~2S SUBFAMILY XII. - COSSOXIX.E. 



. of which Dr. Schwarz considers it a synonym, but sepa- 

 rable by the characters above given. 



II. TRICHACORYXUS gen. nov. (Gr., "hairy" -|- "club.") 



Elongate subcylinclrical species having the beak as long as 

 head, feebly constricted at base; antenna? inserted at basal third, 

 scape clavate, passing middle of eye; funicle 7 -jointed, first joint 

 stout, as long as 2 and 3 united, second slightly shorter and nar- 

 rower than third, 3 1 subequal in length, gradually wider, all 

 broader than long; club stout, oval, densely clothed, except at 

 base, with coarse yellow hairs; eyes large, convex, widely sepa- 

 rated, coarsely faceted ; front coxae separated by their own width ; 

 tibiie short, rather slender, armed with a strong hook ; tarsi with 

 third joint feebly bilobed, scarcely wider than second. (W. *S'. 7?.) 



82G (- -). TRICIIACORYNUS BRI'NNEUS sp. nov. 



Elongate, feebly depressed. Uniform chestnut brown, shining; head, 

 beak, thorax and under surface finely alutaceous; above sparsely clothed 

 with very fine and short yellowish pubescence; beneath almost glabrous. 

 Beak stout, sides parallel, both it and head finely, deeply and sparsely punc- 

 tate. Thorax subcylindrical, slightly longer than wide, sides incurved 

 Tiear base, then straight and feebly converging to apex; disc very finely, 

 remotely punctate. Elytra subcylindrical, one-third wider and three times 

 as long as thorax; sides straight to apical third, then broadly rounded to 

 apex; striae almost obsolete, indistinctly serrately punctate; intervals flat, 

 minutely punctate, finely transversely rugose. Under surface very finely 

 and sparsely punctate. Length 2.8 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Marion County, Ind., Dec. 28. One specimen from side of 

 shed where wood was stored. A'ery distinct, in its peculiar sculp- 

 ture and densely pubescent club, from all other members of the 

 tribe- 



Ill. CARPHOXOTUS Casey, 1892. 

 (Gr., "small dry body" + "back.") 



This genus was erected for a rather broad, subdepressed pub- 

 escent species having the beak stout, straight, parallel, three- 

 fifths as long as thorax, not separated by an impression from the 

 head; basal joint of funicle as long as the next two. 2 7 short, 

 equal in length; scutellum distinct; elytra one-half wider than 

 thorax; metasternum long; tibire without internal spur at apex; 

 tarsi rather stout, their third joint dilated and bilobed. 



827 (11,223). CARPHOXOTI'S TESTACEVS Casey, 1892, 694. 



Oblong-oval, feebly depressed. Pale reddish-brown, shining; upper 

 surface with short, coarse, very sparse subrecumbent pubescence, becoming 

 erect toward the tips of elytra. Head and beak finely, not densely punc- 



