





KHODOB^NUS. 



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closely placed, and those on the elytra much larger and arranged in a scattered series along each 

 interstice ; the under surface cinereo-pruinose. Rostrum scarcely as long as the prothorax, abruptly 

 and strongly bowed from the broad basal portion, the apical portion sparsely, finely punctate to near the 

 tip, a little smoother in the $ , the peduncle of the submentum with a small prominence in front in this 

 sex. Prothorax about as long as broad, rounded at the sides anteriorly, feebly bisinuate at the base, some- 

 what closely punctate. Scutellum oblong-subtriangular. Elytra considerably wider than the prothorax, 

 narrowing from the base, finely punctate-striate, the interstices each with a row of widely scattered 

 punctures, those along the suture more closely placed and with a smaller white dot. Pygidium conical. 

 Ventral excavation of the c? broad. Femora sparsely ciliate beneath. 

 Length 5|-9f , breadth 2-3| millim. ( <$ $ .) 



Hah. Mexico (Mus. Brit.), Panistlahuaca in Oaxaca (Salle). 









Described from four specimens 3 (three of which are of very small size) in the Sail 







lection and two others without definite locality in the British Museum. In this 

 insect the elytra are more or less rufescent and immaculate, and the white spots are 

 small, sharply defined, and somewhat widely scattered; the prothorax is rufous, more 

 or less trivittate with black, and somewhat closely albo-punctate ; and the peduncle of 

 the submentum of the female has a very small prominence in front. B. albopunctatus 



losely related to B. nig? 



can hardly be treated as a variety of th 



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34. Khodobseims unidentatus, sp. n. (Tab. VII. figg. 1, 1 a, $ .) 



Somewhat fusiform, opaque above, black, the elytra and prothorax sometimes indeterminately "maculate with 

 rufo-piceous, the punctures above and beneath each surrounded by a rather large pale brownish spot, 

 those on the elytra still larger and widely scattered along each interstice, the punctures of the striae also 

 with a small pallid dot. Hostrum about as long as the prothorax, moderately stout, abruptly incurved 

 from the broad basal portion, the apical portion in the J sparsely punctate at the base and unarmed at 

 the tip beneath, that of the $ a little longer and smoother and the peduncle of the submentum in this 

 sex armed with a stout, blunt, downwardly-directed tooth towards the apex. Prothorax about as long 

 as broad, narrowing from near the base, constricted in front, the base feebly bisinuate ; sparsely punctate, 

 except along a narrow space down the middle. Scutellum oblong-triangular. Elytra much wider than 

 the prothorax, rapidly narrowing from the rounded humeri, finely punctate-striate, the interstices each 

 with a row of widely scattered punctures. Pygidium conical, pilose at the tip. Ventral excavation of 













the c? shallow, broad. Femora fringed with long hairs beneath. 



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Length 10-11&, breadth 4-4| millim. ( 6 2 •) 



Mob. Mexico, Omilteme and Amula in Guerrero, 6000-8000 feet (H. H. Smith). 



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Three females and one male. This species is characterized by the somewhat conical 

 prothorax ; the comparatively broad, subtriangular elytra, with large scattered pale 

 brownish spots ; and the stout blunt tooth of the peduncle of the submentum in the 

 female, the basal prominence (conspicuous in B. pustulosus, $ ) being altogether 



wanting in both sexes. The non-excavate prothorax and the large spots on the elytra 

 separate B. unidentatus from B. adspersus ; the stout tooth on the peduncle of the 

 female from the same sex of B. nigrolineatus ; and the non-incrustate interspaces of 

 the prothorax from B. guttatus. 



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