162 AMERICAN (JOLEOPTERA. 



second joint not reaching the eye. Front punctate, not channeled ; eyes rather 

 small, not very prominent. Prothorax a little wider at base than long, subconi- 

 cal ; apical constriction moderate; sides arc.uately divergent; basal margin 

 expanded; surface coarsely, densely punctate; basal fovea small or obsolete. 

 Elytra parallel or feebly arcuate in basal two-thirds; humeri moderate; intervals 

 wide, flat and subbiseriately punctate. Beneath coarsely, deeply, densely punc- 

 tured. Length 2-2.6 mm. ; .08.10 inch. (PI. V, figs. 7 an.? 7a). 



Hab. — Massachusetts, District of Columbia, North Carolina, 

 Missouri, Florida, Texas, Kansas. 



The sutural angles of the elytra are plainly rounded in the male, 

 scarcely rounded in the female. The number of pale antennal 

 joints varies individually, being in my experience never less than 

 two, and not infrequently as many as six or sev^en. Say describes 

 it as found in seeds of Adnigalas ; Riley in seeds of Tephrosia virgini- 

 ana. In " Ent. News," 1894, p. 141, Mr. Webster reports as fol- 

 fows : Adults, larvse and pupne found in pods of Tephrosia virginiana, 

 October 5th, near Toledo, Ohio. The major portion of the larvae 

 had transformed in the pods— in the fields — as early as the 14th of 

 September. 



82. A. Rrizonae u. sp. — Of the same size and general appearance as the pre- 

 ceding, the description of which applies sufliciently well, with the following 

 exceptions: Form a little more robust; prothoracic and abdominal punctures 

 finer, shallower and well separated. Beak (% ) shorter than the head and pro- 

 thorax, moderately dilated a little behind the middle, rather strongly attenuate, 

 pubescent nearly to the tip. First joint of antennse scarcely as long as the two 

 following, third reaching the eye. The antennae are a little more basal in se.gni- 

 pes, and the femora are dusky at base. In the few specimens of arisonse seen the 

 femora are entirely pale, knees not darker. Female not seen. (PI. V, fig. 8). 



Hab. — Arizona. 



83. A. fuiiiitar!«e n. sp.— Moderately robust, black ; legs pale, knees and tarsi 

 dusky; vestiture rather conspicuous, condensed along the suture toward the base, 

 otherwise consisting of narrow scales or scale-like hairs, which are arranged in a 

 single, more or less regular Hue on each elytral interval, and arise in about equally 

 conspicuous lines from the strial punctures. Beneath it is more decidedly scaly 

 and denser, especially on the sternal side pieces. Beak ( 9 ) considerably longer 

 than the head and prothorax, slender, nearly straight in basal two-thirds, moder- 

 ately dilated at basal fourth ; surface rather finely punctulate in the basal 

 region, polished and subimpunctate beyond the middle. First joint of anteunje 

 a little shorter than the next two, third joint scarcely reaching the eye. Front 

 scarcely wider than the tip of the beak, bisulcate, with a median carina; eyes 

 moderately prominent. Prothorax as long as wide; sides nearly parallel from 

 the base to the middle, thence more strongly rounded and somewhat constricted 

 before the apex; surface moderately closely, not very coarsely punctate, with an 

 impressed line reaching from the base to a little beyond the middle. Elytra 

 rather strongly, longitudinally convex ; humeri moderate; the intervals nearly 



