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the basal tliinl ; surface scarcely sliining, and rather coarsely, irregularly punc- 

 tate, esi)ecially toward the base. In the 9 t'le beak is a little longer and 

 smoother, the dilatation is fully as strong as in the "J, , and at about one-fourth 

 from the base. First antennal joint flexuose, about as long as the three following. 

 Front scarcely wider than the tip of the beak, punctate, not sulcate . eyes not 

 very prominent. Prothorax about as long as wide, subconical ; sides nearly 

 straight; apical and basal constrictions feeble: surface moderately closely, not 

 coarsely punctate above, more sparsely and a little more finely at the sides; basal 

 fovea obsolete. Elytra about one-half longer than wide; humeri moderately 

 prominent; sides subpavallel or feebly divergent in basal half; intervals flat, 

 scarcely twice as wide as the striae. Beneath moderately punctate ; legs slender, 

 first tarsal joint fully twice as long as wide, second longer than v?ide. Length 

 2.5-2.7 mm. ; .lO-.ll inch. 



Specimens are not luimerous in collections, and are all from 

 Arizona. 



The sutural angles are a little more noticeably rounded in the 

 male. The strongly flexuose basal joint of the antennae is a char- 

 acter worthy of especial note, and taken with the color of the legs 

 and more slender tarsi, very readily separates this from the following 

 species, with which alone it is at all closely allied. 



88. A. crRSSUiii n. sp. ^Robust, black; legs faintly rufescent; pubescence 

 fine, sparse. Beak (1,) strong, subj)arallel, fully as long as the head and pro- 

 thorax, abruptly angularly dilated over the insertion of the antennfe at the basal 

 fourth ; surface dull, coarsely, but not deeply, irregularly punctate at the sides, 

 less coarsely above, a fine impressed line from the base to the middle. First joint 

 of antennfe barely as long as the next two, and of the usual form, second reai-hing 

 the eye. Front slightly wider than the tip of the beak, subconfluently punctate, 

 not sulcate; eyes moderately prominent. Prothorax subconical; sides nearly 

 straight; apical and basal constrictions obsolete; punctuation moderately close, 

 superficial. Elytra scarcely one-half longer than wide, widest at the middle; 

 humeri moderate; post-humeral sinus not evident ; sides feebly arcuate in basal 

 half; intervals fully twice as wide as the striae. Beneath rather sparsely, not 

 coarsely punctate; legs moderately stout, first tarsal joint less than twice as long 

 as wide, second as wide as long. Length 2.8 mm.; .11 inch. (PI. V, figs. 11 

 and llrt). 



Hab. — Virginia (Penington Gap). 



Described from a single male in the collection of Messrs. Hubbard 

 and Schwarz. The sutural angles of the elytra are only slightly 

 rounded. The rostral impressed line is unusual and possibly indi- 

 vidual. Its relation to the preceding species has been there noticed. 

 In addition to the differences there mentioned, it may be said that 

 crasiiiDn is of stouter build throughout, less longitudinally convex, 

 more sparsely pubescent, with shortei* first antennal joint and nar- 

 rower elytral strite. 



TK.\NS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXV. NOVKMBER. 1898. 



