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whitish, piliform scales, which become broader and more numerous 

 in the median thoracic sulcus and along the base of the thorax, 

 also obscurely so at the base of the elytral suture. Antennae 

 piceous, second funicular joint elongate, the third about two-thirds 

 as long as the second. Beak slender, arcuate, serially punctate 

 at sides basally, finel} pu;nctulate and shining above and apically, 

 the punctures showing a tendency to unite longitudinally. An- 

 tennae ( 9 ) inserted slightly behind the middle. Head closely 

 punctate. Thorax moderately transverse, gradually narrowed 

 from the base, broadly constricted apically, anterior margin feebly 

 subsinuate at middle, punctuation dense, moderately coarse, 

 median line distinctly impressed, lateral tubercles small. Elytra 

 about one-fourth longer than wide, widest across the humeri, 

 gradually narrowed posteriorly, rather finely striate, intervals 

 twice as wide as the stria?, rugose, each with a double line of ap- 

 pressed piliform scales; declivity with some acute granules. Body 

 -beneath closely, coarsely punctate, each puncture bearing a more 

 or less elongate white scale; last ventral with a rather shallow, 

 median fovea. Legs rather slender, femora unarmed, last tarsal 

 joint projecting a distance subequal in length to the lobes of the 

 preceding joint, claws with an acute basal tooth subapproximate 

 to its fellow. 



Length 2.4 mm.; width L3 mm. 



Aweme, Manitoba, Sept. 23, (Criddle). 



This species belongs to tlie convexicollis group, and may pre- 

 cede mutahilis, from which and ovalis it differs in its narrow, 

 piliform vestiture. 



Ceutorhynchus moznettei, n. sp. 



Oblong oval, moderately convex, piceous, vestiture above 

 consisting of small, not densely placed, brownish piliform appressed 

 scales, with broader white scales condensed in a baso-sutural spot, 

 and in the pronotal sulcus; a few similar scales along the basal 

 margin cf the elytra, about the elytral apex and scattered singly 

 very remotely o\'er the elytral disk; body beneath rather densely 

 grayish squamcse. Antennae piceous, inserted just perceptibly 

 teycnd the middle of the beak; funicle 7-jointed, second joint 

 slender, I ut little shorter than the first, fully three times as long 



