nHAPHlDORRlIYNCHUS ROTHSCHlLüï. 215 



cyliudricis et pubesceutibus; prothorace circiter rostri longi- 

 tudiue , elougato-couico , lateribus modice ampliatis, postice 

 fortiter coustricto , basi transverse bistrigoso , supra con- 

 vexo, laevi; elytris elougatis , basi leviter eraarginatis, hii- 

 raeris rotuudatis leviterque callosis , lateribus perparee la- 

 tioribus quam basi , apici subtruncatis , angulis externis 

 oblique deutatis; supra vix convexis, juxta suturam 4-striatis, 

 fere impunctatis, externe seriebus nonuuUis punctorum versus 

 apicem in sulcos transeuntibus exaratis, prope marginem 

 lateralem iterum striatis; interstitiis dorsalibus latis, de- 

 pressis, singulo elytro lineis punctisque 6 — 7 rubro-ferru- 

 gineo ornato ; metasteruo convexo , abdomine basi obsolete 

 impresso , tibiis anticis intus parum dilatatis , metatarso 

 anteriore articulo sequente parce longiore. 



9. DifiPert: capite breviore et latiore , fronte laevi, rostri 

 parte basali breviore , breviter sulcata , parte apicali cylin- 

 drica , laevi ; antennis brevioribus , scapo minus recurvo , 

 breviore , infra inermi , articulis duobus sequentibus laevi- 

 bus; prothorace minus elougato et latiore, elytris longioribus, 

 pedibus brevioribus , abdomine basi convexo. 



Long. cf 18, 9 16 mill. 



Hah. Nicaragua. 



The 2nd interstice has a line which occupies the basal 

 half, another shorter one behind the middle, a third near 

 the apex , the two latter are united in the female ; the 

 6*^1 interstice has a short line behind the middle , the 8**1 

 a line in the basal third and another shorter one at the 

 apical declivity. Body beneath bronzy black , brighter in 

 the female. The male has the rostrum beneath scabrous 

 and keeled in the middle, the apex is smooth as the head 

 and rostrum of the female. 



This species may be placed near R. longimanus Lund , 

 but differs from it by the apical portion of the rostrum 

 being scabrous and enlarged at the apex, by the protho- 

 rax being narrower at the sides than the elytra at the base, 

 and chiefly by the scape of the antennae which is curved , 

 and toothed behind at the apex. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XVI. 



