TRIBE III. OTIORHYNCHINI. 109 



f. Side pieces of metasternum wholly concealed; both front and 



middle tibios spined at apex. 



g. Antennal grooves on upper surface of beak very short and deep, 

 not reaching the eyes; spine of front and middle tibiae fee- 

 ble. XL CERCOPEUS. 

 gg. Antennal grooves on sides of beak long, passing directly back- 

 ward and enclosing the eyes; tibia? strongly spined at apex. 



XII. CII^TECHUS. 



//. Side pieces of metasternum visible; only the front tibiae spined at 



apex. XIII. TRAOIIYPHLCEUS. 



cc. Tarsal claws connate; scape nearly as long as funicle, the latter with 



outer joints longer than wide; antennal grooves on the sides not 



converging above and not reaching the eyes. XIV. GEODERCES. 



VII. AGRAPHUS Say, 1831. (Gr., "without" -f "marking.") 



In addition to the characters above given the single member 

 of this genus has the scape reaching the thorax, longer than the 

 funicle and club, the latter oval, slightly flattened, composed in 

 great part of the first joint only; beak longer and narrower than 

 head, with an oblique constriction at base; antennal grooves deep 

 in front, broadly open and shallow behind, enclosed by an ele- 

 vated rim; eyes small, oval, oblique, pointed in front; scutellum 

 small, triangular; elytra very convex, oval, slightly pointed be- 

 hind ; tarsi slender, three-fourths the length of tibite, third joint 

 scarcely wider than second, feebly ernarginate; claws free. 



139 (8282). AGRAPHUS BEIXICUS Say, 1831, 13; ibid, I, 274. 



Elongate-oval. Black, densely covered with grayish scales, which in 

 places are faintly dusky. Thorax oval, broader than long, truncate at apex, 

 broadly curved at base, disc sparsely and rather coarsely punctured. Elytra 

 not wider at base than thorax, their strise fine, with rows of distant punc- 

 tures; intervals feebly convex, each with a double row of minute, semipros- 

 trate hairs. Length 6.5 8.5 mm. 



Rockaway and Babylon, N. Y., June to September. Crescent 

 City, Capron, Tampa, Dunedin and Cedar Keys, Fla., March 25 

 June 29 ; one specimen and numerous fragments taken on the 

 former date from the axils of the leaves of the yellow thistle, 

 ( 1 (irdiuis spinosissimus Walt. Horn gives its range from "Penn- 

 sylvania to Florida,'' so that it is likely to occur in southern In- 

 diana. Smith records it from New Jersey as always rare. 



VIII. PARAGRAPHUS gen. nov. (Gr., "near" + Agraphus.) 



This genus is based upon a single robust ventricose species 

 having, in addition to characters given in key, the antennal scape 

 stout, curved, scarcely reaching the thorax, first and third joints 



