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Hub. — Washington (State). 



The whole appearance of the insect is darker, the pale scales being 

 less predominant. 



F. sulcicolliM Fab. PI. xiv, fig. 38.— Broadly oval, dark piceous, antenna 

 and legs rufo-testaceous, above clothed with small, dark browu scales, incon- 

 spicuously variegated with spots of pale scales, underside densely clothed with 

 larger, dirty gray scales. Beak scarcely -longer than the head, widened towards 

 the apex, rounded on the sides, densely punctured and scaly; antennae less stout, 

 inserted about two-fifths from the ai)ex C^), or just before the middle ( 9 )• 

 first joint of funicle stout and rather long, joints 2 3 distinctly elongated, the 

 former longer than the latter, outer joints short, subturbinate, club relatively 

 larger than in cavifrons and not acuminate. Head not wide, obscurely channeled 

 on the vertex, front concave, densely scaly; prothorax almost twice as wide at 

 tlie base than long, strongly narrowed in front, sides nearly straight behind, base 

 emarginate each side, apical margin elevated with two large and rather distant 

 cusps, between these there is an emargination, lateral tubercles acute. i)rominent, 

 dorsjil channel distinct, entire, becoming gradually wider from the base and 

 widening into a triangular fovea in front, the lateral margins of which extend 

 to tlie anterior cusps, disc finely and closely punctured, sides densely clothed with 

 pale scales, some scattered pale scales along the sulcus. Elytra broadly oval, less 

 than one-third wider at the base than the prothorax, rounded on the sides, striae 

 not deeply impressed, moderately wide, punctured, punctures distinct, transverse 

 and rather distant, interspaces moderately wide, slightly convex, with a few very 

 minute, but acute granules; a distinct post-scutellar sjjot of white or pale yel- 

 lowish scales, surface tessellate with subquadrate spots of larger, whitish .scales; 

 pygidium small, rather coarsely punctured, underside not very closely punctured, 

 pnnctui-es small, femora a little stouter than in cavifrons, densely scaly, not an- 

 nulate, tibiie slender, tarsi moderately stout, third joint broadly bilobed. fourth 

 shorter than the two preceding joints. Length 2.3 mm. ; 0.09 inch. 



% . Ventral segments 3 5 flattened, or slightly concave along the middle. 



9 . Apex of last ventral segment with a glabrous oval space. 



Hab. — Pennsylvania, Montana, Illinois, Iowa ; Detroit, Mich., 

 (Lake Superior to Georgia, LeConte). 



The greater length of the second and third joints of the antennal 

 funicle, the absence of evident elytral tubercles or granules, and the 

 rather sliort fourth tarsal joint, distinguishes this species from all 

 otlitTs of this genus. 



|>. j;rac'il^pes n. sp. PI. xiv, fig. .39.— Oval, piceous, legs rufo-piceous. 

 clothed above and beneatli with grayisli white scales, smaller and less crowded 

 above. Beak distinctly longer than the head, a little wider towards the apex, the 

 latter subcarinate, rounded on the sides, finely punctured and squamous; an- 

 tennse stout, inserted two-fifths from the apex (9). fi'"st joint of funicle moder- 

 ately stout, the second and third joints very little longer than the outer joints, 

 these gradually wider and merging into the moderately large elliptoidal clava. 

 Head separated from the beak by a curved imjiression, front deeply concave, 

 orbital margin acutely elevated, densely chrthed with .scales; prothorax more 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. DECEMBER. 1896 



