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cc. Elytra distinctly less than three times as long as thorax. 



f. Color of body dark reddish-brown, the scales white or nearly 

 so, not dense except on humeri and bases of some of the in- 

 tervals; beak curved; legs pale reddish-brown. 



294. CONNIVEXS. 

 //. Color black or piceous, the scales mostly gray; legs piceous or 



dark reddish-brown. 



g. Scales dense, broadly oval, gray and yellowish; thorax as 

 long as wide; beak nearly straight (Fig. 65, o.) 



295. GETSEUS. 



gg. Scales sparse, elongate-oblong, uniform gray; thorax one- 

 third wider than long; beak distinctly curved. 



296. PINGUIS. 

 &&. Elytra distinctly mottled with pale and darker scales. 



h. Scales of elytra not imbricated; tarsal claws very small, con- 

 nate to middle or beyond. 



i. Form more elongate; basal tufts of beak obsolete; second joint 

 of funicle one-half longer than third; legs piceous. 



297. PICIPES. 



ii. Form more oval; basal tufts prominent; second joint of funicle 

 scarcely longer than third; legs reddish-brown. 



298. POSTICUS. 



hh. Scales very dense, imbricated; tarsal claws larger, connate one- 

 third their length; elytra brown with faint white markings; 

 legs reddish-brown. 299. SQUAMULATUS 



290 (10,926). SMICRONYX QUADRIFER Casey, 1892, 388. 



Oblong-oval. Black; above densely clothed with large pale brown and 

 whitish oval, overlapping scales, the white ones arranged along the sides 

 and middle of thorax and middle of elytra, the latter with a large sutural 

 quadrate piceous spot extending from basal sixth to behind the middle; 

 under surface with yellowish-white, very dense scales; legs reddish-brown, 

 thickly clothed with hair-like scales. Beak of male stout, densely punctured, 

 scaly, as long as head and thorax; of female distinctly longer. Thorax 

 slightly wider than long, constricted near apex, sides feebly curved, disc 

 densely punctured except near apex. Elytra at base two-fifths wider than 

 thorax, sides straight to behind middle, thence broadly rounded to apex; 

 strige very fine, intervals with short recurved setae. Length 2.2 2.5 mm. 

 (Fig. 66, cZ.) 



Known from Mobile, Alabama, Texas and Arizona. Easily 

 distinguished by the lar^e, velvety black elytra 1 spot. 



291 (8562). SMICRONYX COBNICULATI-S Fahr., Schon., 1843, Pt. 2, 309, 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Piceous-black, densely clothed with 

 oval, grayish-brown scales, those of under surface paler; disc of elytra 

 indistinctly fuscous and with a few widely scattered whitish scales, either 

 singly or in pairs; beak and antennae piceous; club and legs reddish-brown, 

 the former densely pubescent with grayish hairs. Beak of male rather 

 stout, slightly longer than head and thorax, feebly curved, (Fig. 65, n.), 



