amkui(;an colkoi'tkra. 453 



ILtl). — Pennsylvania, Wi.scoiisin, .MicliiLiaii, Texas; Ahuneda 

 County, California. 



But for the difference in the insertion of the antenna' and the 

 formation of the ventral fovea in the male, a sj)ecifi<' ditierentiation 

 from .•o'pfriifrionix would not he tenable. The (idifornia s])eeimens 

 are a little longer than the eastern, and agree in size with the pre- 

 ceding species. 



C ziiiiineriiiaiiiii Gyll.— Ohlonj;. ellijitic, iiiceous: beak, antcniup, elytra 

 ami legs reddish hrmvii, above tbiiily clothed with white, oval scales, intermixed 

 with a suberect. s(iiiamirorm pul)esceiice, underside densely clothed with whitish 

 scales. Heak cylindrical, slender, curved, striate each side from the base to tlie 

 insertion of the antennse. shining and finely imnctured beyond, a little stouter 

 at the base and taperinjr towards the apex in the female; antennip inserted about 

 two-fifths from the apex ( \, ), or just beyond the middle ( 9). first two joints of 

 funicle elongate, joints 3-4 a little shorter, subequal, outer two joints wider, club 

 elliptic, pointed. Head closely punctured, front flattened, thinly scaly ; pro- 

 thorax wider than long, narrowed in front, rounded on the sides and broadly 

 constricted at the apex, ocular lobes prominent, apical margin elevated, entire, 

 lateral tubercles very small, acute, dorsal channel feebly impres.sed, more distinct 

 at the base, surface closely and rather coarsely punctured, coarsely i)ubescent ; 

 scutel minute, scaly. Elytra oblong, a little wider at the base than the prothorax, 

 slightly narrowed from tl)e humerus for three-fourths their length then obliquely 

 to the apex, posterior callus rather distinct, finely niuricate, strije impressed, dis- 

 tinctly punctured, interspaces shining, rugulose; pygidium densely and finely 

 punctured, a scutellar spot, not well defined, of pale scales; femora feebly clavate, 

 tibii» scarcely widened towards the apex, tarsi stout, first two joints not elongate, 

 third not broadly bilobed. fourth slender and i)rojecting about the length of the 

 preceding joint, claws simple, slender. Length 1.1^ mm. ; 0.07 inch. 



% . Last ventral segment with a rounded or oval, not sharply defined fovea. 



Hab. — Eastern and Western States. 



Easily recognized hy its small size and pale brownish color. The 

 difference in the beak, as well as in the insertion of the antennie in 

 the two sexes, is worthy of note. 



KII.EVO.\Y.nUS gen. nov. 

 Beak long and slender, ta[)ering, antennie slender, funicle T-jointed, 

 club short, ovoidal, acuminate. Eyes small, surmounted by a lateral 

 exi)ansion of the front and scarcely visible from above ; front broadly 

 concave, expandeil laterally into a triangular projection, occiput 

 more narrowly concave and separated from the frontal excavation 

 by a not very obvious transverse ridge; prothorax wider than long, 

 strongly and sharply narrowed in front, ocular lobes large, promi- 

 nent, apical margin elevated, lateral tubercles prominent, obtuse, 

 basal margin deeply bisinuate ; scutel not visible. Elytra longer 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. DECEMBER. 1896. 



