L'S- SfBFAMILV X. - CUUrULIOXIX.E. 



Fall River, Mass. ; May 30. Isle Royale, Lake Superior, July 

 30. Recorded also from Michigan, Ohio and Colorado. The ely- 

 tra are proportionally longer and the pubescence much more con- 

 spicuous than in either the preceding or the next species. 



404 ( ). ORCIIESTKS JIIXTCS sp. nov. 



Slightly shorter and more convex than paUicornis. Black, shining, 

 more sparsely clothed with even finer, shorter grayish hairs than in that 

 species; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown. Beak stout, slightly longer 

 than thorax, finely carinate and with regular rows of small elongate punc- 

 tures. Head coarsely punctate as there. Thorax at middle one-third wider 

 than long, sides parallel from base to middle, then rounded and converg- 

 ing to apex; disc with a faint median basal impression and rather coarse, 

 round, shallow punctures, less dense than in paUicornis, their intervals 

 alutaceous. Elytra elongate-oval, one-half wider at base than thorax, 

 humeri rounded, not prominent; sides very broadly and feebly curved from 

 base to apex; first and second striae deep, the other more shallow, all with 

 rather small, deep, close-set punctures; intervals feebly convex, very finely 

 and sparsely punctate. Length 2.5 2.8 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Martin and Fosey counties, Ind., scarce; May 10 June 4. 

 Differs from /xiUicoi >//.s- in its finer, paler and shorter vestiture, 

 wider thorax, more shining and much smoother elytra. 



405 (8G80). OisciiESTES BETULETI Horn, 1885, 161. 



Elongate-oval. Black, elytra and abdomen bright red, antennae and 

 tarsi pale yellow; scutellum black; pubescence sparse, almost impercepti- 

 ble. Beak coarsely punctured, smoother near base. Thorax wider than 

 long, much narrower in front, coarsely and sparsely punctate. Elytra oval, 

 one-third longer than wide, striae coarsely and closely punctate; intervals 

 flat, finely punctulate. Length 2.8 3 mm. 



Known only from Maryland and District of Columbia. Occurs 

 on the river birch, Bctitld nir/ra L., in late autumn and throughout 

 the winter. 



406 (8676). ORCHESTES KUFIPES Lee., 1876, 208. 



Elliptic; smaller and less robust than any of the others. Black, opaque, 

 thinly pubescent with fine grayish hairs; scutellum white; antenna; and 

 legs pale reddish-yellow; hind femora more or less piceous. Beak stout 

 shorter than head and thorax, finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax sub- 

 cylindrical, as long as wide, finely and closely punctate. Elytra oval, 

 deeply striate, intervals minutely punctate. Length 1.8 2 mm. 



1'atavia, N. Y. ; abundant on the shining willow, Xf/7/.r l>icl<la 

 Muhl.; the adults feeding on the leaves, July 1 15, the larva 1 

 mining the leaves in August and September. Other species of 

 willow in the same locality were not infested by the beetle. ( '//. 

 H. Kill (/lit. ) Known also from Quebec, Newfoundland, Vermont 

 and Massachusetts. 



