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thorax with sometimes a narrow median line and two small discal spots 

 each side pale; legs dark reddish-brown. Beak of male stout, feebly curved, 

 roughly punctured and scaly throughout; of female, more slender, two- 

 thirds as long as elytra, finely and densely punctate, polished on apical 

 half. Thorax one-fourth wider than long, widest at middle, sides strongly 

 curved, distinctly constricted near apex; disc densely and coarsely punc- 

 tured. Elytra one-third wider at base than thorax, one-fourth longer than 

 wide, distinctly wider at middle than base; striae rather shallow, their 

 punctures remote and indistinct; intervals flat, minutely and sparsely 

 setose. Length 2.5 3mm. (Fig. 66, c.) 



Southern half of Indiana, scarce; Koscinsko County, only in 

 the north; May August 20. Known also from Pennsylvania, 

 District of Columbia, Ohio and Illinois. "A common eastern 

 form resembling ori/icnnis but with a much larger, more inflated 

 thorax, more elongate beak and longer second funicular joint. 1 ' 

 (C'(/.sT//. ) X. sctnlosits Dietz is only a small form, less maculate 

 above, and with the elytra 1 setie a little more conspicuous. 



286 (10,904). SMICROXYX MORIO Dietz, 1894, 133. 



Ovate, convex. Piceous; above densely clothed with closely impressed 

 dark brown or blackish scales, mottled with pale brown or white ones; 

 beneath grayish-white; antennas and legs dark reddish-brown. Beak longer 

 than head and thorax, feebly curved, coarsely punctured and sparsely 

 scaly from base to insertion of antenna;, finely punctulate and shining on 

 apical half. First joint of funicle longer than second, the latter one-half 

 longer than third. Thorax about as long as wide, sides regularly rounded, 

 apex three-fourth as wide as base, disc densely not coarsely punctured, 

 Elytra at base two-fifths wider than thorax, oval, convex, widest at middle, 

 sides rounded; stria? distinct, their punctures conspicuous, remote; setae 

 of intervals very fine and short. Length 2.7 3 mm. 



Described from Pennsylvania and Dakota. 



287 (8550). SMICRONYX OVIPENNIS Lee., 1876, 170. 



Oval, robust, strongly convex. Piceous black, above rather densely 

 clothed with rather large gray scales; antennae and legs dark reddish- 

 brown. Beak as long as head and thorax, coarsely punctured, scaly from 

 base to middle. Thorax slightly wider than long, sides broadly rounded, 

 disc feebly constricted near apex, densely and rather finely punctured. Ely- 

 tra ovate, at base nearly one-half wider than thorax, humeri rounded, 

 prominent; stria? deep, their punctures distant; intervals wide, flat.; 

 Length 22.5 mm. 



Yigo County, Indiana, rare; May 15. Ranges from Ohio and 

 Michigan to Kansas and Texas. Casey's squaliclus and Dietz's 

 tesxi'lliitiis are confused in most collections with this species. 



288 (10,905). SMICRONYX TESSKLLATUS Dietz, 1894, 134. 



Short, ovate, strongly convex. Dark reddish-brown to black; above 

 very densely covered with brown and white scales, the latter larger and 

 forming a narrow median line and a short stripe each side of thorax and 



