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on thorax and a larger median basal blotch and some small widely scatter- 

 ed spots on elytra; antennae, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown. Beak as in 

 sylvosus. Thorax longer than wide, sides feebly rounded, disc not con- 

 stricted in front, coarsely and rather sparsely punctate. Elytra regularly 

 oval, sides broadly curved; stria? shallow, rather coarsely, not closely punc- 

 tate; intervals as wide as the punctures, feebly convex, their setae short, 

 recurved, clavate. Length 2.1 2.3 mm. (W. S. B.) 



Lake Okeechobee and Lemon City, Fla. ; Feb. 28 March 22. 

 Form of clavatus but smaller, devoid of the white markings of 

 that species and with much finer elytra! punctures. 



792 (8773). ACALLES PECTORALIS Lee., 1876, 245. 



Oval, robust. Black, covered with depressed dark brown and pale 

 scales, the latter forming indistinct stripes on the thorax and narrow 

 undulated bands on elytra, the intermixed bristles stout, short, erect; 

 antenna? brownish-yellow. Beak and head scaly, the former coarsely punc- 

 tured, finely carinate, its tip naked. Thorax wider than long, convex, 

 much rounded on sides, constricted in front, channeled. Elytra oval, sides 

 much rounded; stria? deep, fine; intervals wide, slightly convex. Body 

 beneath deeply but not coarsely punctured, clothed with yellowish-brown 

 scales. Length 3 mm. 



The type and only known specimen was from Illinois and is 

 in the LeConte collection. Recorded erroneously from District 

 of Columbia. Readily known by the feebly emarginate mesoster- 

 num, flattened scales of upper surface and the thoracic groove, 

 which is distinct but not broad and deep as in the next. 



793 (8774). ACALLES VENTROSUS Lee., 1878, 430. 



Oval, very robust. Blackish, densely clothed with a crust of appressed 

 dirty gray and fuscous scales intermixed with clavate bristles; the gray 

 ones forming on elytra a broad band on basal third and some small scat- 

 tered spots behind the middle; antenna? and tarsi reddish-brown. Beak 

 very stout, shorter than thorax, flattened, finely carinate above, rather 

 coarsely and densely punctate. Thorax uniform fuscous brown, nearly 

 twice as wide as long, sides rounded, broadly and deeply constricted be- 

 fore apex; disc with a wide obtuse ridge the full length each side of middle, 

 between the two a broad, deep groove. Elytra oval, strongly convex, base 

 truncate, wider than thorax, sides broadly curved; striae wide, deep; inter- 

 vals convex, minutely punctulate. Under surface densely scaly, those of 

 sides and last ventral dirty yellow. Length 4 4.5 mm. 



Dunedin and Kissiinmee, Fla., Jan. 18 Oct. 25 ; quite common 

 beneath boards along the margin of ponds and lakes. "Enter- 

 prise and Tampa, two specimens." (Schwartz.) Specimens in 

 the National Museum collection were taken at Kissimmee on Feb. 

 6 from the stomach of a meadow lark, Sturnella luagna L. 



