47G ilB. F. p. PASCOE ON THE CTJRCULTONID-T;. 



Cetptaspis. 

 (Cholinse.) 



Caput rotundatum ; rostrum elongatum, arcuatum, cyliudricum, 



apice depressum ; scrobes prseraedianse, oculos attingentes. An- 



tennce graciles ; fimiculus articulo primo longiore, cjeteris ob- 



longis ; clava elliptica, subadnata, Oculi rotundati. Protlioraoc 



ampliatus, lobis ocularibus prominulis. Scutellum nullum. 



Tllytra subtrigonata, protliorace angustiora. Vedes elongati ; 



femora vix incrassata, antica longiora, infra leviter dentata ; 



tibicB fere recta?, conipressaj, apice inermes, quatuor posteriores 



apicem versus extus ciliata) ; lard \'^\^.\ unguiculi liberi, ap- 



proximati. Fropectus ampliatum, integrum, Metusternum 



breve. Abdomen segmeuto basali ample, secundo multo breviore. 



The shortness of the metasternum approximates this genus to 



Sclerosomtis, which is the only other one of the subfamily having the 



same character. Erora that, however, it diifers in many respects 



— notably in the tibiaj not being bimucronate, in the large and 



non-emarginate propectus, and in the absence of a scntellum. I 



have adopted M. Jekel's catalogue name, under which the species 



described below has long been known in collections. 



Cryptaspis amplicoi.lis. (PI. XI. fig. 10.) C. obovata, nigra, 

 squaraositate grisea supra tecta ; capite vage squamoso ; rostro basi 

 leviter punctiilato ; aiitennis fcrrugineis ; funiculi articulo primo se- 

 cundo duplo longiore, 2.-4. obconicis, 5.-7. oblongo-obovatis ; clava 

 articulo basali reliquis conjunctim lequalibus ; protliorace transverso, 

 subtiliter granulato ; elytris prothorace plus sesquilongioribus, obso- 

 lete granulatis ; corpore infra vage squamoso; pedibus squamis pili- 

 formibus parce vestitis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hub. New Granada. 



GuioPERUS EauES. G. ovatus, niger, umbrino-squamosus, elytris 

 fasciis duabus griseis ornatis ; rostro rude punctato ; antenuis nitide 

 piceis, clava tomentosa ; prothorace baud crebre granulato ; scutello 

 nigro ; elytris utrinque subparallelis, sulcato-punctatis, intcrstitiis, 

 priesertim basi, fortiter granulatis, fascia fere in medio, alteraque 

 postice sitis ; corpore infra pedibusque sordide umbrino-squamosis. 

 Long. 8 lin. 

 Hab. Nicaragua (Chontales). 



The metasternum presents a fold or crest behind each of the 

 posterior coxae in the species of this genus ; but in this it is so 

 raised as to form a stout spine or tooth. This is a very distinct 



