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channel entire, more deejily impressed before and behind, disc uniformly and not 

 densely punctured, punctures moderately larpe ; scutel not visible. Elyti-a a 

 little wider at the base than the prothorax, humeri oblique, rounded on the sides, 

 striic impressed, closely and distinc^tly punctured, interspaces wider, flattened, 

 rugulose, a conspicuous scutellar S])ot on the first and second interspaces of white 

 scales; pyjiidium finely and subconfiuently punctured; undei^side densely and 

 coarsely punctured, mesosternum and side i)ieces densely, rest of surface less 

 densely clothed with larjie, elongate scales, smaller on the abdomen. Legs some- 

 what robust, tibiae a little widened towards the apex, tarsi moderate, first and 

 second Joints elongate, third broadly bilobed, fourth shorter than the two pre- 

 ceding joints together. Length 2.5 mm. ; 0.10 inch. 



%. Last ventral segment with rounded fovea, middle and posterior tibise 

 rather strongly nnguiculate. 



Hab. — District of Columbia. 



A male specimen in Mr. Dike's collection. This species resembles, 

 somewhat, Anthonomus flavicornis Boh. 



C $$qnainatiis Lee. — Oval, robust, subdepressed, piceous, antennae and legs 

 rufo-piceous, underside clothed with grayish white scales, crowded on the sternal 

 side pieces, above finely pubescent, scutellar spot and a transverse elytral fascia 

 behind tiie middle of large, oval scales. Beak long and slender, evenly cylin- 

 drical, curved, finely punctured and striate towards the base, more shining to- 

 wards the apex ; antenna?- inserted immediately before the middle, slender, funicle 

 7-jointed. first joint stout, second slender and shorter, joints 3-4 subequal, outer 

 joints a little wider, club strongly elongate, about as long as joints 2-7 of funicle. 

 Eyes almost entirely concealed in rejjose. Head convex, densely punctured, front 

 slightly flattened; prothorax one-half wider than long, narrowed in front and 

 decjily constricted at the apex, ocular lobes moderate, apical margin not strongly 

 elevated, entire, lateral tubercles acute, dorsal channel entire, more deeply im- 

 pressed and wider toward the base, less distinct at the middle, surface closely 

 punctured, punctures rather small, sides and dorsal channel clothed with whitish 

 scales; .scutel evident. Elytra ovate, about one-quarter wider at the base than 

 the prothorax, sides rounded and narrowed towards the apex, stria? wide, deep, 

 closely and distinctly punctured, intei-spaces slightly convex, somewhat shining, 

 rugose, finely muricate on the declivity, besides the scutellar spot and transverse 

 fascia, there are some large, scattered scales, especially along the base; pygidium 

 densely punctured. Legs moderate, femora mutic, subclavate. tibiae parallel, a 

 little wider at the apex, tai-si stout, third joint broadly bilobed, lobes long, fourth 

 joint projecting much less than the length of the third ; claws simple. Length 

 2.2-2.5 mm. ; 0.09-0.10 inch. 



•J, . Last ventral segment with a deep, transverse, oval excavation ; tibise not 

 distinctly nnguiculate. 



Hah. — Iowa, Kentucky, Illinois. 



Three specimens, all males, are before me. An easily recognized 

 species. 



C oregonensis n. sp. PI. xiv, fig. 31.— Oblong, pitchy black, legs rufous^ 

 underside densely clothed with dirt-colored scales, above not densely, with i)ale 

 brown or grayish yellow, small, elongate scales. Beak not very slender, feebly 



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



