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(I. Pale scales of elytra clustered In several small spots on the third 



and fifth intervals and also scattered over the sides; those of 



thorax arranged in a more or less distinct pattern. 552. JEMULA. 



dd. Pale scales condensed only at hase of third interval of elytra; 



thorax without pattern of scales. 553. DISJUNCTA. 



550 (8892). PLESIOBABIS ALBILATA Lee., 1ST6, 298. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Reddish-brown, shining, the beak, under 

 surface, knees, suture and sometimes the thorax piceous-black; vei*y 

 sparsely clothed with minute whitish scales, condensed at base of third 

 interval, on sides of last three ventral segments and side pieces of meso- 

 and metasterna. Beak stout, as long as thorax, curved, cylindrical, finely 

 and closely punctate. Thorax slightly longer than wide, sides rounded on 

 apical third; disc coarsely and densely punctate. Elytra not wider at 

 base than thorax, their sides straight to apical third, then rapidly con- 

 verging to the obtuse apex; stria? narrow, deep, not punctured; intervals 

 flat, twice as wide as stria?, each with a row of minute, rather distant 

 punctures. Under surface coarsely and densely punctate. Length 2.2 

 3.1 mm. 



Lake County, Ind., rare; May 30. Buena Vista, N. J., on 

 yellow daisies; possibly a misidentification. Enterprise, Lake 

 Ashley and Tampa, Fla. ; common on swampy meadows. 

 (Schivarz.} Not recorded elsewhere. One of the two Indiana 

 specimens has a distinct smooth median line; in the other it is 

 wholly wanting. Both have the elytra reddish-brown, the thorax 

 almost as dark as the under surface and a small patch of white 

 scales on each elytron at the upper edge of the declivity. 



551 (8893). PLESIOBARIS T-SIGNUM Boh., Schn., 1844, 154. 



Oblong, subcylindrical, convex. Black, feebly shining; thorax with 

 scattered pale scales on the sides; elytra with similar scattered scales, a 

 small white spot behind the middle and an elongate spot at base of third 

 interval. Beak stout, strongly curved, shorter than thorax, flattened at 

 tip, finely punctate. Thorax subquadrate, scarcely longer than wide, 

 sides almost straight, feebly constricted near apex; base profoundly bi- 

 sinuate, disc densely and rather coarsely punctate. Elytra scarcely twice 

 as long and at base not wider than thorax; stria? deep, obsoletely punc- 

 tate; intervals flat, each with a row of fine but distinct punctures. Length 

 1.8 mm. 



Recorded from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. The above, with the exception of the length, 

 is a condensed and free translation of the original description of 

 Boheman. Without his type at hand for comparison, the Coleop- 

 terists of this country have widely disagreed as to just what in- 

 sect it refers, and those for which the records above are given 

 may have been wrongly determined. 



