TRIHE XV. CLEOXIXI. 331 



494 (8520). Ci.fioxrs FKOXTAUS Lee., 1876, 150. 



Elongate, subparallel, rather slender. Black, shining; above rather 

 thickly clothed with yellowish-gray pubescence which covers the beak, 

 forms four broad stripes on thorax and a lateral and median stripe on 

 each elytron, the interval between the elytral stripes thinly pubescent, 

 mottled with denser spots. Beak two-thirds as long as thorax, coarsely and 

 sparsely punctate. Thorax as long as wide at base, sides almost parallel 

 from base to middle, then strongly converging to apex; disc very coarsely 

 and sparsely punctured and with a smooth median line extending from apex 

 to a broad, rather deep basal fovea. Elytra with base and sides as in 

 calandroides ; disc with three broad basal impressions, stria? with moderate- 

 ly large, somewhat distant punctures. Under surface coarsely and sparsely 

 punctate, densely pubescent. Third joint of hind tarsi spongy only at mar- 

 gin, deeply and narrowly bilobed. Length 9 mm. 



Specimens labelled Illinois are in the Cambridge collection. 

 Described from Nevada and Wyoming. 



495 (10,872). CLEOXUS srncYLixDuicus Casey, 1891, 193. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, convex. Black, elytra shining, above sparse- 

 ly clothed with very short gray hairs, condensed on sides of thorax and 

 elytra. Beak short, robust, about two-thirds the length of thorax, almost 

 glabrous, not carinate. Thorax about as long as wide, sides feebly curved, 

 disc almost glabrous except on sides, not carinate, coarsely, sparsely and 

 imevenly punctate, the intervals finely and very densely punctulate; median 

 basal impression very feeble. Elytra at base very slightly wider than thor- 

 ax; disc punctate as in calandroides. Hind femora much longer than the 

 tibiae. Length 10.5 mm. 



Described from Florida. 



496 (10,873). CI.EOXUS GRANIFERUS Casey, 1891, 194. 



Form of preceding. Black, shining, rather sparsely clothed with short 

 gray hairs, denser in narrow stripes on the alternate intervals of elytra 

 and a broad marginal stripe on sides of thorax and elytra. Beak scarcely 

 more than half the length of thorax, sparsely punctate, not carinate, sepa- 

 rated from head by a deep, transverse groove, and with a deep fovea be- 

 tween the antenna\ Thorax about as long as wide, sides feebly curved, not 

 impressed on median line, densely covered with small irregular, shining, 

 tubercles. Elytra with disc coarsely tuberculose and roughened near base, 

 finely and densely punctate, the strial punctures rather coarse. Length 12 

 mm. 



Described from Georgia. 



III. Lixus Fabr., 1801. (Or., "color of ashes.") 



Elongate, snbcylindrical sjiecies of medium or large size hav- 

 ing the a n tenure slender, the first joint of funicle thicker, the 

 second usually as long or longer than the two following united; 

 beak slender, not thickened at tip and very rarely carinate; 



