464 BRUCHIDES. 
(illis interdum extrorsum nigris); femoribus posterioribus dente gracili denticulisque duobus armatis ; 
coxis anterioribus a processu gracili separatis. 
Long. 4 millim. . 
Hab. British Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneauz). 
Although closely allied to B. obscuriceps, this species is undoubtedly quite distinct, 
being smaller and not quite so convex, with more scanty and less pallid clothing, with 
less transverse thorax, the punctuation of which is coarser, and with the lamine sepa- 
rating the front coxe more slender. Of the three examples found, one is a male, and 
has the apical ventral ring not quite so elongate in the middle as it is in the female. 
Three examples. 
54. Bruchus muricatus. 
Fusco-rufus, abdomine rufo, antennis pedibusque testaceis; pube griseo-flavescente minus dense vestitus ; pro-. 
thorace conico, fortiter denseque punctato; elytris brevibus, ad basin muricatis; pygidio valde elongato; 
femoribus posterioribus dente elongato armatis. 
Long. 53 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Antenne short, the penultimate joints transverse. yes very little prominent, finely 
facetted, very widely separated. Thorax regularly narrowed from the base to the 
front, with unusually coarse sculpture. Elytra rather deeply striate, each of the stria 
3-6 terminated in front by a small angular elevation. Hind tibie with a long spur at 
the apex. 
This species, with many points in common with B. obscuriceps, differs in very 
important characters, and will be readily recognized by the unusually coarse thoracic 
sculpture and the asperities at the base of the wing-cases; the front cox are separated 
by a lamina so fine that it can be only detected when looked at directly from behind. 
Only one pair was found of the species; the male has the intermediate ventral rings 
considerably shorter than they are in the female, and the apical ring greatly abbreviated 
in the middle owing to the inflection of the apex of the pygidium. 
55. Bruchus inanis. 
Brevis, latior, convexus, fusco-testaceus, supra fuscus, griseo-vestitus, in elytris submaculatus; antennis, pedibus 
abdomineque, testaceis ; prothorace fortiter transversim conico; femoribus posterioribus dente parvo 
armatis. : 
Long. 34 millim. 
Hab. Muxico, Toxpam (Sallé); British Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneauc). 
Antenne short, the joints 6-10 transverse. Head small; eyes but little prominent, 
rather widely separated. Thorax strongly transverse, greatly narrowed towards the 
front, the surface rather closely clothed with griseous pubescence, which is not 
distinctly spotted, and with rather numerous coarse punctures. Elytra short, very 
finely striate, clothed with griseous pubescence, allowing two transverse series of 
