﻿from 
  Central 
  and 
  South 
  America. 
  95 
  

  

  dorsal 
  interstices 
  raised 
  and 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  small, 
  

   smooth, 
  shining 
  tubercles 
  extending 
  down 
  their 
  entire 
  

   length. 
  

  

  Length 
  9j, 
  breadth 
  4^ 
  millim. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  W. 
  Coast 
  of 
  America, 
  ? 
  Panama 
  {Kellett 
  and 
  Wood) 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  was 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  in 
  1850, 
  

   but 
  not 
  incorporated 
  in 
  their 
  general 
  collection. 
  It 
  was 
  

   doubtless 
  obtained 
  at 
  Panama, 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Metamasiun 
  

   dimidiatipennis 
  (Jekel), 
  a 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  there, 
  

   bearing 
  a 
  similar 
  locality-label. 
  H. 
  carinicollis 
  may 
  be 
  

   readily 
  identified 
  by 
  its 
  extremely 
  short, 
  sharply 
  carinate, 
  

   granulate 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  the 
  coarsely 
  seriato-granulate, 
  

   irregularly 
  albo-fasciate 
  elytra. 
  It 
  approaches 
  the 
  Mexican 
  

   H. 
  crux-alba. 
  

  

  Anchonina. 
  

   Anchonus 
  sphcericus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Oblong, 
  convex, 
  opaque, 
  black, 
  the 
  antennae 
  piceous 
  or 
  

   obscure 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  surface 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  exudation, 
  amidst 
  which 
  patches 
  of 
  very 
  minute 
  

   adpressed 
  scales 
  are 
  visible; 
  the 
  legs 
  sparsely 
  setulose. 
  

   Rostrum 
  curved, 
  stout, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   thorax, 
  not 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  coarsely 
  and 
  closely 
  

   seriato-punctate 
  to 
  the 
  tip. 
  Eyes 
  small, 
  depressed, 
  trans- 
  

   verse. 
  Antennae 
  inserted 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum, 
  the 
  

   eighth 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  funiculus 
  large, 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  club. 
  Prothorax 
  slightly 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  narrowed 
  and 
  feebly 
  

   constricted 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  rather 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   small 
  and 
  each 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  shallow, 
  rather 
  large 
  fovea, 
  the 
  

   interspaces 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  minute, 
  shining, 
  widely 
  scattered, 
  

   transverse 
  or 
  rounded 
  granules. 
  Elytra 
  oval, 
  convex, 
  at 
  the 
  

   middle 
  much 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax; 
  with 
  rows 
  of 
  scattered 
  

   punctures, 
  which 
  are 
  each 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  shallow 
  fovea, 
  

   the 
  interstices 
  with 
  numerous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct, 
  rounded, 
  

   feeble, 
  tuberculiform 
  prominences 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  minute 
  shining 
  

   granules 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  3, 
  5, 
  and 
  7 
  

   angularly 
  raised 
  or 
  tuberculiform 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Ventral 
  

   segments 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  level, 
  the 
  suture 
  between 
  

   them 
  sinuous 
  and 
  shallow. 
  

  

  Length 
  9-10, 
  breadth 
  4^ 
  millim. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Nicaragua, 
  Choutales 
  {coll. 
  Fry) 
  ; 
  Colombia 
  (Mus. 
  

   Brit.) 
  . 
  

  

  Two 
  examples, 
  the 
  one 
  from 
  Colombia 
  (taken 
  as 
  the 
  type) 
  

  

  