482 BRUCHIDES. 
cuneiform mark. The four terminal ventral rings rather elongate. Hind tibia digitate 
at the extremity, without a longer mucro. 
This is distinguished from the preceding species by the greater elongation of the 
ventral rings, and in this respect connects the following species with the more ordinary 
forms of this group. Two examples. 
96. Bruchus longulus. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 15.) 
Angustulus, subelongatus, subdepressus, niger, ochreo vestitus; antennis pedibusque rufis, illis extrorsum fus- 
cescentibus, parum latis ; prothorace transverso, fortiter punctato; femoribus posterioribus muticis. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Capetillo (Champion). 
Antenne rather short, and not broad, becoming almost gradually thicker to the 
extremity ; joints 6-11 infuscate, 7-10 transverse, the basal jointsred. Thorax with the 
sides greatly rounded in front, the base very feebly lobed in the middle, the punctures 
coarse but much concealed by the pubescence. Elytra elongate, finely striate. Ventral 
rings elongate. 
This is a peculiar species of elongate form. Only three examples have been procured, 
. two males and afemale. In the latter sex the ventral rings are more elongate, especially 
the terminal one, and the pygidium is correlatively more horizontal in its direction. 
In the males there is a rather short mucro at the apex of the hind tibia, which is not 
present in the unique female, probably having been broken off by accident. 
97. Bruchus apicalis. 
Minimus, angustulus, niger, equaliter griseo vestitus ; elytrorum apice, antennarum basi pedibusque anterioribus 
testaceis; antennis parum latis, serratis ; prothorace subtransverso ; femoribus posterioribus dente minuto 
armatis. 
Long. 12% millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Champerico (Champion). 
Black, rendered quite grey by a fine griseous pile, the extremity of the wing-cases 
yellow. Antenne rather slender; the four basal joints yellow, each small; joints 5-11 
dark, the penultimate joint scarcely broader than long. Head broad, very short, the 
rather small eyes very prominent, very deeply divided. Thorax rather broader than long, 
the sides much rounded in front, the sculpture concealed by the clothing. -Elytra elon- 
gate and narrow, very finely striate. The four anterior legs yellow, the posterior ones 
black, but the extremity of the tibia and the tarsus more or less flavescent. The femur 
armed with a minute tooth, the short tibia digitate at the apex but without a longer 
mucro. The four terminal ventral rings of about one length in the middle. 
A small series of nine examples was obtained on the sea-coast. If, as I suppose, I 
have both sexes before me, the distinctions between them are very slight. 
