122 SUBFAMILY IX. OTIORHYXCHIX.T]. 



in the Biologia removed to Epicaerini, and Pierce (1013, 411) re- 

 moves the whole Horn group Artipi, including Art! pus. Pun- 

 lontorns and Lcpidocricus to that tribe. 



XVIII. COMPSUS Schoiih., 1820. (Gr.. "elegant") 



Beak as long as head, gradually widened and deeply notched 

 at tip; antenual grooves deep, shallower behind, terminating 

 above the eye; second joint of fuuicle longer than first, 3 7 

 nearly cylindrical, feebly decreasing in length ; scntelhun round- 

 ed. One large and handsome species occurs in the Eastern United 

 States. 



157 (8316) COMPSUS AURICEPHAT.US Say, 1824, 310; ibid, II, 174. 



Elongate-oval, robust. Piceous, everywhere densely clothed with white 

 or greenish-white scales, those on head, legs and under surface paler and 

 often with a coppery tinge. Thorax wider at base than long, narrower in 

 front, sides feebly curved; disc sparsely rugose-punctate and with a broad 

 median groove. Elytra more than twice as long as wide, sides feebly diverg- 

 ing to behind the middle; disc feebly striate, stri* with large distant punc- 

 tures; alternate intervals strongly elevated, all bearing very short, scale- 

 like hairs. Length 9 12 mm. 



"Occurs rather abundantly from Georgia to Mexico" ( Horn ) . 

 Recorded definitely from our territory only from Natchez 

 and Thornton, Mississippi ; June 11. Taken by Townsend 

 (1!MI3, 04) in Texas from cotton in May, and also from Luntana 

 ccnuara L., Ehrctiu clliptica DC. and other plants in palmetto 

 thickets and woods; June 7 25. Lays its eggs in a mass of 

 gummy substance on leaves and folds a portion of the leaf over 

 them so that they are perfectly concealed. The eggs hatch in 7 

 or 8 days and the larvae enter the ground to feed on the roots of 

 plants. (Pierce, 1916.) 



X[X. BRACHYSTYLUS Schonh., 1845. (Gr., "short" + "scape.") 



Beak horizontal, nearly as long and broad as head, flat: eyes 

 round; antennae short, scaly, first joint of fuuicle short, robust, 

 joints 3 7 cylindrical, subequal ; scutellum rather large, oval; 

 front and middle tibiae mucronate. One species represents the 

 genus in North America. 



158 (8319). BRACHYSTYLTJS ACUTUS Say, 1824, 310; ibid, II, 173. 



Oblong, rather slender. Brownish-gray; above uniformly snd densely 

 covered with lilac-gray scales; elytra with an oblique blackish band behind 

 the middle; under surface densely clothed with pearly scales. Head and 

 beak together not as long as thorax, sparsely punctured. Thorax subcylin- 

 drical, slightly narrowed in front, apex truncate, base feebly Insinuate, disc 



