230 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXIXvE. 



wider than long, without a transverse impression at middle of sides. 

 Elytra but slightly wider at base than thorax, intervals flat, finely alu- 

 taceous. Length 3.5 mm. 



Near New York City at Jamesburg, New Jersey, April 18; 

 Camden and Gloucester Co., N. J., in swamps. Described from 

 Missouri. "Occurs in the Southern States and Texas." (Le- 

 Conte.) The differences between the two species, as given above, 

 are those mentioned by Gyllenhall, but they are not visible in 

 specimens labelled apiculatus in the LeConte collection. 



XVIII. BAGOUS Schon., 1826. (A Persian proper name.) 



Beak shorter than head and thorax, subcyliudrical, moderately 

 curved, its antennal grooves deep, reaching the eyes; joints 1 

 and 2 of funicle longer than the others, obconical, the first the 

 stouter; 3 7 short, crowded, gradually wider; club oval, larger 

 than usual; thorax subcyliudrical, slightly narrowed in front, 

 constricted near apex, the postocular lobes large; elytra oblong- 

 ovate, strongly narrowed toward apex, disc more or less de- 

 pressed, strongly declivous on apical third, and usually with a 

 distinct callus or oblong tubercle on or near the declivity; tibia? 

 slender, strongly curved, armed at tip with a strong claw, the 

 articular surface on the side; tarsi narrow, not spongy beneath, 

 the claws divergent. The North American species have not been 

 treated since LeConte reviewed them in 1876, when he described 

 as new 12 of the 13 which stand in our lists. A number of others 

 have since come to light, mainly through the collecting of the 

 late Frederick Blanchard of Tyngsboro, Mass., who took especial 

 delight in searching for these and other aquatic forms, and by 

 the collecting of the senior author in Florida. Seven of these 

 from our territory are herewith described for the first time, 

 and doubtless a number of others as yet unnamed occur in collec- 

 tions. They are found under cover or on plants in or near 

 water. 



KEY TO GROUPS OF EASTERX SPECIES OF BAGOUS. 



a. Elytra with one or two white or grayish spots on or near the upper 



edge of the apical declivity. GBOUP I. 



aa. Elytra without white spots near the declivity, though sometimes with 



oblique pale bands on sides. GROUP II. 



GROUP I. 



In this group the third, and sometimes the fifth, elytral in- 

 terval is usually slightly more convex at apical third, forming a 

 more or less evident oblong callus, but this never distinctly tu- 



