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joints slioi't, clul) vuriuhlc. Tlie middle and po.sterior tihite are lui- 

 guiculate in the males, simple in the females. They are distinguished 

 as follows : 



{^lytral with sutiiral vitta. PI. xiv, fijrs. 28, 20. 



Elytra l)lack, shining, apiiMl jiart rufous, a white lateral spot.. .seilliriiriiN. 



Elytra brown, pubescent iiiedijili*^. 



Elytra without .sutural vitta, at most a scutellar spot or line of ]>ale scales. 

 Above clothed with fine pubescence, more or les.s shining. 



Larger, 2.0 mm. or more, prothor-ix finely and evenly punctured. 



Legs red, fourth tarsal joint long ('■■,> 111 r<>|>iiN. 



Legs blackish, fourth tarsal joint shorter ill |I1*omiim. 



Very small, less than 2.0 mm., protliora.x coarsley and not evenly punctured. 



atri<'iilii»«. 

 Dark, blackish, above coarsely pubescent. 



Larger, antennse of male inserted beyond the middle, pubescence more ap- 



pressed sepf ciitrionis. 



Smaller, antenna; of male inverted before the middle, pubescence less ap- 



prcssed piiboriiiiiM. 



Elytra and legs brownish red, scpiamous above xiiiiiiicriiisiiiiii. 



€. KCniiruriis Lee. I'l. .xiv, fig. 28.— 0%'al elliptic, nigro-i)iceous. ajiical 

 half of elytra and legs ferruginous, shining, above very thinly clothed with 

 short, fine pubescence and large, scattered scales, sutural vitta and lateral spot 

 of the elytra of large white scales, underside densely clothed with similar scales. 

 Beak curved, ta])ering from the base, subearinate and striate each side in its basal 

 half, shining and remotely jmnctu red towards theape.x; antennse inserted imme- 

 diately before ('$), or at the middle (%,), first two-joints of funicle long, about 

 equal, third shorter, outer joints wider, club ovoid. Head coarsely and clo.sely 

 punctured ; i)rothora.x wider than long, fully one-third wider at the base than at 

 the ai)ex, the latter broadly and strongly constricted, sides rounded, rather sud- 

 denly narrowed in front, ocular lobes prominent, apical margin elevated, entire, 

 fuscous, lateral tubercles transverse, acute, distinct, sides deeply impressed in 

 front of the tubercles, dorsal channel deeply impressed in front and near the 

 base, almost interrupted at the middle, disc rather coarsely but not closely punc- 

 tured, sides and channel densely clothed with yellowish white scales; scutel 

 minute, glabrous. Elytra less than one-tliird wider at the base than at the pro- 

 thorax, longer than wide, broadly rounded on the sides and gradually narrowed 

 from humerus to ajiex. strife rather wide, impressed, di.stinctly and closely punc- 

 tured, interspaces flattened, shining, slightly rugulose and finely punctulate, de- 

 clivity with a few very minute, acute granules; pygidium densely punctured ; 

 femora feebly davate. nuitic, tibite subparallel, wider towards the apex, tarsi 

 stout, second joint short, lobes of third joint rather long, fourth not long, pro- 

 jecting less than the length of the i)receding joint, claw-s slender, simjjle. Length 

 2.0 mm.; 0.08 inch. 



%. Last ventral segment impressed, impression limited each side by ridges 

 converging towards the apex. 



Hab. — Buffalo (New York), Camida, Detroit (Michigan). 



Distinct and etisily recognized by the ferruginous a[)ical litilf of 



TRANS. AM. KNT. .S()C. XXIII. (57) DKCKMBKK, 1896 



