. 
Length 3% millim. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt). 
One male. 
B. Subfam. ANOCERIN AL. 
XXXV. NOTIOXENUS. 
Notioxenus, Wollaston, Journ. Ent. i. p. 212 (1861) (type: bewickz). 
Range: St. Helena, Central America, Cuba, Japan. 
3 9. Carina of pronotum distant from base, not continued forward at sides. Third tarsal segment broad, 
first of fore tarsus very short, tooth of claw large. The round eye is more coarsely granulose in the two 
American forms here described than in the species from St. Helena. 
1. Notioxenus polius, sp. n. 
9. Blackish-brown, pubescent-grey, the pubescence uneven, forming spots on the elytra. Antenna luteous, 
segments 9 and 10 brown. Head and pronotum densely and coarsely punctured. Prothorax shorter 
than long, narrowed from carina to apex, convex above, somewhat depressed in middle before carina ; 
the latter angulate mesially. Elytra elongate-ovate, widest behind middle, coarsely punctate-striate, 
with minute punctures in the interstices. Third and claw segments of tarsi luteous. 
Length 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Panzos in Vera Paz (Champion). 
One female. 
2. Notioxenus ater, sp.n. (Tab. XIV. fig. 30.) 
9. Black, shining, sparsely pubescent-grey. Antenna luteous, segments 9 and 10 brown. Tarsi rufescent. 
Head densely covered with large round punctures. Prothorax conical, half as broad again as long, 
slightly depressed in middle before carina, punctate, the punctures large, but not close together ; carina 
very obtusely angulate in middle. Elytra shorter than in WV. poltus, widest before middle, punctate-striate, 
the stripes much deeper at the sides than above; numerous short stiff hairs situated in minute punctures. 
Length 14 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba 800-1500 feet (Champion). 
One female. 
XXXVI. AMBONODERES, gen. nov. 
@, Hairy. Eye round, truncate-sinuate in front. Antennal cavity small. Antenna hairy, reaching to base 
of prothorax ; segment 3 shorter than 2; club loose, segment 9 a little longer than apically broad, narrower 
than 10 and 11, 10 broader than long, 11 asymmetrically elliptical, large, nearly as long as 9 and 10 
together. Prothorax closely applied to the elytra, with a lateral carina from base to apex, the side of 
prosternum somewhat concave. First tarsal segment shorter than claw-segment. 
Type: A. punctiger, sp. n. 
