248 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Lixus lupinus sp. nov. 



Elongate, cylindrical, robust. Black, shining, evenly and 

 rather thickly clothed with a fine, prostrate, gray pubescence which, 

 on the sides of thorax and elytra, is condensed into a broad, promi- 

 nent marginal stripe. Beak short (2.3 mm. from eye to tip), 

 stout, cylindrical, coarsely, closely and deeply punctate and with a 

 fine but distinct carina reaching three-fourths to tip. Antennae 

 inserted one-third from tip, the second and third joints of funiculus 

 subequal, the two together slightly longer than the first. Thorax 

 as long as wide, sides parallel from base to middle, thence gradually 

 converging to apex, the latter feebly bisinuate; disc with numerous 

 very coarse shallow punctures, somewhat irregularly placed, their 

 intervals finely reticulate-punctate, without median impressed line 

 but with a broad shallow depression in front of scutellum and a 

 fine carina on apical third. Elytra three times longer than thorax 

 and one-fourth wider at base, sides parallel for three-fourths their 

 length, thence feebly diverging into a rounded apex; disc with a 

 large shallow concavity behind the scutellum and with regular 

 unimpressed rows of rather large distant punctures, their intervals 

 finely granulate-punctate. Abdomen densely pubescent, finely 

 and densely punctate, with numerous scattered very coarse punc- 

 tures. Length 11 — 13 mm.; width 3.5 — 4 mm. 



Seven specimens beaten singly from the flowers of the hoary 

 lupine {Lupinus diffusus Nutt.) near Dunedin between January 24 

 and March 18. Resembles placidus Lee, but that species has the 

 first and second joints of funiculus equal and the thorax channeled 

 for two-thirds its length. In fresh specimens of lupinus the 

 pubescence of beak, thorax and elytra is so dense as to almost 

 conceal the surface sculpture. I had at first thought this a Cleonus 

 but as I am unable from the literature to clearly distinguish the 

 differences between Cleonus and Lixus I sent it to Washington. 

 Mr. Schwarz pronounced it a Lixus and wrote: "No one has 

 hitherto been able to point out any generic differences between 

 Lixus and Cleonus but they differ in habitus and mode of life." 



10,845. — Lixus amplexus Casey. Quite frequent near 

 Sarasota on the flowers of the large thistle Carduus horridulus 

 Pursh. Feb. 13—27. 



