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Elytra without a i)!ile, sutural sjiot. 



Elytral interspaces with a row of acute grainilos. 



Subdepressed, elytra trapezoidal, scales without lustre. 



obNCiirefaisciatiiM. 

 Convex, elytra rounded on the sides, scales with brassy lustic. 



ieueoMqiiaiii4>!siis. 



Elytra not granulate eoiigeiiialis. 



Elytra with a pale, sutural spot !»t'olio»iU«i. 



JH. f'liIigiiiONilS n. sp. — Oval, i)itchy black, antenna; and legs rufo-piceous, 

 above tliinly clothed with very small grayish scales, not concealing the derm, 

 inconspicuously mottled with somewhat larger, whitish scales and some pale pu- 

 bescence, undei-side more densely clothed with sordid gray scales. Beak longer 

 than the head and separated from it by an impressed, not very distinct, curved 

 line, gradually widened from base to apex, rounded on the sides, densely punc- 

 tured, each puncture bearing a fine, piliform scale ; antennae rather slender, in- 

 serted scarcely one-third ( ^ ), or nearly two-fifths ( ^ ), from the apex, first two 

 joints of funicle elongate, first joint stout, second slender, longer than the third 

 joint which is a little longer than the following joints Eyes round, convex, 

 orbital margin acutely elevated. Head densely punctured, front concave between 

 the eyes; prothorax about one-half wider than long and one-third wider at the 

 base than at the apex, rounded on the sides before the middle, broadly but not 

 strongly constricted at the apex, lateral tubercles large, acute, anterior cusps 

 rather large and also acute, somewhat remote and connected with the former by 

 a nearly straight marginal line, an oblicjue impression in front of each lateral 

 tubercle, dorsal channel entire, expanding anteriorly into a triangular fossa 

 having in its centre a deep fovea, surface densely and rather finely punctured, 

 sides densely clothed with rather large, dirty yellowish scales. Elytra oval, one- 

 third wider at the base than the jjrothorax, humeri somewhat prominent, sides 

 broadly rounded to the ai)ex, stria; rather wide, not deeply impressed, punctures 

 transverse, approximate, interspa<',es feebly convex, transversely rugose, outer 

 interepaces with a row of very small, acute granules, each bearing a short re- 

 curved setii ; pygidium finely i)unctured ; ante-coxal ridges acute, undei"side 

 densely punctured. Legs slender, femora and tibiie infuscate about the middle, 

 tarsi slender, third joint scarcely twice the width of the j)receding joint, the 

 fourth projecting more than the length of the third, claws simple, rather small, 

 divaricate. Length 2.75 -:i.O mm. ; 0.11-0.12 inch. 



% . Last ventral not impressed, middle tibia", distinctlj' unguiculate, posterior 

 with a minute mucro at the apex. 



Hub. — Caiiada, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Xevada, 

 Texas, New York. 



Resembles Pelenomiis sulcicollis, with which it lias been confounded 

 in collections, but is larger and of more sombre ajjpearance. The 

 presence of ante-coxal ridges is sufficient to distinguish the two 

 species, 



3fl. scandens n. sp. — Oval elliptic, black, antennse and legs ferruginous, 

 above thinly clotlied with very small, pale brown scales, inconspicuously mottled 

 with small spots of white scales and intermixed with a fine pubescence having a 



TKANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. DKCEMBEK, 1896. 



