TIMIiK XVII. - L.KMOSACCIXI. :!4.~> 



subovate, acutely prominent at the sides behind the humeri ; 

 femora not clavate, armed beneath with a small erect' tooth ; tibiae 

 stout, obliquely truncate and mucronate at tip. 



I. STERXECHUS Schon., 1820. (Gr., "breast" + "hairy.") 



This genus, sufficiently characterised above, abounds in 

 Tropical America, as far north as Mexico, Arizona, Florida and 

 the Antilles. The species are often coated with reddish-ochreous 

 or whitish waxy secretion as in Lints, Prlonoincrus, etc. Plcr- 

 IroiiKHlcx Tasey (180", Si 5 !)) is a synonym. Two species are known 

 from the United States, one of which occurs with us. 



518 (- -). STEKXECHUS AH M ATI'S Casey, 1895, 831. 



Oval, strongly convex. Dark reddish-brown to black, shining; an- 

 tennae reddish-brown, the club darker; above very sparsely clothed with 

 short, white, inconspicuous hairs; elytra with a few longer ones near 

 apical declivity and along the intervals. Beak short, stout, three-fourths 

 as long as thorax, rather coarsely, unevenly and sparsely punctate above. 

 Thorax one-fourth wider than long, sides feebly curved, more convergent 

 near apex; disc coarsely, deeply and very densely punctate. Elytra one- 

 fourth wider and not twice as long as thorax, the posthunleral spiniform 

 prominences strongly developed; disc behind the middle strongly sloping 

 downward, marked with rows of coarse, deep rounded punctures, the in- 

 tervals polished. Length 4 4.8 mm. 



Described by Casey from t\vo specimens from southern Illinois. 

 Known also from Southern Pines, N. C.. and Sumter ("o., Fla. 

 Recorded in Schwarz's Florida list as CJialcodmintK s/thiifer 

 Boh. 



Tribe XVII. LJEMOSACCINI. 



The large, prominent and widely separated front cox;e, ex- 

 posed pygidium, lack of a prosternal channel for the beak in re- 

 pose, feebly truncated hunieri and straight ventral sutures are 

 the principal characters of this tribe. Beak short, si out, cylin- 

 drical, its antennal grooves directed toward the lower angles of 

 the eyes; antenna? inserted near the middle of beak, feebly el- 

 bowed, funicle T-jointed, the joints gradually merging into the 

 club; first and second ventral segments equal, each nearly as long 

 as third and fourth united; legs stout, short; tibi.-e slrongly 

 hooked at tip; tarsi dilated, the last joint very slender, its claws 

 very small, simple. One genus represents the tribe. 



I. LjEMOSAtvrs Schon., IXiT*. (Or., "throat" -j- "bag." ) 



This genus, sufficiently characterized above, is represented in 

 the United States by two species, one of which has been briefly 

 described but not named by Townsend (1 !)((:>, 00). The other is 



