44 COLEOPTEKA RHYNCHOPHORA. 



shining toward the apex. Scape nearly attaining the eyes ; funicle 

 7-jointed, basal joint obconic, nearly twice as long as wide, much 

 wider than, and nearly twice as long, as the second, the latter similar 

 in form but shorter, about one-third longer than wide and not quite 

 as long as the next two; joints 3-7 short, gradually increasing in 

 width, the 7th about half as wide as the club, the latter blackish, 

 broadly oval pointed, about as long as the preceding five joints. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than wide, sides broadly arcuate, subparallel 

 basally, narrowed anteriorly and feebly constricted at apex, surface 

 densely moderately coarsely punctate. Elytra three-fifths wider than 

 the prothorax and nearly two and one-half times as long, two-thirds 

 longer than wide, sides feebly arcuate or subparallel basally, discal 

 striae regular, feebly impressed, closely rather coarsely punctured, 

 intervals wider than the striae, nearly fiat, subbiseriately punctulate. 

 Beneath more sparsely pubescent and shining, moderately punctate, 

 the last ventral rather coarsely and closely so. Last ventral (d^) 

 longer than the two preceding, fiat, apex with a small apical notch ; 

 in the 9 subequal in length to the two preceding, surface broadly 

 flatly impressed at middle apically. Length, 1.9-2.4 mm. ; width, .8-1 

 mm. 



California— Santa Barbara, February (type, cf ), Lake Ta- 

 hoe, July. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona (Wenzel). 



According to Dr. Van Dyke occurs on Ceanothus. In the 

 Arizona specimens the pubescence is not so distinctly golden 

 as in the typical Californian form. 



E. derivatus n. sp. — Very similar to the preceding, but separable 

 by the sexual characters of the last ventral as given in the table. The 

 pubescence is ochreo-cinereous rather than golden in the specimens 

 before me, and there is a marked tendency for the head, including the 

 beak, the prothorax and the greater part of the under surface to be- 

 come darker or even piceous in color. The second funcular joint is 

 shorter, barely perceptibly longer than wide, the outer joints wider and 

 thinner, almost disk-like, the seventh two-thirds or three-fourths as 

 wide as the club. 



Specimens were collected at Cloudcroft, New Mexico 

 (type, 9 ), in June by both Viereck and Knaus. Two cf's 

 among the Huachuca Mountains specimens sent me by Mr. 

 Wenzel agree with these in the non-emarginate last ventral 

 and antennal characters and doubtless belong here. 



E. equisectus n. sp.— Very similar in form and facies to the two 

 preceding species, but with the surface, especially of the prothorax, 

 more shining; color rufotestaceous, metasternum but slightly darker, 

 ventral surface flavotestaceous. Beak ( 9 ) longer than the prothorax, 



