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idly to the apex, humeri prominent, rounded ; distinctly striate, very distinctly 

 punctured, punctures concealed hy the scales ; a lar{;e suhquadrate space extend- 

 ing from base to behind the middle, an irregular spot each side behind the mid- 

 dle and a few irregularly scattered spots, pitchy black. Prosternum moder- 

 ately long in front of coxse, concave without distinct antecoxal ridges. Legs 

 moderately slender; tibise slender, and. except the posterior, scarcely widened 

 to apex, the latter strongly armed ; tarsi moderately stout, densely pubescent, 

 third joint deeply bilobed, fourth not very slender, piojecting beyond the third 

 about the length of the latter; claws small, connate fully one-halt their length. 

 Length 3.0— 3..5 mm.; 0.12 012 inch. Plate vii. fig. 1. 



Hab.—i^. Y., 111., Tex. Coll. Dr. Horn and Mr. Ulke. 



Four specimens are before me. Very similar to the next. Casey 

 describes the legs as rufopiceous, which is not the case in any of the 

 specimens before me. 



1*. earns n. sp. — This species agrees with the preceding in size, form and 

 sculpture, the only essential difference being the quite distinct, squamous scu- 

 telluni. The prothorax is rather more strongly rounded on the sides, and not at 

 all constricted at the apex. Elytra less than one-third wider at base than Ihe 

 prothorax, striae and punctures less distinct, the latter more closely approximate. 

 The pattern on the upper surface is very similar; the lateral spot on the elytra 

 almost obsolete, with some irregular, wavy lines of dark brown scales. Plate 

 vii, fig. 2. 



Hab. — California. 



A single male specimen in Mr. Ulke's collection. 



Whether the evident absence of the scutel is constant, more ex- 

 tensive series of specimens than those at n)>' disposal alone can 

 decide. 



F. corpuleiitus Lee— Oval, robust, pitchy black, legs and tip of beak 

 fuscous, densely clothed with yellowish or grayish white, oval scales, disc of 

 {)rothorax and a large, ill-defiued sutural space on the elytra, dark brown. Beak 

 cylindrical, basal tufts indistinct, constriction not deeply impressed; male ro- 

 bust, curved, slightly thickened beyond the middle, somewhat shining, rather 

 densely punctured and thinly scaly from base to middle, more remotely punc- 

 tured and shining beyond the insertion of the anteunse; female long and more 

 slender, slightly curved near the base, nearly straight beyond, rather shining, 

 not densely and rather finely punctured, thinly scaly near the base; scrobes ob- 

 lique. Antenna" inserted two-fifths from the apex ( 'J, ), or a little before the 

 middle ( 9 ). second joint of funicle elongate, longer than the third. Head punc- 

 tured, front sparsely scaly. Prothorax one-half wider than long, strongly and 

 regularly rounded on the sides, narrowly constricted at apex, latter a little nar- 

 rower than the base, densely punctured, punctures concealed by the scales, a 

 broad median stripe and less distinct lateral spot of dark scales; scutel small, 

 distinct, glabrous. Elytra fully one-third and rather suddenly wider at the base 

 than the prothora-c. sides slightly rounded and parallel for one-half their length 

 thence rather gradually narrowed to apex, striie distinct, punctures not evident, 

 concealed by the scales; interstices wide, very slightly convex with a row of 



TR.4.NS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXI. APKIL, 1894. 



