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elytra with a common, large, v- or heart-shaped patch before the middle, an oblique triangular patch 

 at the shoulder, and a large rounded patch on the outer part of the disc towards the apex, velvety-black. 

 Rostrum very stout, coarsely punctate to the tip. Antennal scape very little longer than the funiculus. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than broad, subcylindrical, constricted just beyond the middle and at the apex, 

 and obliquely narrowed at the base, the base itself sub truncate ; closely impressed with coarse umbilicate 

 punctures. Elytra very little longer than the prothorax, the interstices 3, 5, and 7 here and there 

 somewhat convex, the scattered punctures on all of them conspicuous and the cinereous incrustation 

 surrounding some of them also raised. 

 Length 5-6^, breadth If -2i millim. (? $ .) 



Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca in Morelos (Deam, in U.S. Nat. Mus.). 



Two specimens. Readily distinguishable from the southern JR. nigrosignatiis by the 

 basally narrowed prothorax, the prothorax itself coarsely umbilicate-punctate, and the 

 relatively shorter and more uneven elytra. The first ventral segment is unimpressed. 



23. KhodobsBims brevirostris, sp. n. (Tab. VI. figg. 24, 24 a, 6 .) 



Elongate, subfusiform, opaque above, black, sometimes variegated with ferruginous (the $ ferruginous above, 

 with the prothorax nigro-trivittate and the elytra each with an indeterminate black patch on the disc 

 before the middle) ; pruinose, the scattered punctures each surrounded by a larger or smaller, rounded, 

 cinereous or yellowish-cinereous spot. Rostrum stout, feebly curved, in the tf very little more than 

 half the length of the prothorax, slightly longer in the $ , sparsely punctate, smooth and shining at the 

 tip, unarmed at the apex beneath, the widened basal portion more closely punctured and narrowly 

 sulcate. Antennal scape about as long as the funiculus. Prothorax a little longer than broad, sub- 

 conical, bisinuate at the base, transversely excavate on the disc posteriorly, sparsely punctate. Scutellum 

 elongate-triangular. Elytra oblong, considerably wider than the prothorax, finely punctate- striate, the 



punctures of the striae each indicated by a minute cinereous dot, the interstices each with a scattered 

 row of punctures surrounded by a larger cinereous spot. Pygidium conical, sparsely punctate, setulose. 

 Ventral excavation of the 3 long and deep, extending the whole length of first segment. Femora 

 fringed with rather long hairs beneath. 

 Length 9-1-4, breadth 3-3 * a millim. ( 6 $ .) 



Hab. Mexico, Xautipa in Guerrero (H. H. Smith : $ ) ; Guatemala, Volcan de 

 Atitlan and San Isidro, Pacific slope (Champion : 6 ). 



Two males and one female, the latter partly ferr 

 but relatively narrower, and with a comparative 



ear JR. adspersus, 

 rostrum in both 



sexes and a more elongate prothorax. The excavate disc of the latter separates 

 JR. brevirostris from JR. nigrolineatus, and the short rostrum from JR. andrece. 



24. Khodobsenus versepacis, sp. n. (Tab. VI. figg. 25, 25 a, 6 .) 



A . Elongate, subfusiform, opaque above, black indeterminately 



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with a triangular black patch on the inner part of the disc before the middle ; pruinose, the scattered 

 punctures of the surface each surrounded by a small cinereous dot. Eostrum feebly curved, stout, very 

 little more than half the length of the prothorax, sparsely punctate, unarmed at the apex beneath, the 

 widened basal portion narrowly sulcate, the antennal scape nearly reaching the tip and about as long as 

 the funiculus. Prothorax subcorneal, longer than broad, feebly bisinuate at the base, transversely 

 excavate on the disc posteriorly, sparsely, finely punctate. Scutellum elongate-triangular. Elytra 

 oblono- much wider than the prothorax, finely punctate-striate, the interstices each with a row of 



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