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the pygidial carina is very prominent, and the velvety-black patch on the disc of each 

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5. Eucactophagus pruinosus, sp. n. (Tab. V. figg. 2, 2 a, 6 .) 



Elongate-rhomboidal, opaque above, black, densely bluish-grey-pruinose, the elytra each with a very large, 

 oblong, velvety-black patch on the disc extending from a little below the base to far beyond the middle 

 and nearly reaching the suture and outer margin. Rostrum strongly arcuate, very stout, a little longer 

 than the head and prothorax, closely, coarsely punctate, smooth at the tip, narrowly sulcate along the 

 somewhat abruptly widened basal portion up to the deep frontal fovea, in the $ flattened at the apex 

 above and subangulate behind the peduncle beneath, in the $ subcylindrical and a little smoother at 







the tip. Prothorax conical, about as long as broad, flattened on the disc posteriorly, moderately sinuate 

 at the base, very sparsely, finely punctate. Scutellum large, elongate-triangular, flattened. Elytra a 

 little wider than the prothorax, rapidly narrowing from the rounded humeri ; very finely punctate- 

 striate, the interstices flat, each with an irregular line of excessively minute punctures. Pygidium 

 . sparsely punctate, carinate from about the middle to the tip. Beneath very sparsely, the shallow ventral 

 excavation of the tf more coarsely, punctate, the fifth segment with a transverse fovea at the apex in 





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this sex. Metasternum feebly protuberant. 

 Length 16^-18, breadth 6|-7^ millim. ( <S $ .) 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion). 



One pair. This insect resembles the Nicaraguan E. carinipyga, but it has a much 

 stouter, coarsely punctate, strongly curved rostrum, the prothorax more feebly bisinuate 

 at the base and with the disc simply flattened, the elytra less widened anteriorly, the 

 pygidium more feebly carinate, and the metasternal protuberance much less developed. 











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6. Eucactophagus aurocinctus, sp. n. (Tab. V. figg. 3, 3 a, $ .) 



Subrhomboidal, broad, opaque, black, the elytra each with a transverse, irregular, ochreous fascia of variable 



width (in one specimen running forwards for a short distance along the sixth, and in the other running 

 downwards along the fourth, interstice) before the middle extending from the first stria to near the outer 

 margin, the punctures above each bearing an extremely minute scale, those crossing the fascia black. 

 Head closely punctate ; rostrum very stout, strongly arcuate, about as long as the prothorax, closely, 

 rather coarsely punctate, shallowly sulcate beneath, the widened basal portion obsoletely grooved above. 

 Prothorax broader than long, strongly rounded at the sides anteriorly, deeply bisinuate at the base ; 

 very sparsely, finely punctate, the disc broadly hollowed in the centre posteriorly and with two widely- 

 separated shallow foveae at about the middle. Scutellum rather small, triangular, flattened. Elytra 

 much wider than the prothorax, subcordate, the subapical callosities rather prominent; finely striate, 

 the strise with coarse, deep, foveiform, scattered punctures, the interstices somewhat convex or uneven. 

 Pygidium and under surface sparsely punctate, the pygidium slightly raised along the middle posteriorly ; 

 ventral excavation of the cJ broad, extending to the metasternum. Metasternum feebly triangularly 

 swollen between the middle coxae. 



Tar. Entirely black, the punctures on the prothorax filled with a whitish incrustation, those along the elytral 

 striae large and very deep, the subapical callosities not prominent. 



Calandra albipunctata, Sturm, in litt. 

 Length 10f-12£, breadth 5-54 millim. (<?$.) 







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Hab. Mexico (ex coll. Sturm : var., $ ) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt : 6 ) ; Costa 

 Rica (Zeledon, in U.S. Nat. Mus. : 2). 



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