468 WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M.D. 



brassy lustre, underside more densely clothed with grayish white scales. Beak 

 stout, a trifle shorter than the head and separated from it by a curved, impressed 

 line, distinctly widened towards the ai)ex, rounded on the sides, densely punc- 

 tured except a space just before the apex, each puncture bearing a small, brassy 

 scale; antennae slender, first joint of funicle stout, .second and third elongate, 

 slender, the third a little shorter than the second, outer joints short. Eyes mod- 

 erately convex. Head densely punctured, front not concave between the eyes, 

 more densely scaly on the sides behind the eyes ; prothorax more thaii one-half 

 wider than long, less than one-third wider at the base than at the apex, which is 

 feebly constricted, sides broadly rounded, lateral tubercles moderately large, 

 acute, apical cusps very little smaller, distant and very acute, apex distinctly 

 emarginate between the two cusps, dorsal sulcus distinct, broad, widening ante- 

 riorly into a well marked, triangular fossa, a transverse impression in front of 

 each lateral tubercle, which extends towards and attains the median sulcus, sur- 

 face closely punctured, punctures rather large, each bearing a small scale, sides 

 densely clothed with large, yellowish white scales, base broadly emarginate each 

 side ; scutel quite distinct, glabrous. Elytra longer than wide, about one-third 

 wider at the base than the prothorax, humeral angle rather prominent, sides 

 broadly rounded and gradually narrowed towards the apex, striae not dee])ly 

 mipressed, distinctly punctured, punctures transverse, closely set, interspaces 

 feebly convex, finely punctured and without asperities, the sutural interspace 

 clothed with grayish white, velvety scales interrupted behind the .scutellum by 

 a darker spot; pygidium densely punctured ; underside, and especially the sterna, 

 very closely and somewhat coarsely jtunctured. Legs and tarsi slender, the third 

 tarsal joint scarcely one-half wider than the preceding one, the fourth about as 

 long as the two preceding joints, claws feebly divergent. Length 2.25-0.09 inch. 

 9 . Last ventral segment with a very small, glabrous space at the apex. 



Hah.—'' Cambr" (?). 



A single female specimen in Dr. Horn's coll. The ante-coxal 

 ridges are less marked than in the preceding species, resembling in 

 this respect scoliosus. It very closely resembles wneosquamosufi, from 

 which it is distinguished by its less robust form, the longer second 

 and third joints of the antennal funicle and the velvety line on the 

 sutural interspace. 



HI. Obi^ciirefasciatiis n. sj). — Subtrapezoidal, moderately stout, some- 

 what depressed, pitchy black, tibiae and tarsi rufo-piceous, above not densely 

 clothed with small, grayish brown .scales and variegated on the elytra with ill- 

 defined, transverse fasciae of white scales, the scales intermixed with a short, 

 coarse pube.scence, underside clothed with dirty gray scales. Beak a little longer 

 than the head and sepanited from it by a curved, impressed line, curved, sub- 

 cylindrical, somewhat flattened above and widened towards the tip, closely and 

 rather coarsely punctured, thinly squamous; autennse piceous, inserted less than 

 one-third {%) or nearly two-fifths ( 9 ) fi"om the apex, rather stout, joints 2-3 

 of funicle not elongate, .scarcely longer than wide, very little longer than the 

 outer joints. Eyes convex, supra-orbital margin acutely elevated. Head densely 

 and rather coarsely punctured, concave between the eyes; prothorax about one- 

 half wider than long, one-third wider at the bass than at the apex, the hitter 



