TRIBE XXI. CRYPTORHYNCHIXL 497 



third, 3 7 equal, short, closely united; first ventral with a deep, 

 triangular polished impression; femora not toothed; tibia 1 slen- 

 der, straight, spined at tip; tarsi with third joint broadly bilobed. 



778 (8754). EURHOPTUS PYRTFORMIS Lee., 1876, 245. 



Pear-shaped, convex, robust. Dull black, thinly clothed with pale 

 reclined bristles; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown. Thorax not wider 

 than long, narrowed from the base, sides straight, disc feebly impressed 

 one-third from apex, densely and rather coarsely punctate. Elytra connate, 

 fitting closely to thorax, their sides strongly rounded; strial punctures 

 very large, rather distant; intervals near the suture somewhat convex. 

 Length 2 2.4 mm. 



Described from Illinois. In Horn collection from Pennsyl- 

 vania, Kentucky, Missouri and Colorado. Known also from Iowa 

 and Texas. 



XIV. PSEUDOMUS Schon., 1837. (Gr.. "false" -{- "humerus.") 



Beak as long as thorax, more slender than in Acallcs, cylindri- 

 cal, moderately curved ; funicle 7-jointed, two basal joints longer, 

 obconical, the others short, subrotund ; club oblong-ovate, acumi- 

 nate; eyes narrowly separated, ovate, flattened; elytra suboval, 

 10-striate, their base scarcely wider than thorax, humeri and 

 seta? obsolete; mesosternum deeply emarginate; metasternuni 

 nearly or quite as long- as the first ventral, its episterna indis- 

 tinct; tibiae straight, slightly spined at tip; tarsi with third 

 joint broadly dilated, their claws simple. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF PSEUDOMUS. 



a. Front femora toothed. 



I). Elytra with a large postmedian white spot crossing the suture, and 

 prolonged backward on it nearly to tip; claws divergent. 



779. TRUNCATUS. 



bl>. Elytra brown without spot as above; claws connate nearly to tip. 



780. INFLATTTS. 

 <ia. Femora not toothed; elytra with a large white spot on declivity. 



781. SEDENTARIUS. 



779 (8775). PSEUDOMUS TRUNCATUS Lee., 1876, 246. 



Subovate. Dark brown, above thinly clothed with small brown scales; 

 beneath with yellowish scales; elytra with an irregular basal cross-bar 

 and a large common spot behind the middle, white. Beak nearly smooth 

 at tip, punctured and feebly striate at base. Thorax wider than long, nar- 

 rowed from base forward, sides nearly straight; disc convex, not densely 

 punctured, with a median line and a small spot each side smooth. Elytra 

 with rows of large distant punctures. Femora obtusely toothed. Length 

 4.6 mm. 



