Tltir.K XVIII. - I'.AUIXI. 411 



narrow brown scales and broader yellowish ones, the latter forming a spot 

 at the base of third interval and a large W-shaped mark across the suture at 

 middle. Beak as long as thorax, strongly curved. Thorax wider than long, 

 conical, distinctly constricted at apex, coarsely and densely punctate. Ely- 

 tra distinctly wider than thorax, sides broadly rounded, feebly convergent; 

 intervals broad, flat, with sparse, confused, subrugose punctures. Length 

 2 mm. 



Key West, Florida. 



635 (8947). CATAPASTUS COXSPERSUS Lee., 1876, 318. 



Narrowly subrhomboidal, convex. Black, feebly shining, club of an- 

 tennae pale yellow; above rather densely clothed with narrow, dark red- 

 dish-brown scales, with larger white ones somewhat densely placed on 

 sides of thorax and remotely scattered over the elytra; under surface 

 rather thickly clothed with similar whitish scales. Beak cylindrical, cur- 

 ved, not longer than thorax, scaly, finely and densely punctured. Thorax 

 gradually narrowed in front, sides nearly straight, slightly rounded and 

 feebly constricted near tip; disc rather coarsely, deeply and densely punc- 

 tate, the base bisinuate. Elytra behind the base distinctly wider than 

 thorax, humeri obliquely rounded; striae rather coarse, deep; intervals flat, 

 finely, densely and confusedly punctured. Length 1.7 2.3 mm. 



Kosciusko Co., Incl., scarce ; June 1 June 3. Edgebrook, 

 111., Sept. 15. Recorded from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. 

 Near Cincinnati, Ohio, occurring by hundreds on prickly ash 

 ( Xan tlio.Tijlu in ) , May ."). ( D urij. ) 



636 (11,205). CATAPASTUS DIFFUSUS Casey, 1892, 666. 



Rhomboid-oval, convex. Black, legs and antenna? pale reddish-brown; 

 surface clothed above and beneath as in conspersus, the white scales not 

 condensed on sides of thorax, those of elytra larger and broader. Beak and 

 antennae as in conspersus. Thorax conical, the sides feebly and evenly cur- 

 ved, distinctly constricted near apex; disc coarsely, very densely punctate 

 with traces of a narrow median smooth line. Elytra wider and more than 

 twice as long as thorax; intervals flat, twice as wide as striae, finely, closely 

 and rugosely punctate, the punctures confused. Abdomen closely punctured, 

 the middle of third and fourth ventrals glabrous. Length 2.2 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., rare; Oct. 2:>. Described from southern 

 Florida. Slightly larger, darker and more robust than consper- 



XXIX. BARINUS Casey, 1880. (Gr., Baris -f ''like.") 



Rather large, elongate-oval or parallel species having the 

 beak short, thick, curved; head large in proportion to size of 

 thorax; antenme inserted beyond middle of beak, their grooves 

 rapidly oblique; prosternum deeply and narrowly impressed or 



