﻿96 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Champion 
  on 
  new 
  Curculioninas 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  more 
  distinctly 
  tuberculate, 
  and 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   thorax 
  more 
  uneven, 
  than 
  the 
  insect 
  in 
  the 
  Fry 
  collection, 
  

   the 
  Nicaraguan 
  locality 
  for 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  require 
  confirma- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  prominences 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  equal 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   less 
  conspicuous 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  nearest 
  allied 
  Central-American 
  

   forms, 
  from 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  also 
  differs 
  in 
  

   its 
  large 
  size 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  trinodose 
  basal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

   The 
  Colombian 
  specimen 
  is 
  labelled 
  with 
  the 
  MS. 
  name 
  

   A. 
  sphcericus, 
  Buq., 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Anchonus 
  rufipes, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Oblong, 
  convex, 
  opaque, 
  black, 
  the 
  antennze 
  and 
  legs 
  

   ferruginous, 
  the 
  surface 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  brownish 
  

   exudation 
  and 
  also 
  set 
  with 
  very 
  minute, 
  short, 
  scattered 
  

   setse. 
  Rostrum 
  stout, 
  feebly 
  curved, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   prothorax, 
  rugosely 
  punctate 
  to 
  the 
  tip, 
  not 
  constricted 
  at 
  

   the 
  base. 
  Eyes 
  depressed, 
  transverse. 
  Antenna? 
  inserted 
  

   near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum, 
  the 
  eighth 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  funiculus 
  

   transverse. 
  Prothorax 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  

   sides, 
  abruptly 
  constricted 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  densely 
  foveolato- 
  

   punctate, 
  the 
  narrow 
  interspaces 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  obliquely 
  

   raised 
  or 
  granulate. 
  Elytra 
  oval, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  

   than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  moderately 
  produced 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  with 
  rows 
  of 
  closely 
  placed 
  rather 
  fine 
  punctures, 
  the 
  

   interstices 
  subcostate, 
  the 
  ridges 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  small 
  

   tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  widely 
  scattered, 
  

   minute, 
  shining 
  granules. 
  Beneath 
  coarsely 
  puuctate 
  ; 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  connate 
  in 
  their 
  median 
  third. 
  

  

  Length 
  5^, 
  breadth 
  2| 
  millim. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mexico 
  (Dupont). 
  

  

  One 
  specimen, 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  Bowring 
  collection, 
  

   purchased 
  in 
  1863, 
  and 
  incorrectly 
  labelled 
  A. 
  elongatus, 
  Sch., 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  abundantly 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  Anchoni 
  described 
  or 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  

   'Biologia.' 
  The 
  ridges 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  except 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  are 
  less 
  interrupted 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Mexican 
  forms, 
  

   the 
  insect 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  approaching 
  A. 
  panamensis 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tubercles, 
  too, 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  declivity 
  are 
  small. 
  Compared 
  

   with 
  A. 
  elongatus 
  (the 
  type 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen), 
  the 
  present 
  

   species 
  is 
  less 
  elongate 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  shorter 
  prothorax, 
  with 
  the 
  

   sides 
  strongly 
  rounded, 
  and 
  the 
  seriate 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  small 
  and 
  closely 
  placed. 
  

  

  