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341 (8591). BAGOUS NEBULOSUS Lee., 1876, 186. 



Oblong, rather robust. Black, clothed with dirty gray scales, varie- 

 gated with darker and pale ones; elytral markings indistinct, the most 

 conspicuous being a pale stripe extending on the fifth and sixth intervals 

 from the oblique impression to behind the middle, where it is bent at 

 right angles and runs to the suture; antennas and legs dark reddish- 

 brown. Beak slender, curved, as long as thorax, finely punctulate, naked 

 except at base. Thorax one-half wider than long, coarsely granulate, 

 sides feebly diverging from base to beyond middle, then rounded and con- 

 verging to the constricted apex; disc finely granulated. Elytra oblong, 

 one-third wider than rhorax, disc impressed obliquely at basal third; 

 humeri prominent, rounded; intervals slightly convex, each with a row 

 of short white inclined bristles. Length 3 3.2 mm. 



Lowell, Mass. ; Blanchard collection. Described from Port 

 Huron, Michigan. 



342 (8596). BAGOUS TRAXS VERSUS Lee., 1876, 188. 



Oblong-oval, less convex. Black, covered with blackish-gray scales; 

 antennas and legs nearly black. Beak stout, curved, as long as thorax, 

 naked, punctulate, subcarinate near base; frontal fovea large. Thorax very 

 finely granulate, sides sinuate. Elytra uneven, marked with vague im- 

 pressions, one-half wider than thorax; posterior callus large, obtuse, strise 

 fine, intervals feebly convex. Length 2.3 mm. 



Known from Detroit, Mich., and District of Columbia. 



343 (- -). BAGOUS OCHRACKUS sp. nov. 



Short, oval, robust. Piceous, everywhere densely clothed with a 

 crust of dirty yellow scales; antennas and legs dark red. Beak rather 

 slender, curved, as long as thorax, densely scaly, finely and densely 

 punctate. Tnorax one-third wider than long, sides broadly rounded, 

 strongly constricted near apex. Elytra oval, one-fourth wider at base 

 than thorax, humeri rounded, sides evenly converging to declivity, then 

 more strongly so to apex; strise deep, intervals convex, each with a row 

 of fine whitish recurved seta?; the tubercle on declivity scarcely evident. 

 Tibia? and tarsi short, stout. Length 2.3 2.5 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Dubois County, Indiana; May 11 26. Six specimens beaten 

 from oak and taken on the wing. The dirty yellow coating is 

 thicker and more dense than in any other species. 



344 (8595). BAGOUS BITUBEROSUS Lee., 1876, 188. 



Oblong-oval, robust. Black, usually covered with dirt-colored scales; 

 antenna?, tibia? and tarsi dark reddish-brown. Beak stout, shorter than 

 thorax, finely carinate, densely punctate. Thorax as wide as long, sides 

 straight to apical third, then suddenly rounded and strongly constricted 

 near apex; disc feebly channeled on basal half, finely and densely gran- 

 ulate. Elytra one-third wider than thorax, stria? deep, coarsely punctate 



