140 WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M.D. 



proiuinent, sides straight for three-fifths tlieir length, thence gradually rounded 

 to the apex; strise fine, punctures very small, remote; interstitial setae very 

 small, procumbent and scarcely visible. Presternum deeply emarginate, post- 

 ocular lobes prominent. Thighs moderately clavate, tibise slender, feebly armed 

 at the apex; tarsi moderate, third joint not very broadly bilobed, fourth slender, 

 projecting; the length of the third; claws very small, connate beyond their 

 middle. Length 2.75 mm.; 0.11 inch. 



Hab. — California. 



A single male specimen in Dr. Horn's collection. Distinguished 

 from perplexus by its broad, pale elytral vitta and the less clo.sely 

 and finely punctured prothorax. This may possibly be pleurals 

 Casey, but the second joint of the fiinicle is not perceptibly longer 

 than the third and the prothorax not coarsely and densely punctured. 



S. picipes n. sp. — Elongate-oval, pitchy black, scaly vestiture moderately 

 dense, scales not crowded or imbricate, rather small oval, pale ochreous on the 

 underside and especially dense on the thoracic sidepieces, brownish, interspersed 

 with gray above. Beak in the male moderately stout, shorter than head and 

 prothorax, feebly curved, punctured and thinly clothed with filiform scales in 

 its basal half, feebly shining beyond, basal tufts not prominent, in the female 

 nearly straight, cylindrical, as long as head and prothorax, shining throughout, 

 thinly pubescent near the base, tufts obsolete. Antennaj {% and 9) inserted 

 about the middle, first joint of funicle robust, second one-half longer than the 

 third, outer joints wider. Head feebly shining, finely punctulate. Prothorax 

 scarcely wider than long, narrowed anteriorly, apex not constricted, sides 

 rounded, convergent posteriorly, densely and subconfluently punctured, punc- 

 tures small, less crowded along the anterior margin, scales intermixed with 

 short, brownish erect setse, paler on the lateral margin. Scutel very small. 

 Elytra two-fifths wider at the base than the prothorax, sides nearly straight, 

 parallel for two-fifths their length, humeri prominent, striae impressed, remotely 

 punctured, scarcely concealed by the scales ; interstitial setae very small, scarcely 

 visible. Presternum broadly emarginate, postocular lobes feeble. Thighs not 

 strongly alavate, tibise moderately stout, subparallel, widened at the apex, apical 

 hook of anterior pair quite prominent; tarsi slender, first and second joints not 

 longer than wide, third joint very deeply and broadly bilobed, fourth projecting 

 scarcely the length of the third ; claws connate for scarcely one-half their 

 length. Length 2.5 mm.; 0.10 inch. 



Hah. — Virginia. 



A male and female specimen in Mr. Ulke's collection. Resem- 

 bles the next two species, but is considerably larger, and the legs are 

 not red. 



S. rliodopus n. sp.— Elongate-oval, black, somewhat shining, legs rufous; 

 not densely clothed with large, oval, whitish scales. Beak robust, not quite as 

 long as the prothorax ( % ), slightly tapering, and nearly straight, densely but 

 not coarsely punctured, finely striolate, rufous at tip, scaly toward the base, 

 feebly subcariuate, basal tufts obsolete, constriction very slight ; scrobes scarcely 

 oblique; antennse not slender, inserted two-fifths ( % ) from the apex, first joint 



