CARPHONOTUS, — CAULOPHILUS. 



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CARPHONOTUS. 



Carphonotus, Casey, Ann. N. York Acad. Sci. vi. p. 691 (1892). 



This genus is based upon a single N. -American species, C, 

 from the Guatemalan Cordillera is now provisionally added. It is recognizable by its 

 ochreo-pilose body, narrow prothorax, short, si 

 ^ther prominent eyes, which are placed immediately in front of the globose portion 



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bcylindrical rostrum, and transverse, 



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1. Carphonotus ochreipilis, sp. n. (Tab. II. fig. 7.) 



Elongate, narrow, somewhat fusiform, shining, ferruginous or obscure ferruginous, thickly clothed with rather 

 long, decumbent, ochreous hairs. Head feebly punctate behind the eyes, the latter moderately prominent 

 and separated above by a little less than their own width ; rostrum short, stout, subcylindrical, closely 

 punctate; antennal club stout, acuminate, its basal joint shining. Prothorax as long as broad, sub- 

 conical, gradually narrowing to the subapical constriction, densely punctate. Elytra much wider than 

 the prothorax, moderately elongate, subparallel in their basal half, conjointly rounded at the apex, the 

 apical margin somewhat dilated laterally; coarsely, deeply punctate-striate, the outer striae entire, 

 the interstices narrow, feebly convex, transversely rugose, and closely uniseriate-punctate. Anterior 

 cox« separated by a little less than their own width. Beneath closely, rather coarsely punctate ; 

 metasternum and first ventral segment depressed down the middle in the $ . Eemora clavate. Third 



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tarsal joint slightly widened. 



Length 2£-2|, breadth |-1 millim. ( <$ 2 .) 



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Hab. Guatemala, Quiche Mts. and Totonicapam, 7000-10,500 feet {Champion 











Three specimens. Differs from the C. testaceus in its more approximate eyes, the 





larger antennal club, the densely punctured, subconical prothorax, the deeply punctate- 

 striate elytra, the more widely separated anterior coxae, the almost simple third tarsal 

 ioint and the closer vestiture. 



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Cavdophilus, Wollastom Ins. Mader. p. 315 (1854) ; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser, v. p. 368 



(1861), and 1873, pp. 439, 49 ( J, 586; Leconte, Proc. Am. Phil Soc. xv. pp. 337, 340 (1876). 



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The type of this genus was from Madeira, but the insect proved to be an introduced 

 American insect (as suspected by Leconte), which extends from the Southern States 



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into Mexico and Guatemala, whence three other species are now added. The larger 



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forms bear a superficial resemblance to the Paleearctic Rhyncolus lignarms, Marsh. 

 (cylindrirostris, Oliv.). Wollaston in his first description stated that the wings were 

 _i___i„x k u j. this must have been an error of observation. The four species mav be 



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Elytra more than twice the length of 



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Elytra! interstices simply convex at the apex, closely punctate ..... latinasus, Say. 

 Elytral interstices strongly costate at the apex> sparsely punctate .... costatus, sp. n. 





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