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not indicate geographical races. The rostrum (fig. 10, c) is 
somewhat variable in contour. 
The material examined shows this to be the most northern 
form in our fauna. It occurs commonly from the Atlantic to 
the Pacific, from Massachusetts through our most northern 
States and Ontario, Canada, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Kam- 
loops, B. C. 
Sphenophorus villosiventris, new species. 
Form similar to costipennis; black with humeri, antennae, tarsi and some 
other portions of the legs and of the ventral surface piceous or reddish; 
surface coating brownish gray, subsericeous, somewhat dense, especially 
on apical portion of elytra. 
Rostrum perfectly straight in middle three-fifths of anterior face, apical 
fifth suddenly and strongly bent backward. Thoracic vittae moderately 
elevated, subparallel, median little wider near middle. Scutellum deltoid, 
flat. Elytral striae closely punctate; alternate intervals narrow, slightly 
elevated, third narrowing in posterior half, vanishing before attaining the 
apex, fifth striae narrower and shorter, seventh coated, apical tubercles 
inconspicuous, narrow. Lower surface with very shallow punctures. 
Pygidium with longer hairs than in costipennis. 
6\ Metasterum scarcely concave, with a few scattered setae. First ven- 
tral segment moderately concave, coarsely punctate, punctures with short 
setiform hairs, second abdominal finely punctate, punctures with short 
and finer hairs, last segment scarcely more coarsely punctate at base than 
second to fourth, with long hairs. 
$ .Does not appear to differ from costipennis by any sexual characters 
except those of the pygidium. 
Length, 10-12 mm., width, 3. 7-4. 4 mm. 
Buffalo, N. Y. ; Ithaca, N. Y. (Chittenden) ; Ft. Monroe, Va. 
(Hubbard and Schwarz) ; Long Island, Massachusetts, Mary- 
land and the District of Columbia (Ulke) . 
Type. No. 8225, U. S. National Museum. 
This is a most peculiar species, although to outward appear- 
ance merely costipennis with weakly elevated elytral intervals. 
It apparently combines the characters of several species, 
having a similar rostrum (fig. 10, e) to Icevigatus, thoracic 
vittae much as in costipennis, elytra between peninsularis and 
setiger, while the hirsute cT abdomen is very like that of the 
(zqualis orochreus group. 
Sphenophorus laevigatus, new species. 
Of similar form to costipennis, but smaller, more slender, about two- 
fifths as long as wide, and with elytral costae less prominent. Color deep 
shining black, antennae, tibiae and tarsi dark piceous; alutaceous coating 
cinereous, very thin and sparse like a fine bloom, showing more or less dis- 
