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WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M. I). 
Occurs in New Mexico, CarObniia. 
Var. h. — Smaller than the average specimens ; less densely scaly, 
scales smaller, those of” the prothorax piliform ; beak of” S more 
distinctly striate. 
Three specimens: Kan., Nebr. Coll. Dr. Horn and H. Ulke. 
teclus Lee. —Oval, pitchy brown, densely clothed with ovate, white and 
yellowish gray scales. Beak shorter and less slender than in squnmosHS, curved, 
pnnctato striolate, not shining; median carina and a stria each side more or less 
distinct, pubescent at the base. Antennfe somewhat robust, rnfo-testaceous. club 
dusky; first and second joint of fnnicle elongate. Eyes feebly convex, not free 
behind. Head densely scaly, frontal fovea linear. Prothorax wider than long, 
!iarrowed from the base to the apex, latter scarcely constricted, sides feebly 
rounded; base slightly bisinuate ; surface densely and finely punctured, punc- 
tures concealed by the scales, which are more dense along the median line and 
on the sides; scntel densely scaly. Elytra rather suddenly and about one-third 
wider at the base than tlie prothorax and almost ovate in form ; stria* impressed, 
punctures rather coarse and irregular and almost entirely concealed by the scales ; 
interspaces feebly convex, punctulate; suture and fourth to seventh interspace 
from the base paler, extending furthest on the fourth and least on the seventh. 
Legs slender, reddish, pubescent; thighs feebly clavate, all armed with a distinct 
triangular tooth ; tarsi slender. Long. 3 3.2 mm. ; .12 — .13 inch. 
Hub. — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah. 
Only five specimens are before me. Readily distinguished from 
squaviosus by its smaller size, shorter, stouter and more strongly 
curved beak, which is not shining. The elytra, also, are more sud- 
denly and conspicuously wider at base than the prothorax. 
Kqiisiilliililtll!>l 11. sp. — .Subovate, black and somewhat shining, rather 
sparsely clothed above with small, white, broadly oval scales, intermixed with 
fine, suberect pubescence; under surface densely scaly. Beak short, robust, 
curved and widened toward the apex, subopaque, densely punctured with a 
median, distinct and lateral obscurely elevated line, sparsely luib^scent. .An- 
tennae robust, rufous, inserted less than one third from the buccal opening; first 
and second joint of funicle not .slender, latter but little longer than the third, 
joints 3-7 transversely rounded, club darker, imbescent. Eyes more convex 
and slightly free behind. Head coarsely punctured, pubescent and transversely 
ini})ressed above the eyes; long, impressed frontal line. Prothorax one-half 
wider than long, strongly narrowed in front; base feebly biemarginate, si<ies 
more strongly rounded behind the middle, apex distinctly constricted ; surface 
densely and rather coarsely punctured, a narrow median line and lateral vitta 
of large, white scales, rest of the surface pubescent. Elytra broadly oval, about 
one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax ; liumeri rounded, striae wide, 
impressed; punctures rather large and not very close; interspaces convex, finelj' 
rugose and irregularly punctured ; scutel, suture, a short basal vitta on the sixth 
and another beginning about the middle of the fourth interspace, of dense, 
white scales; pygidinin convex, punctured. Legs moderately stout, iiiceous, 
sparsely pubescent; tliighs clavate, armeil with a sharp, subspiniform tooth; 
