468 Mn. r. p. pascoe on the curculionidjb. 



flavidis paulo condensatis effecta ; lostro basi panim, apice fortiter, 

 (lilatato ; aiitoiiiiis iiifo-hiuniKMS, dava nigra, fiiiiiculo temiitcr sctu- 

 loso; j)iotlioiace utiinqiie uiodicc rotuudato, basi truiicato; scutcUo 

 transverso, ruguloso-punctato ; elytris subpavallelis, prothorace niulto 

 latioribus, ad latera abrupte declivibus, apice obtuse lotundatisj cor- 

 ])ore infra pedibusque obscure nigris, squainulis valde dispersis notatis. 

 Long. 6 lin. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



Somewhat resembling the preceding, but (inter alia) the gra- 

 nules on the elytra larger and less dispersed. 



Cholus sycophanta. C. subellipticus, in medio paulo depressus, 

 niger, corpore pedibusque sulphureo-squaniulosis, nitide maculatim 

 granulatis, capite prothoraceque vitta laterali squamulis dcnsioribus; 

 rostro nigro, nitido, basi cariruito ; acajm oculuni baud attiugente ; 

 funiculi articulo priino tribus sequentibus conjunctim a^quali ; jiro- 

 tliorace utrinquc i)aulo auipliato, confertini gnuudalo; scutello nigro, 

 esquamoso ; elytris basi prothorace nianifeste latioribus, subsenatiin 

 granulatis, seriebus alternatis niinoribus ; abdouiine segmentis 3. 4. in 

 medio denudatis ; mesosterno antice oblique planato, postice margine 

 anguste elcvato; femoribus siiblinearibus. Long. 11 lin. 

 Hub. New Granada. 



Tliis fine species in general appearance is like Dioni/chis 

 jlavesccns. 



Cholus mimetes. C. subellipticus, supra parum depressus, niger, cor- 

 pore pedibusque sulphureo-squamulosis, confertini nitide granulatus, 

 vitta laterali in prothorace elytrisque e squamuhs condensatis effecta ; 

 rostro nigro, nitido, basi subcarinato ; antennis nigris ; scapo oculura 

 hand attingente ; funiculi articulo primo tribus sequentibus breviore ; 

 prothorace utrinque vix ampliato, confertim granulato ; scutello cas- 

 taneo, esquamoso ; elytris basi prothorace manifeste latioribus, gra- 

 nulis numerosis rufo-castaneis, plurimis coutiuenlibus, minoribus 

 interjectis, instructis ; corpore infra ut in pra;cedeute, sed pedibus 

 magis tenuatis, femoribus sublinearibus. Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Nicaragua (Chontales). 



Allied to the last, but smaller, with proportionally more slender 

 legs, and granulation of elytra more dense. 



Cholus cuuialis. C. anguste rhombicus, modice couvexus, rufo- 

 piceus, silaceo-squamosus, granulis nitidis confertim niaculatus i 

 rostro basi subreticulato-punctato j funiculi articulo jiriino secundo 

 vix longiore ; prothorace utrincpie jiaulo am])liato, vitta laterali ab- 

 breviata, lateribusque infra cum jugulo squamis dcnsioribus tectis ; 

 scutello squamoso, siibscutiformi ; elytris elongato-cordatis, subseri- 

 atim granulatis, maeulis parvis ocliraceis, plus minusve raris, irregula- 



