428 WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M.D. 



Var. A. — Two female specimens in my collection from Utali dif- 

 fers from the typical form in the more finely jjunctured prothorax, a 

 basal spot similar to, hut less defined to that of C. consangu'uieus 

 and interruptedly connected with an ascending line from the ol)lique 

 lateral spot, the white scales of the elytra more closely appressed, 

 with an irregular row of white piliform scales on each elytral inter- 

 stice. The femoral teeth are quite distinct in one specimen, almost 

 obsolete in the other. 



Var. B. — A female specimen from Texas in Mr. Bolter's collec- 

 tion is less elongate, antennae testaceous and inserted two-fifths from 

 the apex. Head with a broad fovea, elytral strite deeper, interspaces 

 a little convex, very rugose, the brown scales scarcely evident, scat- 

 terd, a sutural line of white scales interrupted at the middle third 

 by a black space; pygidium convex, covered with yellowish scales, 

 anterior and middle femoral tooth obsolete, posterior distinct. A 

 distinct variety. 



C tail Lee. — Ovate, naiTowed in front and less so behind, depressed, lilackisli, 

 densely clothed with dark .gray scales, which are smaller and more fuscous above. 

 Beak curved, slender, sparsely punctured, striate towards the base. Head densely 

 punctured ; prothorax as in mujnlntns, but more oblique rounded on the sides. 

 Elytra less oblong, more distinctly narrowed behind, similarly striate and rugose, 

 with a large scutellar spot like an inverted T, and an oblique lateral spot densely 

 clothed with gray scales; antennte and legs brown, similar to those of ('. mujuUiiHS. 

 Length 3.0 mm. ; 0.12 inch. 



One specimen, Texas, Belfrage ; also closely allied to the preceding 

 and difiering only by form and elytral spots. 



I have not seen this species, and can therefore only transcribe the 

 description as given by LeConte. 



C. OVipeillliS u. sp. PI. xiii, fig. 24. — Oval, convex, jjitchy black, tibiae and 

 tarsi paler, above thinly clothed with small, brownish scales, elytral si)ots of large 

 white scales, underside more sparsely clothed with small, oval, pale scales. Beak 

 rather stout, strongly curved, evenly cylindrical, punctured throughout, anteniue 

 not very slender, inserted a trifle beyond the middle ( ? ). similar to C. obliquus. 

 Head with impressed line, coarsely but not closely punctured; prothorax nearly 

 twice as wide as long, two-fifths wider at the base thau at the apex, the latter 

 broadly and deeply constricted, strongly rounded on the sides, lateral tubercles 

 distinct, acute, transverse, dorsal sulcus indistinct except at the base, disc coarsely 

 punctured, punctures (crowded on the sides and on the basal half, sides in front 

 and median line clothed with white scales ; .scutel small, distinct. Elytra oval, 

 convex, very little wider at the base than the prothorax, humeri oblique, sides 

 regularly rounded to the apex, striiB fine and more superficial on the disc, wider 

 and more deei)ly impressed on the sides, distinctly punctured, interspaces some- 

 what convex, roughened ; an oblique line of white scales extending obliquely 

 ui)ward from the sixth interspace to the second and interrupted on tl>e fifth, some 



