'.)G THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



punciLircs more or less coiiHucnt. Klytra at base one-half wider 

 than thorax, sides subparallel for four-fifths their Icng;th, then 

 broadh rounded to apex; disc feebly Init distinclh' depressed on 

 ba>al third; strial punctures coarse, rounded, wider than inter\als. 

 P\:gidiuni sculptured like front; side pieces of nieso- and nieta- 

 sterna coarseK, rather closel\- pinictate; abdomen finel\-, vvvy 

 sparsely punctate. Length 1.0 — 1.8 mm. 



Crawford Cotmt\ , Indian. i, June 24. Swept from lf)\\ herbage. 

 Okehnokee Swamp, (ieorgia, June; Leng collection. Massachusetts; 

 Let Onte collection. I\asil\- distinguished from R. aratiis Sa\" b\' 

 its colour, shorter beak of male and more feel^le elytral depression. 

 Resembles R. cyavdlus Lee. but smaller, darker, beak much 

 shorter and head much more hnel\- pimctured. The eyes of male 

 are round and somewhat larger than the ellifiticai, more hnel\- 

 facetted ones of female. 



Rhynchites elusus, >\). no\ . 



( )blong-o\al. Black, feebh- tinged with brcMize; antenna' and 

 legs pi€e(jus, pubescence gra>-, ver\' fine and sparse. Beak of both 

 sexes as long as head and thorax, distincth' widened and flattened 

 near lip, much more finely sculptured than in per plexus, front 

 bnjnzed, \er\- finel\- alutaceous, minuteh' and \ery sparsely punc- 

 tate. Thorax shorter and wider than in perplexus, widest at basal 

 third, its disc fineK', deeply and \er\ denseh- punctate, the punctures 

 not confluent. F^lytra at base one-half wider than thorax, sides 

 parallel for half their length, then broadK' curved to the rounded 

 apex; disc widely and shallowh- depressed at basal third; strial 

 punctures small, rounded, cl(;se-.sel. Abdomen alutaceous, finely 

 and sparseh- punctate. Length 1.8 — 2 mm. 



Dunedin, Florida, March 2.')"-A])ril lo. Six specimens swejit 

 from huckleberry blossoms. The much longer and apically wider 

 beak, more finely sculptured front and broader thorax and elytra 

 separate this readih- from both ceratus and perplexus. It is probable 

 that elusus and perplexus have been hitherto confused in collections 

 with ceratus Sa>'. The latter is distinctly coppery in hue, with the 

 sub-basal elytral depression much more distinct and the beak in 

 lioth sexes as long as thorax. 



