TIJIBK XVIII. BARINI. 385 



punctures; club large, robust, as long as the five preceding 



joints combined. 587. PINGUESCKXS. 



1)1). Punctures of elytral striae with broad, distinct scales; length 4.5 



5 mm . 588. Pl'LVKIU'LEXTUS. 



584 (8917). ODOXTOCORYNUS SCUTELT.I'M-ALRUM Say, 1831, 21; ibid, I. 287. 



Subrhomboidal, convex, robust. Male black, antennas and tarsi red- 

 dish-brown; female with a more or less reddish tinge; above sparsely 

 clothed with small, narrow white scales; those of under surface and 

 scutellum broader and more dense. Beak slightly curved, strongly so 

 near base, one-half as long as body, the sides somewhat flattened and 

 coarsely striate-punctate. Antenna? inserted near apical third; second 

 joint of funicle nearly as long as the next three. Thorax wider than 

 long, sides broadly rounded, disc very feebly constricted near tip, finely, 

 deeply and densely punctate. Elytra distinctly wider and three-fourths 

 longer than thorax; stria? coarse, deep; intervals very coarsely, rugosely 

 punctate, each puncture bearing a small scale. Prosternum with a large, 

 transverse excavation just behind the apex; basal joint of club of male 

 with a large glabrous polished area on inner side which bears an erect 

 acute process; female with thorax shorter, its punctures larger and spar- 

 ser, the antennal club simple. Length 3 4.7 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana ; June 12 Aug. 17. Common 

 throughout New Jersey, July, on daisies; also on Houston-id. 

 MeUlotus. Rudbeclda, Hd'tan'tli-its, etc. Ranges from New Eng- 

 land to Colorado, south to Florida and Texas. 



585 (11,166). ODONTOCORYNUS DENTICORNIS Casey, 1892, 597. 



Oblong, subrhomboidal, very robust. Black, shining; thorax sparse- 

 ly clothed with very small, slender white scales, denser toward the 

 sides and on the base; elytra with similar broader scales, each lying 

 within the deep, rounded punctures of the intervals; under surface dense- 

 ly clothed with much larger white scales; antenna 1 , tibia? and tarsi 

 dark reddish-brown. Beak as described in key; antenna? inserted near 

 its apical third, scape bent and club-shaped near apex; second joint of 

 funicle three-fourth as long as first, one-half longer than third. Thorax 

 large, convex, sides strongly rounded, disc with deep, rounded, very 

 close-set punctures and a faint median smooth line. Elytra distinctly 

 wider and about two-thirds longer than thorax, sides strongly converg- 

 ing from the large, prominent humeri; stria? coarse, deep, punctate. 

 Male with basal joint of club as in scutcHum-album. its smooth space 

 obtusely dentate. Length 5.3 6 mm. 



Occurs throughout northern and western IiKiiana, but scarce; 

 j une s Oct. 1. Beverly Heights, 111., June lf>. Described from 

 North Carolina and Kansas. Taken in numbers by Pierce (1007, 

 284) on flowers of Ru(U>ecl;l<i Jiirta L. and 8aturc'ni liortcns-is 

 L. at Logansport, La., in June; also on Ycrbcsina, AcJiillca. 

 Soli-dago and Knliuistcra in Texas and Oklahoma. Resembles 

 scutellum-albu-m, with which it is doubtless confused in many 



