Epicaerus (Epicaerus) biformis Sharp 1891

Hab.GUATEMALA, Purula, Sabo, Sinanja, San Juan, all in Vera Paz (Champion).

Niger, fusco-squamosus, sæpe vage viridi-variegatus; prothorace conico-cylindrico; elytris subovatis, pone medium latioribus.
 
Long. 9—12 millim.

Rostrum broad, subparallel, densely squamose, scarcely impressed along the middle; eyes rather prominent, between them a very small fovea. Antennæ elongate, the second joint of the funiculus very long. Thorax elongate, a little narrowed in front, the surface not distinctly punctured but with vague coarse impressions concealed by the squamosity. Elytra at the base only as broad as the base of the thorax, but becoming broader to behind the middle, and in the female very broad, furnished with regular series of coarse depressions, densely squamose, and with scanty, short, coarse setæ.
 
This insect is very closely allied to E. carinatus, but is larger, and has the elytra much broader—especially in the female,—and the rostrum broader and less impressed. Fifteen specimens.