TRIBE XX. CEUTORHYNCI-IINI. 445 



Frequent throughout Indiana, more so southward; taken by 

 sweeping herbage; April 28 Oct. 17. Throughout New Jersey, 

 May August. Ranges from Canada and New England to Mich- 

 igan and Kansas, south to Georgia and Alabama. 



688 (8840). CEUTOBHYNCHUS DECIPIENS Lee., 1876, 275. 



Elongate-ovate. Black, very thinly clothed above with pale hair-like 

 scales; a curved line of larger white scales each side of thorax, a conspic- 

 uous scutellar spot, an ill-defined spot near base and a common sutural 

 spot at apex of elytra of similar scales; under surface coarsely punctured, 

 sparsely scaly except the thoracic side pieces which are densely clothed 

 with white scales; antenna? and legs pale reddish-brown. Beak as long 

 as head and thorax, strongly punctured, striate, and carinate in basal 

 half. Thorax as long as wide, broadly constricted near apex, sides feebly 

 rounded, disc coarsely and densely punctured, faintly channeled on basal 

 half. Elytra elongate-oval, two-fifths wider at base than thorax, deeply 

 striate; intervals not wider than striae, convex, rough with acute granules. 

 Last ventral of male with a deep transverse fovea; tibiae not clawed at 

 apex. Length 2 2.5 mm. 



Marquette, Mich., June 27. Recorded, perhaps erroneously, 

 from Orange Mts., N. J. Ranges from Canada and New England 

 to Michigan, south to North Carolina and west to Kansas, Utah, 

 Colorado and California. Resembles very closely the species of 

 Auleutes. 



GROUP B. 



Our nine eastern species of this group have the funicle 7- 

 jointed, first and second joints elongate, third and fourth slen- 

 der, equal ; femora unarmed ; male with fifth ventral foveate and 

 middle and hind tibi;p usually clawed at tip. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF GROUP B. 



a. Elytra not wholly black or piceous. 



7). Claws with very email basal tooth, readily overlooked; legs red- 

 dish-brown. 



c. Elytra rather densely clothed with small, yellowish-brown scales; 



form oblong-oval; larger 2.2 2.5 mm. 689. PUSIO. 



cc. Elytra thinly clothed with fine hairs, with spots and lines of 



scales denser at sides of thorax; form short-oval; smaller, 1.8 



2.2 mm. 690. NEGLECTUS. 



6&. Claws simple; elytra with scutellar spot and postmedian stripe of 



pale scales; length 2 2.5 mm. 



d. Elytra dark reddish-brown, finely pubescent, the white scales 



large, oval. 691. SQUAMATILS. 



dd. Elytra seal-brown, densely scaly or coarsely pubescent, the white 



scales narrow, oblong. 692. SICULUS. 



