114 SUBFAMILY IX. OTIORHYXCHIXJE. 



147 (8306). Cn.KTECiirs SETKJER Horn, 1876, 78. 



Oval. Brownish, antenna? and tarsi paler; head and thorax rather 

 densely, elytra very sparsely clothed with brown, scale-like hairs. Beak 

 not longer than head, densely punctured and with a distinct impressed me- 

 dian line. Thorax oval, scarcely wider than long, widest at middle, disc 

 convex, densely and finely punctured. Elytra oval, one-half wider at base 

 than thorax, sides parallel to behind middle, thence gradually converging to 

 a rounded apex; disc feebly striate, stria? with coarse punctures; intervals 

 almost flat, each with a row of scale-like clavate hairs. Length 2 2.5 mm. 



Known from eastern Massachusetts, May 19 August 29, 

 where it is rare, and Nova Scotia, July. Our smallest species of 

 the subfamily, easily known by its size, color and sparse scales. 



XIII. TRACHYPHLCEUS Germ., 1817. (Gr., "rough" + "bark.") 



Beak as long as head, stout, notched in front; antenna? in- 

 serted near its middle, their grooves deep, sharply limited, di- 

 rected toward and almost reaching the eyes; scape reaching 

 thorax; first joint of funicle longest, robust, second slender, 3 7 

 as broad as long, closely united ; club small, oval ; eyes very small, 

 round, coarsely granulated and surrounded by a distinct orbital 

 groove; scutellum invisible; middle tibia? not mucronate; tarsal 

 claws free. Two species are known from the Eastern Tinted 

 States, occurring in grassy places beneath stones. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF TRACHYPHLCEUS. 



a. Beak with a deep transverse impression at base; body indistinctly 

 scaly densely covered with a pale, clay-yellow coating. 



148. ASPERATUS. 



act. Beak without impression at base; body distinctly scaly and without 

 artificial coating. 149. DAVISI. 



148 (8307). TKACHYPHLCEUS ASPERATUS Boh., Schon., 1843, Pt. I, 116. 



Oval, moderately robust. Brown, densely covered with a pale brownish 

 or yellowish waxy coat; elytra variegated with brownish spots. Thorax 

 transversely oval, nearly twice as wide as long, apex truncate, base feebly, 

 sides strongly curved; disc with median line and sides paler and with 

 sparse, erect, scale-like hairs. Elytra oval, sides feebly curved, apex obtuse, 

 disc striate; intervals flat, each with a single row of club-shaped scale-like 

 hairs. Length 3 mm. 



Boheman's type was from Boston. Recorded, doubtless in 

 part erroneously, from Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Kansas 

 and Nebraska. Horn says of it: "The rather deep impression at 

 base of rostrum, together with the convexity of the rostrum be- 

 low this, owing to its being slightly curved, give this insect a 



