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apical declivity, obsoletely uniseriate-punctate. Anterior coxae separated by about their own width. 

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and the first ventral segment deeply excavate. Anterior tibiae sharply, and the others more feebly, 

 toothed at the inner apical angle, the anterior pair angularly dilated and ciliate at the middle within. 

 Third tarsal joint widened and sub-bilobed. 



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One male. Recognizable by its comparatively long rostrum, the rather long, 

 acuminate antennal club, the densely punctured prothorax, which is strongly constricted 

 in front j the posteriorly narrowed, deeply punciato-sulcate elytra, and the sharply 

 toothed inner apical angle of the anterior tibiae. The elytra are less abruptly narrowed 

 towards the apex than in most of the allied forms. The rostrum is shorter, stouter, 

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Moderately elongate, narrow, depressed, shining, nigro-piceous, the tip of the rostrum, the shoulders of the 

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foveate between the eyes, the latter transverse and somewhat prominent ; rostrum stout, short, curved, 

 sparsely, finely punctate, smoother at the tip, the antennae inserted just beyond the middle. Prothorax 

 almost as long as broad, obliquely narrowing from near the base to the subapical constriction ; closely 

 punctate, except along the narrow depressed median space, in which two irregular rows of coarser 

 punctures are visible posteriorly. Elytra moderately long, subparallel in their basal third, produced at 

 the apex, the apices conjointly rounded and somewhat explanate laterally ; coarsely punctato-sulcate, 

 the interstices narrow, convex, and each with a scattered row of very minute punctures. Anterior coxae 

 separated by about their own width. Beneath rather closely and coarsely punctured ; metasternum 

 towards the apex and first ventral segment broadly depressed down the middle. Anterior tibiae strongly 

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Hab. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, Pacific slope (Champion). 



One male. Extremely like S. vercepacis, but a little more elongate, the rostrum 

 slightly longer, the antennae inserted nearer the tip, the eyes rather larger, the 

 prothorax depressed down the middle posteriorly and with two rows of coarser 

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Subf usiform, narrow, shining, varying in colour from black, with the elytra piceous and the tip of the rostrum, 

 the apical half of the abdomen, the antennae, and legs ferruginous, to entirely testaceous (immature). 

 Head smooth, the eyes rounded and rather prominent; rostrum subcylindrical, comparatively slender, 



more than half the length of the prothorax, sparsely punctate, the punctures becoming more crowded 

 towards the base, that of the 9 a little smoother. Prothorax as long as broad, suboval, rapidly narrowing 

 forwards, constricted in front ; somewhat thickly punctate, the punctuation more diffuse on the disc, the 





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latter usually with a shallow longitudinal impression. Scutelium smooth. Elytra moderately long, 

 conjointly rounded at the apex, scarcely wider than the prothorax, deeply punctate-striate, the sutural 

 stria broader and deeper than the others, the interstices about as wide as the striae, minutely uniseriate- 

 punctate. Anterior coxae separated by a little more than their own width. Beneath closely punctate ; 



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