TR1LSE XVIII. BAKINI. 31)1 



Frequent throughout Indiana, more so in the northern coun- 

 ties; swept from Jersey-tea, f'cfinntJuis anicricanns L. ; June 24 

 Aug. S. Locally throughout New Jersey, occasionally common. 

 Ranges from New England to Illinois, south to South Carolina 

 and Texas. 



594 (11,173). NICEXTRVS INGEMTS Casey, 1892, 610. 



Oblong-oval, black and somewhat shining throughout, the legs with 

 a feeble rufo-piceous tinge; vestiture consisting of pale yellowish scales, 

 broad and dense beneath, elongate and narrower on the elytra, where they 

 are arranged in one or two rows on the intervals, the lines of the third 

 and fifth wider; on the thorax they are small and dark, except in 

 lateral fifth or sixth, where they become yellowish and conspicuous. 

 Beak not quite as long as head and thorax, abruptly bent near base, 

 strongly curved near apex. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides 

 broadly and feebly curved from base nearly to apex; disc with deep, 

 rather large punctures, and a narrow smooth median line. Elytra 

 slightly wider and about four-fifths longer than thorax; strin? coarse, 

 deep; intervals closely, rather coarsely and confusedly punctured. Length 

 3.84 mm. 



Described from Illinois, Iowa and Texas. 



595 (8932). NICEXTRUS DECIPIEXS Lee., 1876, 313. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Black, shining, legs reddish-brown; thorax 

 with white, sparse, slender scales, somewhat broader and denser towards 

 the sides; those of elytra large, elongate-oval, unevenly arranged in 

 one or two rows on the inner intervals, in single rows on the outer ones; 

 under surface densely clothed with oval pale scales. Beak evenly curved, 

 a.: long as thorax, male, slightly longer and more slender, female, sides 

 densely, rugosely punctured. Thorax slightly wider than long, sides 

 feebly curved from base to apical third, then broadly rounded and conver- 

 ging to apex; disc densely, rather coarsely punctate. Elytra slightly 

 wider and four-fifths longer than thorax, deeply striate; intervals finely 

 and subrugosely punctate. Length 2.8 3.7 mm. 



Haw Creek, Fla., June 10. Recorded also from Cedar Keys, 

 Fla., southwestern Pennsylvania, Kansas and Texas. Resembles 

 Centrums picitnuuifi but more slender and parallel. 



596 (11,175). NICEXTRUS EFFETUS Casey, 1892, 613. 



Allied to decipiens. Differs by characters given in key and by hav- 

 ing elytra twice as long as thorax, the scales in single even rows on 

 the intervals; punctures of thorax small and distinctly separated; front 

 coxse more widely separated. Length 2.2 mm. 



Described from a single female from Haw Creek, Fla. 



