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ed, strongly constricted behind the apex; disc very deeply, densely ancl 

 rather coarsely punctate. Elytra at base one-third wider than thorax, 

 sides straight and parallel to apical fourth, then obtusely rounded to tips; 

 striae fine, their punctures rather coarse, deep and close-set; intervals 

 flat. Length 3.23.6 mm. 



Marshall County, Indiana; June 24. The type was from that 

 State. Easily known by its small size, lack of frontal fovea, spots 

 on elytra and large femoral tooth. 



267 ( ). DoRYTOMi's SCBSIMILIS sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, slender. Black, very sparsely clothed with fine 

 whitish hairs which are condensed to form very small scattered spots on 

 the elytra; antenna?, tarsi, tips of beak and tibia?, and a narrow stripe 

 along the fifth and sixth intervals of elytra, extending from humerus 

 to apical fourth, pale reddish-brown. Beak rather stout, as long as thorax, 

 male, as head and thorax, female, finely striate, densely and coarsely reti- 

 culate-punctate. Thorax subglobose, scarcely wider than long, sides broad- 

 ly rounded; disc broadly but distinctly constricted near apex, finely, deeply, 

 not densely punctate, the intervals between the punctures alutaceous. 

 Elytra at base one-third wider than thorax, sides parallel to apical fourth, 

 then converging to the rounded apex; stria? coarse, rather deep, their punc- 

 tures coarse, close-set; intervals feebly convex. Under surface finely ancl 

 sparsely punctate. Length 3 3.2 mm. (W. S. B.) 



Kosciusko County, Indiana, rare; June 5. "Illinois" in Le- 

 Conte collection. Sherborn, Massachusetts, March 30, (Liljeblad 

 collection). C. A. Frost states that at Sherborn both this species 

 and brccii-ollis were found boring the ovaries of willows on the 

 date mentioned. It was determined for him as vogcnotatus by 

 Col. Casey, but that author, when additional specimens were sent 

 him, accompanied by notations of discrepancies in his original 

 description, wrote that he had compared it with the types of 

 vagcnotafus and that it was distinct and unknown to him. While 

 resembling r(i(/cnotatus superficially, it differs in its smaller size, 

 stouter and shorter beak, distinct frontal fovea, narrower and 

 more globose thorax, much smaller femoral tooth and distinct 

 pale stripe of elytra. From brcvicollis it also differs in the last 

 three characters mentioned. 



268 (- -). DORYTOMUS RUFUS Say, 1831, 25; ibid, I, 293. 



Oblong, feebly convex. Pale brownish-yellow throughout, rather thick- 

 ly clothed with coarse, whitish prostrate hairs; elytra sometimes feebly 

 clouded with brownish toward middle. Beak rather stout, feebly curved, 

 slightly longer than head and thorax, silicate, densely and coarsely 

 punctate. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides broadly rounded, more 

 strongly near apex; disc rather coarsely, deeply and densely punctate. 

 Elytra at base one-third wider than thorax, parallel, obtusely rounded on 

 apical third, sutural notch small, deep; strial punctures coarse, deep, 

 close-set; intervals flat, finely punctate. Femora stout, the tooth very 

 small. Length 3 3.2 mm. 



