496 BRUCHIDES. 
latera punctis majoribus impressis ; scutello breviore, subobtuso ; pygidio medio linea pubescentise ochraces: 
parum conspicua. 
Long. 6 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Toxpam (Salié); Brirtiss Honpvras, Belize, R. Hondo 
(Blancaneaux) ; Guatemata, Zapote (Champion) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Antenne moderately long, only obscurely serrate, obscure black, the two basal joints 
obscure red, more or less infuscate. Eyes large, coarsely granulate, separated in front 
by a space about as broad as the lengths of the second and third joints of the antenne- 
together. Thorax strongly transverse, the sides greatly narrowed in front, much 
rounded, the surface closely and very minutely punctulate, on the outer portions with 
larger punctures, but all the sculpture much obscured by the rather rough pubescence. 
Elytra elongate, rather deeply striate, the striz finely and indistinctly crenate, the inter- 
stices slightly convex, some of them very slightly more elevated behind, the pubescence 
like that of the thorax, not variegate. Pygidium of the dull black colour of the under- 
surface, with a fuscous and ochraceous pubescence, and with a denser line of the latter 
colour along the middle. Front coxe separated only by a slender process of the pro- 
sternum ; metasternum in the middle in front more than usually prominent. 
This is an obscure-looking insect, readily distinguished from its allies by the much 
diminished separation of the front coxe. Only eight examples have been obtained. 
The species was labelled Bruchus hoffmanseggi, Schonh., in Sallé’s collection, and it is. 
possible it may prove to be that species; but I think the probability is in the other 
direction, S. hoffmanseggi being a Brazilian insect. (Schonherr’s record of this latter 
species as North American as well as Brazilian is probably erroneous, especially as it 
appears to have been made only on indirect evidence.) 
9. Spermophagus togatus. 
Elongato-ovalis, piceus, ochraceo vestitus; antennis pedibusque rufis, pubescentia ochracea in elytrorum inter- 
stitiis alternis magis condensata, hic inde subinterrupta; prothorace transverso, sparsim sat fortiter 
punctato; scutello sat elongato. 
Long. 5-6 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo (Champion). 
The coarse punctuation on the thorax is scanty and not so conspicuous as in other 
species; but it is not absent from the disc. ‘The rough yellow pubescence of the wing- 
cases is a good deal thicker on the interstices, and here and there is vaguely interrupted 
so as to divide it indistinctly into elongate patches. The front coxe are separated by a. 
moderately broad process, which has an obtuse apex, this being received on the meso-- 
sternum considerably above the lower level of the latter. The middle coxe and the 
hind legs are infuscate. 
Though very similar to S. odscurus this species is distinguished by numerous. 
characters, among which the difference in the separation of the front coxe is most. 
important. Only two examples have been met with. 
