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striate. Anteniue robust, second joint of fnnicle scarcely longer than the third, 
club dusky. Eyes convex, slightly free behind. Head somewhat shining, punc- 
tured and pubescent; front transversely impressed, fovea small, elongate. Pro- 
thorax much wider than long, strongly narrowed anteriorly and constricted at 
the apex, basal bisinuation feeble; sides strongly rounded, transversely im- 
pressed in front; surface densely and deeply punctured, especially on the sides, 
each imnctiire bearing a scale-like hair, three indistinct vittfe of broader scales. 
Elytra oval, about one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax ; humeri 
rounded, sides rounded, not wider behind, strife well impressed, coarsely punc- 
tured, punctures round, not closely placed ; ifiterspaces feebly convex, punctu- 
late and slightly rugulose ; scutel and alternate interspaces clothed with paler 
scales. Abdomen not densely pubescent. Legs stout, femora strongly clavate, 
all armed with a sharp, well-marked tooth ; tibife stout and rather short, wider 
towards the apex, anterior strongly bisinuate internally ; tarsi stout, first joint 
scarcely elongate; claws dusky, tooth very large. Long. ,3 — 3.2 mm.; .12 — .13 
inch. 
Hah . — Illinois (Dr. Hamilton and A. Bolter), Iowa. 
The identification of this species, which was donbtful from the 
description as given by LeConte, has been verified by my friend, 
Dr. Horn, by comparison with the tyjie in the author’s collection at 
Cambridge. 
The difierentiation from squamulatus has been referred to under 
that species. 
. 4 . <lisjniietus Lee. — Oblong-oval, dark piceous, not densely clothed above 
with pale or brownish scales; under surface densely squamous. Beak longer 
and more slender than in rnjipes ; shining, finel.v punctured aud striate, sparsely 
pube.sceut. Antenufe slender, scape and ba.sal joint of fnnicle ferruginous, rest 
darker; second joint of fnnicle elongate, longer than the third. Eyes feebly 
(Convex and not free behind. Head convex, somewhat shining, coarsely punc- 
tured and pubescent, frontal fovea elongate. Prothorax a little wider than long, 
gradually narrowed from base to apex, feebly biemarginate at base; sides feebly 
rounded, not constricted at the tip; surface coarsely and densely punctured, 
three dorsal vittfe of white scales. Elytra oval, not wider at base than the pro- 
thorax, coarsely striato-punctate ; interspaces feebly convex, punctulate, a vitta 
of white scales on the basal half of the .sixth and another on the middle third 
of the fourth interspace. Legs and tarsi rather slender, brownish red ; thighs 
feebly clavate, armed with an acute tooth ; tibiae slender, nearly straight. Long. 
3.2 — 3.5 mm. ; .13 — .15 inch. 
Hab . — Georgia, Texas, Maryland, New Jersey. 
Some specimens are clothed uniformly with white scales with 
scarcely an imlication of vittte. 
. 4 . iiiiii*iiili!4 n. sp. — Oblong-elliptic, black, above not densely clothed with 
uniform, grayish white scales, which are small on the elytra and larger on the 
upper and under surface of the prothorax and pectus, where they become also 
more dense. Beak not very slender, cylindrical, curved, subopaque, finely punc- 
