490 BRUCHIDES. 
having a little the appearance of being reticulate. The pygidium is immaculate. The 
punctures on the hind coxe are remarkably coarse. The white marks on the elytra are 
not very conspicuous, and consist of a fine scanty pubescence ; they are placed along the 
base and suture, and there is one mark on each elytron towards the extremity. 
114. Bruchus excellens. 
Brevis, niger; abdomine rufo, subtus niveo-squamoso ; prothorace fortiter punctato, basi undulatim albido mar- 
ginato; elytris sulcatis, sulcis sculpturatis, interstitiis angustis, sutura ad medium albido plagiata ; 
pygidio niveo-squamoso, ad latera et transversim ante medium nudo ; tibiis posterioribus acute sat longe 
mucronatis. 
Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
A single female only has been received of this species. It is allied to B. reticulatus, 
but with numerous colour distinctions. The antenne are:broad, pectinate-serrate. The 
eyes are rather strongly prominent. The thorax is coarsely punctate, black with a line 
of white pubescence extending along the sinuous base, becoming indistinct externally. 
Elytra deep black, with a faint line of white pubescence along the suture at the base, 
and touching this, a more distinct white dash about the middle of the first groove ; 
sculptured by broad, deep grooves, separated by linear interstices. Pygidium red at 
each side, densely covered with white pubescence along the middle, this pubescence 
divided into two patches by a transverse bare space above the middle. Legs black; 
hind tibia at the apex with an acute moderately long spine. 
115. Bruchus porosus. 
Fuscus, griseo marmoratus ; antennis pedibusque anterioribus testaceis ; prothorace crebre fortiterque punctato; 
elytris seriatim profunde punctatis ; antennis (femine ?) intus serratis. 
Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Calderas 6000 feet (Champion). 
Antenne becoming broader from the fourth to the eighth joint. Head with very 
prominent eyes. Thorax short, strongly narrowed in front; surface slightly uneven, 
but without distinct sulcation, opaque, of a dark fuscous colour, with slender mark- 
ings of griseous or pallid fuscous pubescence, allowing the coarse punctures to be 
discriminated. Elytra dark fuscous in colour, but largely covered with dense pubescence 
of a pallid fawn colour, distributed so as to give a marbled appearance, with rows 
of deep pore-like punctures, and with the interstices a little uneven. Pygidium covered 
with pallid pubescence like the elytra, but with some indefinite darker spots, and with 
the deep punctuation visible though much covered by the pubescence. Hind tibia 
with a distinct not elongate mucro. 
Of this species only a single example, in a poor state of preservation, has been 
obtained. It is apparently a female, and has the antenne less clavate than the corre- 
