4~>0 sruFAMiLY x. CURCULIOXINM:. 



697 ( ). CEUTORHYXCHVS TRAXSVERSVS sp. nov. 



Broadly oval. Dull black, antennas and legs dark reddish-brown, 

 femora fuscous at middle; surface very finely pubescent, almost without 

 scales except some elongate whitish ones condensed on sides of meso- 

 and metasterna and an indistinct scutellar spot. Beak of male slender, 

 as long as thorax, finely striate, densely punctate throughout Head dense- 

 ly and coarsely punctate. Thorax at middle one-half wider than long, 

 sides broadly rounded from base to the strong apical constriction; disc 

 coarsely, deeply and densely punctate, the tubercles small, obtuse, dorsal 

 channel very faint. Elytra oval, at the prominent umbones one-third wider 

 than middle of thorax, sides thence converging to the broadly rounded 

 apex; strife deep; intervals feebly convex, strongly rugose. Fovea of fifth 

 ventral of male deep, transverse, its length nearly one-third the width of 

 the segment. Length 2.5 mm. (W. 8. R.) 



Starke Co., Intl., rare; May 8. 



GROUP C. 



Our nine species of this group have the femora unarmed; 

 funicle 6-jointed, joints 1 3 elongate, the outer three short; 

 middle and hind tibia 1 clawed in the males; tarsal claws simple. 

 The species of this group occurring in Europe are placed under 

 the generic name Ceutorrhynchidius. 



KEY TO EASTERX SPECIES OF OROTP f. 



a. Elytra not wholly black or piceous. 



b. Elytra bicolored, black, shining in front, reddish or ferruginous 

 behind; sutural line and spot on side of elytra of large white 

 scales. 698. SEMIRUFTS. 



hi). Elytra not bicolored. 



f. Upper surface more or less scaly; elytra and legs reddish-brown. 



(1. Oblong-elliptic; smaller, 1.7 mm. 699. ZIMJIEIOIAXNI. 



dd. Broadly oval; larger, 2 mm. 700. rr.oRinAxrs. 



cc. Upper surface pubescent; elytra brown, sutural interval and base 



of second densely clothed with pale scales; length 2 2.4 mm. 



701. MEDIALIS. 

 o. Color of elytra wholly black or piceous, apart from the scales or hairs 



clothing them. 



e. Upper surface clothed with short, coarse, scale-like hairs; legs 

 black or piceous. 



f. Larger, 2 2.2 mm.; pubescence more depressed; antennas of male 



inserted beyond the middle. 702. SEPTEXTIMONATJS. 



//. Smaller, 1.8 2 mm.; pubescence less appressed; antenna? of male 

 inserted behind the middle. 703. PT-RERULUS. 



ee. Upper surface finely pubescent, more or less shining. 



g. Larger, 2 2.3 mm.; thorax finely and evenly punctured. 



7>. Legs red; fourth tarsal joint long. 704. ERYTHROPUS. 



hh. Legs blackish; fourth tarsal joint shorter, projecting less than 



length of third joint. 705. MOROSUS. 



