440 WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M.D. 



resembles intermedius, and, with more material, may prove to be 

 identical. It appears to differ in the much finer pubescence, smaller 

 size, more rounded form, prothorax less deeply impressed in front 

 and the conspicuous sutural vitta ; lastly, the far removed habitat 

 from the preceding species should not be lost sight of. 



C liamiltoni n. sp. — Oblong, depressed, reddish browu, head and under- 

 side of body dark piceous, above densely clothed with small, yellowish brown 

 scales, slightly variegated with paler scales, scales of the underside pale ochreous 

 and somewhat larger. Beak slender, a little CJ) ) or considerably ( 9 ) longer than 

 the prothorax, feebly curved nearer the apex, tinely punctured, scaly toward the 

 base; autennse slender, inserted a trifle beyond (%) or just before the middle 

 ( 9 ), outer joints of funicle scarcely wider, club moderately large, ovoid. Head 

 densely punctured and scaly, front flattened ; prothorax one-half wider than 

 long, fully one-third wider at the base than at the apex, well rounded on the 

 sides and strongly constricted at the apex, ocular lobes ob.solete, apical margin 

 elevated, slightly emarginate, lateral tubercles small, acute, dorsal channel nar- 

 row, feebly impressed, disc densely punctured, punctures small, base biemargin- 

 ate; scutel minute, glabrous. Elytra longer than wide, less than one-third wider 

 at the base than the prothorax, broadly rounded on the sides and gradually nar- 

 rowed behind, strise fine, each with a row of scales concealing the punctures, 

 interspaces wide, rugose, posterior callus with a few asperities ; pygidium sub- 

 carinate. punctured and scaly. Legs slender, thinly covered with scales, femora 

 not clavate, tibise subparallel, tarsi rather stout, first and second joints not elon- 

 gate, second and third together longer than the fourth ; claws with a short, acute 

 basal tooth. Length 2.5 mm. ; 0.10 inch. 



% . Last ventral with a deep, round fovea, 9 with a circular impression. 



Hab. — Massachusetts, Cape Cod (Hamilton), Truro (Dr. Horn), 

 Nantucket Island (A. Bolter). 



A very distinct species. Specimens in Dr. Hamilton's and Mr. 

 Bolter's collections bear the memorandum " on Kekele americana." 



C piisio Mann. — Oval, convex, dark piceous, apical part of elytra and legs 

 reddish brown, above thinly clothed with fine, brownish, scale-like pubescence, 

 with si)ots and lines of larger, elongate, whitish scales. Beak cylindrical, feebly 

 curved, shining, finely punctured, antennse slender, inserted about the middle 

 {%), or two-tifths from the base ( 9)) outer joints of funicle very little wider, 

 club elongate oval. Eyes not entirely concealed in repose. Head densely punc- 

 tured and squamous, front impressed along the median line : prothorax wider 

 than long, strongly narrowed from the base to the apex, the latter not constricted 

 on the sides, sides broadly rounded, a wide impression behind the apical margin, 

 lateral tubercles a-cute, anterior margin with two small, remote cusps, a curved 

 line extending from the lateral tubercles to the ajncal cusps, dorsal channel ob- 

 solete on the disc; disc densely i)unctured. punctures rather small, ocular lobes 

 feeble, base emarginate each side, sides densely clothed with wlntish scales ; scutel 

 small, glabrous. Elytra fully one fourth wider at the base than the prothorax, 

 oval, convex, scarcely longer thar. wide, rounded on the sides and obviously nar- 

 rowed to the apex, striaj impressed, rather wide, closely punctured, interspaces 



