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strongly curved; thorax more strongly constricted near apex and without 

 median impressed line; elytra truncate at base, the second interval wider 

 and somewhat elevated. The type was a specimen from "America Bo- 

 realis" in Chevrolat's collection. It is not represented, as far as we can 

 ascertain, in American collections and is probably only a variety of 

 electus. 



XII. ENDALUS LaPorte, 1840. (A mythological name.) 



In this and the next two genera the beak is elongate, curved, 

 with the antennal grooves starting about one-third from tip and 

 extending directly toward the ej^es; first joint of funicle long, the 

 others short, increasing gradually in width; club large, oval ; eyes 

 large, oval, coarsely granulate and not approximate beneath; 

 thorax with broad postocular lobes; scutellum minute or invisi- 

 ble ; front coxa? large, prominent, contiguous ; tibiae sinuate on 

 the inner side, as long as femora, the front ones finely serrate 

 from the middle to tip. From the other two Endalus is separated 

 mainly by the characters given in key. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF ENDALUS. 



a. Elytra distinctly wider than thorax. 

 b. Last joint of tarsi, slightly prominent, extending beyond the lobes 



of the third joint, the claws large. 

 c. Length 3.5 or more mm. 



(I. Scales with distinct bristles intermixed. 312. SETOSUS. 



(Id. Scales nearly uniform gray with very minute bristles; thorax 

 not coarsely punctured. 313. LIMATULUS. 



cc. Length not over 2.5 mm.; thorax coarsely punctured. 

 e. Thorax scarcely wider than long; length 2.3 mm. 



314. CRIBRICOLLIS. 



ee. Thorax wider than long, constricted in front; length 1.8 mm. 



315. PUNCTATUS. 



bb. Last joint of tarsi not prominent, almost concealed between the 



lobes of the third, the claws small; black mottled with pale gray 



scales; length 1.8 2 mm. 316. OVALIS. 



act. Thorax as wide at base and wider at middle than elytra; black, the 



elytra in great part gray; tarsi as in ovalis. 317. LATTCOLLIS. 



312 (8570). ENDALUS SETOSUS Lee., 1876, 176. 



Elongate-oblong. Either uniform dark brown with four narrow lines 

 of pale scales on thorax, or dirty gray with a large common dark brown 

 spot extending from the base of the elytra for four-fifths their length with 

 prolongations on third and fifth ventrals, two clouds on sixth interval 

 and one at humerus; antennae and legs reddish-brown. Thorax broader 

 than long, strongly rounded on sides in male, less so in female, suddenly 

 narrowed and constricted near apex, deeply, closely not coarsely punc- 

 tured. Elytra elongate, humeri rounded, sides feebly converging toward 

 the obliquely narrowed tips; striae fine, intervals feebly convex. Length 

 3.5 4 mm. 



