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middle, near the suture : feet pale rufous : thighs blackish in the 

 middle. 



Len<?th more than one-tenth of an inch. 



The two spots of each elytron are sometimes united by an 

 intervening blackish sutural line. 



The species is not uncommon, and I have found it on the 

 " smut " of wheat. Mr. Lea took eighty individuals from six 

 heads of wheat. 



[iSubsetjuently described by Schonherr as Bnuhjtarsm ohsO' 

 Ictm. — Lec] 



7. A. TOMENTOSUS. — Body short, blackish, tibiae rufous. 



Antfirihiis tomoUosus Melsh. Catal. 



Body robust, short, dark reddish-brown, covered by short, 

 yellowish-cinereous hair : head on the vertex [252 ] and between 

 the eyes a little convex : antenna) rufous, at tip fuscous : thorax 

 rather convex transversely in the middle, a little depressed before 

 the base ; posterior angles acute : elytra witli punctured stria>> 

 immaculate : tibiio rufous j terminal joint of the tarsi blacki.sh. 



Length less than one-tenth of an inch. 



This species does not appear to be common. It is much 

 smaller than either of the preceding. 



[Described by Schonherr as Brarhytarsm hrcvis — Lec ] 



ATTELABUS Fabr. Dej. 



1. A. PUBESCENS. — Dull rufous, with .short yellow down. 

 Attclabus puhcHcrns Melsh. Catal. 



Body above dull rufou.'<, the whole surface covered with thick 

 set, somewhat matted, short yellowish down : head with very 

 small punctures at base, and large ones at tip ; an elevated frontal 

 longitudinal line : rostrum much contracted between the antenna*, 

 dilated before : thorax with an indentation each side of the 

 middle : elytra striate, and with irregular punctures : venter 

 nearly naked : feet naked, bright rufous. 



Length about one-fifth of an inch. 



This species is not uncommon. Dr. Melsheimer found it on the 

 leaves of the Corylus americana. 



[This was previously described as A. rhou Boheman. — Lec] 



2. A. scUTELLARis. — Black ; antennae and tarsi rufous ; scutel 

 white. 



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