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I>. !«capHli$>i Lee. — Oval, densely covered above and beneath with small, 

 almost orbicular, yellowish scales, mottled above with pale brown. Beak long 

 and slender, as long as ( ^ ) or longer ( 9 ) than head and prothorax, feebly curved, 

 slightly dilated at tip, thinly scaly from base to insertion of antenufe, finely 

 striate, basal tufts small ; scrobes commencing one-third ( % ) from the apex, or 

 a little before the middle ( f ) ; a punctured groove on the sides in front of the 

 scrobes. Antennse slender, first and second joints of funicle long, slender and 

 about equal in length ; dava acuminate, densely pubescent. Head small, glab- 

 rous; front punctured and pubescent. Proihorax wider than long, strongly 

 narrowed anteriorly and feebly constricted at the apex ; rounded on the sides, 

 densely and finely punctured ; a broad, dark stripe each side of median line, the 

 latter distinct, abbreviated near the base. Elytra fully one-third wider than the 

 prothoi-ax, ovate, one-half longer than wide; humeri rounded, striae distinct, 

 distantly punctured, interstices nearly equal throughout, setae small, squamiform. 

 Legs modei-ately stout, anterior and middle tibiae slender, posterior incrassate 

 toward the apex and slightly curved in the female, armature very distinct. 

 Length 4.25—5.0 mm. ; 0.17—0.20 inch. Plate vii, fig. 5. 



Hab. — Kansas. 



A very distinct species, closely related to the following. 



A % and 9 specimen in Dr. Horn's collection. 



I>. coiiipar n. sii.— Oval, robust, pitchy black, legs rufopiceous. densely 

 clothed above and beneath with small oval scales, more elongate and filiform on 

 the disc of the prothorax, yellowish, mottled with pale brown. Beak cylindrical, 

 slender, nearly straight; rather densely punctured and pubescent near the base, 

 finely punctulate beyond the insertion of the antenna), not striate; basal tufts 

 feeble; scrobes commencing about the middle. Antennae slender; first joint of 

 funicle at most twice as long as the second and a little stouter; clava ovoidal, 

 base nearly glabrous, rest densely pubescent. Prothorax wider than long, ratiier 

 strongly rounded on the sides, but little wider at the base than at apex, latter 

 feebly constricted, densely and rather coarsely punctured; scales arranged to 

 radiate from centre of disc, a pale indistinct line each side. Elytra fully one- 

 third wider than the prothorax at its base, ovate, striae distinct, ])unctures not 

 evident with the scales intact, interstices l)econiing unequal near the base, third 

 and fifth wider, fourth and sixth strongly narrowed, the latter scarcely at- 

 taining the base; interstitial setae very small, almost imperceptible; humeri 

 and a short basal line on the third interspace paler; disc mottled with spots and 

 subtransverse, irregular bands of darker scales. Prosteruum deeply emarginate, 

 postocular lobes distinpt. Legs, tibise and tarsi as in the preceding species. 



Hab. — Illinois. 



Very closely resembles scapalis, from which it is readily distin- 

 guished by the difference in length of the first two joints of the 

 funicle, the prothorax more transverse and less narrowed in front, 

 the inequality of the elytral interspaces and the scales being oval or 

 even elongate in form. 



A unique 9 in Mr. Dike's collection. 



TEA.NS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXI. APRIL. 1894. 



