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CACTOPHAGUS. 



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ather coarsely pane 



towards the base. Similar specimens are also to b 



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a series 



of th 



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C. spinolce from almost any of the local 



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The rufous markings vary in development and are often altogether wanting 











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The length varies from 14-25 mm 



The larva and pupa are figured by D 



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4. Cactophagus validirostris 



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(Tab. IV. figg. 8, 8 



Spkenophorus validirostris, Gyll. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 886 l . 







ctophayus validirostris, Chevr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1882, p. 579 2 . 



s.) 



Spkenophorus bifasciatus, uyil. loc. cit. p. »»o 



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(nee Sturm). 



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c?. Rostrum strongly bowed towards the apex, the apical portion somewhat compressed, moderately stout, 

 becoming almost smooth towards the tip ; ventral excavation long and broad: anterior coxae often with a 

 small tubercle on their inner face ; femora and tibiae finely ciliate, the anterior tibine with longer hairs. 



9 . Rostrum regularly arcuate, the apical portion more slender, subcylindrical, and much smoother ; femora 

 almost bare, the tibiae with a dense line of very short hairs. 



Hah. Mexico 123 (Mus. Brit.; Flohr), Misantla, Jalapa (Edge), Cordova (Knob, in 







U.S. Nat. Mus.), Tepansacoalco in Oaxaca (Salle) ; Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, Pantaleon, 



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Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui {Champion 





thirty specimens of 



before me 





of the rostrum, the 







pment of the p 



y greatly in size, in the length 

 being strongly rounded at the 





in some examples, and the depression on the disc is 



etimes 



and 





ely 



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being 



The spots, when present, are arranged in 



two 



rved. inter- 



long 

 deep, and sometimes shallow), and the number of spots on th 



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occasionally 



suture. The prothorax is somewhat closely punctate, and there is also a row of fine 



al interstice, as well as a series of coarser impressions along; 



pted, transverse fascia?, which become coalescent laterally 



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the striae, all bein^ filled with 



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C. validirost) 



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founded up 



a large example with a deeply excavate prothorax, C. bif 



upon a small 



flatt 



The length varies from 10i-17 





♦^ breadth from 4-6 7 



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8 



mm. 





ciliatus, sp. n. 



IV. fiere. 9 



rf.) 



5. Cactophag 



Elongate-oval, robust, opaque above; black, the prothorax with a very broad, anteriorly- widened stripe on 

 each side extending from the subapical groove to near the base, and the elytra with a broad transverse 



fascia below the base and a large transverse patch on the disc just beyond the middle (neither reaching 

 suture), rufous. Rostrum curved, very stout, much shorter than the prothorax, obsoletely canali- 

 culate beneath, very sparsely finely punctate, the widened basal portion with an impressed line, that of 

 " 9 slightly longer and smoother, the frontal fovea small. Prothorax about as long as broad, depressed 



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and sparsely punctate down the middle posteriorly, feebly bisinuate at the base. Scutellum elongate- 

 flattened, slightly hollowed in front. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, oblong- 

 subcordate, punctate-striate, the punctures conspicuous and somewhat widely separated, the striae fine, 

 the interstices feebly convex. Pygidium very coarsely punctured. Beneath sparsely, moderately coarsely 













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punctate. Anterior and intermediate coxae with a small cluster of hairs. Eemora and tibiae closely 



ciliate in both sexes. 



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* A similar variation has been noticed by Blaisdell in certain species of the Tenebrionid genus Eleodes 



(cf. Ent. News, 1910, p. 64). 



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