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3. Caulophilus versecrucis, sp. n. 



Moderately elongate, rather convex, subfusiform, finely alutaceous, rather dull, nigro-piceous, the rostrum, 

 antennae, humeri, and legs rufo-piceous. Head flattened between the eyes, the exposed portion of the 

 vertex and the rostrum closely punctate, "the latter very short, the eyes large. Prothorax slightly 

 broader than long, gradually and arcuately narrowing from near the base to the subapical constriction ; 

 very closely, finely punctate, except along the abbreviated smooth median line. . Elytra as wide as, but 

 barely twice the length of, the prothorax ; shallowly punctato-sulcate, the interstices a little wider than 

 the sulci, almost flat, closely uniseriate-punctate. Anterior coxae separated by about their own width. 

 Beneath shining, finely, closely punctate ; metasternum and first ventral segment depressed along the 



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middle. Legs short and stout. 

 Length 2-2|, hreadth f-f millim. ( c? .) 



Hob. Mexico, Motzorongo in Vera Cruz (Flohr). 



Two specimens. Much smaller than C. latinasus, the elytra less elongate, the 

 prothorax less rounded at the sides, the rostrum shorter. From C. costatus the 



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Moderately elongate, somewhat depressed, sericeous, the elytra duller than the rest of the surface, ferruginous. 

 Head flattened and finely punctate between the eyes, the latter large ; rostrum short, sparsely, finely 

 punctate. Prothorax broader than long, rounded-trapezoidal, constricted in front ; closely, finely punc- 

 tate, except along the narrow median line. Elytra scarcely so wide as, and barely twice the length of, 

 the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half ; shallowly punctato-sulcate, the interstices almost flat, the 

 inner ones broader than the sulci, and closely uniseriate-punctate. Legs short and stout. 



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Hab. Guatemala, Pantaleon and Zapote, Pacific slope (Champion 





Two specimens. A small form, recognizable by its ample, rounded-trapezoidal 

 prothorax, the rather short elytra, the somewhat sericeous upper surface, and the 





uniform ferruginous colour. 



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Meqalocorynus, Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 18 

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Cossoni, but may be readily separated therefrom by the long antennal club and the 



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l. Megalocorynus depressus, (Tab. II. figg. 11, lia, s; 12, 2 .) 



mis depressus, Boh. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 1039 (<?) r . 



Meqalocorynus depressus, Woll. Trans. Ent. Soe. Lond. 1873, p. 557 (<$ $ ) 



Cossonus conicirostris, Rosensch. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 1040 ( ? ) 3 . 



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Meg aloe orynus capitatus y Woll. loc. cit. p. 616 ( ? ) 



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