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Funiculus 7 -jointed. 



Antennal club with the basal joint shining and very sparsely pilose ; tarsi 



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[ACAMPTUS.] 





Antennal club closely pubescent, larger; tarsi slender Chcerorrhynchus. 





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ACAMPTOPSIS, gen. nov. 







Head deeply inserted into the profchorax ; eyes inferiorly placed, large, hidden in repose; rostrum deflexed, 

 short, very stout, feebly curved, the tip resting on the anterior coxae, the scrobes deep and oblique, the 

 antennae inserted at the middle, the funiculus 5-jointed, the club small, ovate, with the basal joint 

 shining and the others very short and densely pubescent ; prothorax subtubulate and cucullate in front, 



feebly bisinuate at the base, and emarginate at the apex beneath ; scutellum prominent, small ; elytra 

 much wider than the prothorax, oblong-subtriangular, feebly sinuate at the base, abruptly produced at 

 the apex ; prosternum broadly and deeply sulcate from the apex to the narrowly separated anterior coxae ; 

 ventral segments 3 and 4 short, together a little shorter than 5 ; legs short and stout ; tibiae strongly 

 unguiculate at the outer apical angle ; tarsi with the third joint simple, the claws divergent; body 

 oblong, densely lutose, and also set with short clubbed setae. 

 Type, A. encaustus. 









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The 5-jointed funiculus, the somewhat curved rostrum, and the relatively shorter 

 third and fourth ventral segments distinguish this genus from the following, Pseuda- 

 camptus. The type is from Panama, and a second species is found in Cuba *. The 

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1. Acamptopsis encaustus, sp 



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Oblong, somewhat flattened above, nigro-pieeous, the antennae and tarsi ferruginous ; densely coated with a 

 brown earthy incrustation, and also sparsely set with short, rather stout, clubbed, suberect setse (which 

 extend to the rostrum, antennal scape, and legs), those on the elytra uniseriately arranged along each 

 interstice, the last joint of the funiculus also with several very long projecting setae. Head, rostrum, 

 and prothorax densely, finely punctate, the prothorax with a well-marked subapical constriction. 

 Elytra seriate-punctate, the interstices somewhat raised and densely punctulate. 



Length 2f , breadth 1^ millim. ( $ ?) 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion). 



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One specimen. Smaller and less robust than Pseudac amp tus plurisetosus, the setse 

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Acamptopsis cubanus 



Oblong, nigro-piceous, the tips of the tarsi ferruginous ; covered with a 



brown earthy incrustation, and also sparsely set with short clubbed setae, those on the elytra uniseriately 

 arranged along each interstice. Rostrum very stout, rugose, about as long as the posterior portion of the 

 prothorax as seen in profile. Prothorax as long as broad, abruptly constricted towards the apex, the 

 posterior portion rounded at the sides, the tubulate apical portion also rounded in front as seen from 

 above ; densely punctate. Elytra moderately long, gradually narrowed from the base ; seriate-punctate, 

 the interstices somewhat raised. Beneath alutaceous, rather sparsely punctate ; first ventral segment 



somewhat concave. Tibiae broad, each with a long apical uncus, which is widened towards the base. 

 Length 3, breadth 1\ millim. ( <5 .) 



Hab. Cuba, Cayamas (Schwarz. in U.S. Nat. Mus.). 





























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One specimen. A little more oblong than A. encaustus, the rostrum longer, the prothorax rounded at the 

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