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KHYNCHOPHOEA. 





incrustate to near its apex ; the scutellum broad and rounded ; the elytra very broad, 

 subtriangular, and sparsely nodulose ; the pygidium subvertical ; the mesothoracic 

 epimera angularly ascending ; the anterior coxae narrowly, and the intermediate coxae 

 widely, separated ; the intercoxal portion of the mesosternum angularly excised in the 

 middle ; the third tarsal joint broad, and spongy-pubescent beneath ; and the entire 















body covered with a dense natural incrustation. 



l. Phrynoides luteus. (Tab. VIII. figg. 9, 9 «, <j .) 



Phrynoides luteus, Chevr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1885, p. 95 \ 









£ . Eostrum rugosely punctate and feebly triearinate to near the tip ; metasternum and first ventral segment 



very broadly and shallowly depressed down the middle. 

 5? . Rostrum simply striato-punctate to the tip, the apical half bare and shining ; the metasternum and first 



ventral segment flattened. 

 Length 7|-8, breadth 4 millim. (Cbevrolat gives 9 long, 5 broad). 













Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500-4000 feet (Champion). — Amazons, Para 



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One pair, a little smaller than the discoloured type, which I have seen. The elytra 

 (when cleaned) have the basal half of the disc brownish cinereous and the apical 

 portion reddish-brown, the latter becoming darker along the anterior edge. 







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CALANDEA. 



Calandra, Clairville, Ent. Helv. i. p. 62 (1798) ; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. vii. p. 301 ; Horn, Proc 



N 









p. 685. 

 Sitophilus, Schonherr, Gen. Cure. iv. p. 967 (1837) 



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This 



S 



the type of which 



a 



granaria (L.), includes at present various 



heterogeneous forms, and will have to be 



to 



later 



Tw 



endemic and 



three 



politan forms are represented in the collections before me, the first 



mentioned having broad, and the other three narrow, metasternal 

 C. mexicana has a long antennal club, a broad, subcordate, prominent sc 



pieces 

 n. &c. 



d it 



doubtl 



have 



be 



when further material is available for 















examination. 





1. Calandra granaria. 



Curculio granarius, Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th edit. p. 378 \ 

 Sitophilus granarius, Gyll. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 977 2 . 

 Calandra granaria, Leconte, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xv. p. 333 



3 



N 



vi. p. 686 



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Sitophilus remotepunctatus, Gyll. loc. cit. p. 979 s ; Horn, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xiii. p. 431 



Leconte, op. cit. xv. p. 333 7 . 



Hab. Fere orbe terrestris. 





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Much less abundant than C. oryzm in our region and as yet only seen from Mexico. 

 The type of 8. remotepunctatus was from New York 5 . 





















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