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HYPSONOTUS Germ. 



1. IT. ALTRRNATUS. — l^oily piccous, nearly covcroJ with pros- 

 trate brown liairs : elytra with the striic simple impressed, the 

 hairs upon them forming alternate whitish and brownish spots ; 

 a more obvious white spot near the tip of each elytron; front 

 and rostrum with an impressed line ; thorax with the punctures 

 [11] large and close set, concealed by the hairs, with a longitudinal 

 raised line ; thighs beneath near the tip cmarginate. 



Length less than half an inch. 



Inhabits the North-west Territory. 



[Belongs to Aiophns. — Lec] 



'2. II. TMBRiCATLS nob. (Liparus) Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 



[Is an BpicaeriiK according to Shonherr. — Lec] 



LISTRODERES Schbnh. 



1. L. CAUDATUS nob. (^Ri/nchaentts) Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 



2. L. SQUAMifJER. — Body covered with minute brownish cine- 

 reous scales : rostrum with a carinate line ; thorax with scattered 

 punctures ; not flattened ; scutel yellowish or whitish, elytra with 

 punctured strire towards the tip concealed by the scales ; the 

 united tip obtusely rounded ; humerus obtuse. 



Length from two-fifths to half an inch. 

 Lihabits Arkansaw. 



Much like ca ndat us noh., but in that species the humeral lint- 

 is carinate and acute. 



3. L. roRCEi.LUS. — Body blackish rufous, with numcrou.'- 

 short, robust, upright hairs ; rostrum broad and rather short, 

 with somewhat elevated lines and wide indentation at base : 

 thorax subcylindric : elytra with a wide impressed striae, in 

 which are transverse punctures j a paler submurginal lino each 

 side and terminal spot ; feet dull rufous. 



Inhabits Tnited States. 



Length over one-tenth of an inch. 



4. L. SPARsrs. — Body dull drab color ; with minute scales. 

 the surface with small, dense, shallow indentations; numerous 

 short, robust, ujiright hairs; rostrum robust, short; antenna- 

 rufous : thora.\ somewhat rounded ; scutel small, transverse : 



