110 SUBFAMILY IX. OTIORHYXCHIXJE. 



of funicle each half the length of second, 4 6 not longer than 

 third, gradually slightly wider; basal joint of club oblong, nearly 

 as long as the three preceding united, two outer joints of club 

 very small, almost wholly concealed; beak shorter than head, 

 separated from the latter by an oblique constriction, its antennal 

 grooves much as in Agraplms, the rim of the cavity less elevated; 

 femora unarmed ; corbels of hind tibiae cavernous, the outer edge 

 lengthened and curved ; tarsi narrow, shorter than in Agraphus, 

 the third joint not bilobed; claws simple, widely separated. (IF. 

 S. B.) 



140 ( ). PARAGRAPHUS SETOSUS sp, nov. 



Oval, robust, pointed behind. Piceous; above thickly clothed with very 

 small oval, seal-brown and silvery-gray scales, the latter forming a small 

 spot each side of base of thorax, and on elytra an irregular stripe extend- 

 ing along second and third intervals from base to declivity, also on sides 

 a broader irregular one of loosely placed scales from humeri to apex; under 

 surface and legs thickly clothed with silvery- or dirty-gray scales, the 

 femora and tibia? annulate with brown. Head with a shallow median groove, 

 deeper between the eyes. Thorax subcylindrical, scarcely longer than wide, 

 widest just in front of middle; disc uneven, with a wide deep median 

 groove each side of which is a broad, shallow impression near base. Elytra 

 oval, inflated, distinctly pointed behind; base scarcely wider than middle of 

 thorax; humeri wanting; sides broadly rounded from base to apical third 

 then strongly converging to apex; striae fine, indistinctly punctate; inter- 

 vals feebly convex. Length 6.2 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Described from a single specimen taken Feb. 18, 1910, from 

 the leaf axils of the thistle, Cardnnx xpinosissimns Walt, growing 

 within 50 yards of the Gulf beach on Hog Island, opposite Dune- 

 din, Fla. The suberect clavate brown setie are prominent along 

 Hie intervals of elytra as well as on the sides of thorax. 



IX. OTIORHYXCHUS Germ., 1824. (Gr., "ear'' -|- "snout") 



This genus is represented in North America by six species 

 \vhich are common also to Europe. Four of the six occur in the 

 K;:s1ern United States, though but one has been taken in Indiana. 

 They have the beak as long as head, more or less dilated and 

 notched at tip, the antennal grooves on upper surface deep; an- 

 tenmp rather long, the scape passing slightly the front margin of 

 thorax, the club oval, acute at tip; eyes rounded or slightly oval; 

 scutellum very small ; tarsi dilated, spongy pubescent beneath, 

 the third joint deeply bilobed; second ventral segment shorter 

 than ihe two following combined, separated from the first by a 

 curved suture. 



