Rhynchites inermis Sharp 1889

Hab.COSTA RICA, Cache (Rogers); PANAMA, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet (Champion).

Hab.PANAMA, Bugaba (Champion).

Nigro-violaceus, nitidus, minus dense hirsutus, parcius obsoletiusque punctulatus, scutello elytrorumque sutura in parte basali, elytris apicem versus, pectorisque lateribus albido-pubescentibus.
 
Long. cum rostro 6—7 millim.

Major, vix violaceo-tinctus, prothorace ad latera parcius punctato.
 
Long. cum rostro 8¼ millim.

I should have treated this as only a variety of R. championi, but it has a more slender thorax, and this part is but little dilated in the male; it differs, moreover, in various other slight particulars from that insect. The punctuation of the thorax is very fine, but is numerous at the sides. The elytra are flat, and become a good deal broader behind, very little punctate, and the white pubescence on the suture and scutellum is neither dense nor conspicuous; on the other hand, the white fascia on the side of the breast is remarkably distinct.
 
We have received seven examples. The variety (?) from Bugaba very likely belongs to a different species.

Var. ? Major, vix violaceo-tinctus, prothorace ad latera parcius punctato.