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EHYNCHOPHOEA. 



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flat, obsoletely uniseriate-punctate. Pygidium sparsely punctate, setulose. Beneath very 

 punctate; ventral excavation of the <3 broad, shallow, extending to the middle of the metasternum ; 

 fifth segment transversely foveate at the apex in both sexes. Femora with a few rather long erect hairs. 



Length 13|-17, breadth 5|-6A millim. 



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Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 feet (Champ 





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Distinguishable from the various allied forms by the very 1 



sinuous oblique series of fulvous spots on each elytron and the abruptly sinuate 



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6. Phyllerythrurus ornatus, sp. n. (Tab. IV. figg. 25, 25 a, $ . 



Somewhat fusiform, opaque above, black, pruinose ; the elytra each with a small humeral spot (wanting in 

 the Bugaba specimen), and a sinuous, subangulate, oblique series of seven or eight irregular spots (the 

 one on the fifth interstice larger than the rest) extending from below the shoulder to the second stria at 

 about one-third from the apex, fulvous. Rostrum as in P. sinuatus, but with the apical portion smoother 

 in the c? • Prothorax and elytra as in P. sinuatus^the latter with the striae 3-9 abruptly sinuate between 

 the spots. Ventral excavation of the c? long and deep, coarsely punctate, the fifth ventral segment foveate 

 at the apex in this sex. 



Length 11^-13, breadth 4f-5| millim. ( <J $ .) 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion). — Ecuadoe, 





















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from Bugaba (a $ ) wanting the humeral 



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from Ecuador (a 6 ) 



This insect appears 



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fulvous spots (which are sometimes tumid and shining) bein 





different position, the larg 



one on the fifth interstice giving an ang 



appearance to the fasci 



The hairs on the under surface of the rostrum in one 



pie are perhaps due to its fresh 









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7. Phyllerythrurus cir cumj ectu 



Tab. IV. figg. 26, 26 



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Somewhat fusiform, opaque above, black, bluish-grey-pruinose ; the prothorax with an oblique stripe on each 

 side, extending for some distance along the outer margin of the elytra, and then continued obliquely 

 across the disc to the second stria at about one-fourth from the apex, fulvous, the very large triangular 

 space enclosed on the elytra somewhat piceous. Eostrum very stout, arcuate, as long as the prothorax, 

 closely punctate to near the tip in the S , the apical portion almost smooth in the $ , the widened basal 

 portion narrowly sulcate. Prothorax about as long as broad, subcorneal, obliquely narrowed anteriorly, 

 bisinuate at the base, transversely depressed on the disc posteriorly, finely, somewhat closely punctate. 

 Scutellum elongate-triangular, flattened. Elytra finely striate, the striae with widely-scattered fine 

 punctures, the interstices flat, obsoletely uniseriate-punctate. Pygidium sparsely punctate, setulose, 

 tumid along the middle posteriorly. Beneath very sparsely punctate ; first ventral segment broadly 

 excavate in the $ . Femora with a few long erect hairs beneath. 



Length 14-15, breadth 5-^-6 millim. 



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