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28. Rhodobaenus adsp 



(Tab. VI. figg. 29, 29 



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Sphenophorus adspersus, Gyll. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 924 1 ; viii. 2, p. 217 3 . 

 Rhodobcenus adspersus, Chevr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1885, p. 283 3 . 

 Var. Rhodobcenus impressus, Chevr. loc. cit/ 



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$ . Kostrum abruptly bowed from the short, broad basal portion, about as long as the prothorax (seen from 

 the side), closely punctate to near the tip ; ventral depression broad, extending far forwards along the 

 metasternum. 



$ . Rostrum with the apical portion a little longer and almost smooth, the peduncle of the submentum with 



a small dentiform prominence in front. 

 Length 9-13, breadth 3£-4f millim. 



" 4 (Flohr), Orizaba, Chiapas, Juquila (Salle), Omilteme in Guerrero 

 (H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Senahu in Alta Vera Paz (Haase, in U.S. Nat. Mus.). 



Hab. Mexico 



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Found in numbers in the mountains at Omilteme 



Distinguishable from 



by the conical, transversely excavate prothorax, the rather broad, subtrian 



elytra, and the small 



yellowish or whitish dots on the upper surface (th 



elytra sometimes with a darker patch on each side of the suture just before the middle) 

 and the sub-bituberculate base of the prosternum. I have seen Gyllenhal's type. 



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29. Rhodobaenus valens, sp. n. (Tab. VI. figg. 30, 30 a, a; 31, $ .) 



Subelliptic, broad, robust, opaque above, black variegated with -red ; the red markings on the prothorax 

 condensed into two curved, posteriorly divergent vittae on the disc (sometimes abbreviated behind or 

 interrupted) and a short streak on the flanks ; tbe elytra red, with the scutellar region, a subtriangular 

 patch on the inner part of the disc before the middle, a common oblong patch along the suture at tho 

 apex, and three oblique or subtriangular marks along the sides, black ; the meso- and metasternum rufo- 

 maculate laterally ; the scattered punctures each with a whitish dot. Rostrum stout, shorter than the 

 prothorax, abruptly bowed from the broad, sulcate basal portion, sparsely punctate to near the tip and 

 subangulate towards the apex beneath, in the 2 a little longer and smooth, and with a small prominence 

 at the tip of the peduncle. Prothorax as broad as long, rounded at the sides anteriorly, the sides parallel 

 behind ; sparsely, shallowly, rather finely punctate. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, finely 

 punctate-stnate, the interstices each with a row of scattered shallow punctures. Yentral excavation of 

 the d 1 broad, deep, extending far forwards along the metasternum. 

 ength 12i-15|, breadth 5-6^ millim. ( 6 $ ..) 



Hab. Mexico (Truqui), Cuernavaca (SalU, Eoge, E. H. Smith; Sehaus, in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus.). 



Eight specime 

 at Cuernavaca. 



the same locality, with minute 



ns, seven of them found 

 A lame, broad, robust for 



various collectors at 



long 



intervals 



of R. pustulosus y which also occurs at 



cattered whitish dots and the rufous coloration 



densed into sharply-defined markings on the prothorax, elytra, and metasternum. 



The var. puncticollis, Chevr., of R. pustulosus 

 larger cinereous spots. From R. pinguis the 

 by its more elongate form and the very sparse : 



of about the same size, but 



has 



pr 



species is easily 



sruished 



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