Auletobius optatus

Hab.PANAMA, Volcan de Chiriqui 8000 feet (Champion).

Pubescens, dense punctatus, opacus, fusco-rufus, capite subænescens, elytris basin versus rufescentibus; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, harum clava fusca.
 
Long. cum rostro 3 millim.

Antennæ short, rather stout, the basal two joints of the club strongly transverse. Rostrum stout, rugose-punctate, opaque; eyes very convex, well separated from the thorax, the space between them faintly ænescent, flavo-pubescent, closely punctate. Thorax slightly longer than broad, rounded at the sides, densely punctate, quite dull. Elytra sparingly punctate, obscurely variegate, the colour being more red near the base, fuscous towards the extremity; the pubescence is closer and denser on the basal region. Legs yellow. Under surface clothed with pale griseous hairs. Three specimens; in the female the rostrum is a little longer and less rugose.