■ 



. 

















» 



58 



EHTNOHOPHOEA. 











■ 







prominent; closely crenate-striate, the interstices raised, narrower than the striae, and minutely 

 uniseriate-punctate. 

 Length 3 J, breadth 1^ millim. 



. 











■ 











Hab. Guatemala, Purula in Vera Paz (Champion). 













One specimen. A small, depressed form, with a narrow, uneven, deeply bifoveate, 

 carinate, closely punctured prothorax, broad, closely crenate-striate, rufo-maculate 

 elytra, and an apically dilated rostrum. The colour of the elytra may prove to be 

 \ariable. The C. parvicollis is an allied Mexican species. 



■ 









. 





















■ 





28. Cossonus latipennis, sp. n. (Tab. III. figg.l, l a.) 



Very elongate, shining, black, the base of the antennae and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous. Head foveale 

 and rugosely punctate between the eyes, the globose basal portion sparsely punctured, the eyes large 

 and not very prominent ; rostrum short, stout, closely punctate, the apical portion distinctly flattened, 

 subquadrate, and slightly wider than the basal portion ; antennal club stout, ovate. Prothorax a little 

 broader than long, rounded at the sides, feebly constricted and much narrowed in front, deeply bisinuate 

 at the base ; closely, moderately coarsely punctate, the disc with a deep, oblong, subquadrate, confluently 

 punctured, interruptedly carinate excavation at the base. Scutellum subquadrate, smooth. Elytra very 

 much wider than the prothorax, elongate, subparallel, transversely depressed below the base ; coarsely 

 seriate-punctate, the punctures along the anterior part of the suture strongly transverse, the interstices 

 very narrow, convex or cariniform, here and there transversely or obliquely confluent, and each with a 

 few widely scattered extremely minute punctures. Ventral segments closely punctate, 1 and 2 broadly 





flattened or hollowed down the middle. 



Tarsi long. 

























■ 

















■ 







. 









Var. The elytral interstices strongly and irregularly reticulate throughout, the interspaces elongate, oblong, 

 or foveiform. 





Length 7f-9, breadth 2|-3 millim. ( 8 .) 



Hab. Guatemala, Duefias [type], San Geronimo [var.] [Champion 





■ 









■ ' 



Four specimens from Duefias and one from San Ger6nimo. A large form, with 

 unusually broad elytra, the narrow raised interstices of which are here and there trans- 

 versely connected, an oblong, deep, subquadrate excavation at the base of the prothorax, 













a short, feebly constricted rostrum, &c. The San Ger6nimo example (unfortunately 

 injured after the above description was written) may prove to belong to a different 



* 



species. 







• . 





29. COSSOIIUS Sargi, sp. n. (Tab. III. figg. 2, 2 a.) 



Very elongate, shining, black (or pieeous, when not fully mature), the base of the antennae and the tips of 

 the tarsi ferruginous. Head foveate and rugosely punctate between the eyes, the latter large and not 

 prominent ; rostrum short, stout, convex, somewhat flattened at the tip, the apical portion transversely 

 subquadrate and a little wider than the parallel-sided basal portion, closely punctate, a narrow oblong 

 space in the middle excepted ; antennal club stout, ovate. Prothorax slightly broader than long, 

 rounded at the sides, constricted and much narrowed in front, deeply bisinuate at the base ; coarsely, 

 closely punctate, the puncturing becoming more diffuse on the disc,£the latter with a rather broad, deep, 

 rugosely punctured, interruptedly carinate, subtriangular excavation at the base. Scutellum smooth, 

 subquadrate. Elytra much wider than, and fully three times the length of, the prothorax, subparallel; 

 coarsely seriate-punctate, the punctures becoming transverse towards the sides and base, the interstices 

 very narrow, convex, and each with an irregular row of scattered extremely minute punctures. Ventral 

 segments rather sparsely punctate 1 and 2 depressed down the middle in the S • Tarsi long. 



Length 6|-9, breadth 2-2| millim. ( d $ .) 

























































■ 











- 





















■ 





■ 









■ 





