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the middle, the second funicular joint ^hurler than the first, but both 

 proportionately more elongate than in the two preceding species ; pro- 

 thorax small, short, two-fifths to nearly one half wider than long, the sides 

 rounded medially, subconstricted toward base, strongly, sinuaiely converg- 

 ing apically ; densely punctate ; scutellum densely, apparently solidly 

 incrusted with scales ; elytra of the same form as in the two preceding, the 

 humeri rather prominent ; striie scarcely more than a fourth as wide as 

 the intervals ; fifth ventral ( ^ ) not modified, except that the lip is dis- 

 tinrtly sinuate; legs rather long, the peduncle of the anterior femora long 

 and slender, the teeth moderately large, very acute, Length, ^, 5.7-6.2 

 mm; width, 2.6-3.0 mm.; length of rostrum, ^,3.0-3.5 mm. New Jersey. 



This species resembles the New Mexican strictus very much but is 

 stouter, and the brown areas of the elytra are more pronounced and 

 clothed more evidently with finer, sparser hiir-like scales. Striclus is 

 represented by two females. 



The two following specie.s belong to the fauna of the western slopes 

 of the Rocky Mountains : 



B. Utensis n. sp. — Body stout, rufo-piceous, the legs and beak dark 

 testaceous ; vestilure narrowly squamiform, dense, pale brownish-yellow, 

 variegated on the elytra with iiregulaily transverse dark brown macula- 

 tion ; beak ( ,^ ) rather stout, arcuate, straighter basaliy, not enlarged 

 apically, the antennu* slender, inserted slightly beyond the middle, the 

 second funicular joint only just visibly shorter than the first, much longer 

 than the third ; prolhorax small, fully a third wider than long, the sides 

 straight and parallel, rounding and becoming strongly obliipie but not 

 sinuate in apical half, strongly and closely punctate ; scutelhmi narrow, 

 the dense scaly crust finely parted along the middle : elytra large, cunei- 

 form, with arcuate sides, not one-half longer than wide, the humeri 

 prominent and much exposed ; strirc a third or more as wide as the inter- 

 vaU, which are finely, not densely and simply punctate ; fifth ventral (^ ) 

 feebly impressed and subglabrous medially toward ti|), the sides of the 

 impression notably haiiy ; legs rather short, the femora stout, strongly 

 toothed, the peduncle of the anterior rather short and thick. Length, ^ , 

 6.5 mm.; width, 3.15 mm., length of rostrum, cJ,3.i mm. Utah (Provo). 



NVell distinguished by the rather short stout legs and male sexual 

 characters. 



B. tubulatui n. sp. — Form still stouter, more nearly black, the legs 

 and beak testaceous ; vcstiture dense, of the usual form, yellowish- 



