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Body deep black, much punctured : head short behind the 

 eyes, with distant punctures, more dense on the rostrum : an- 

 tenn;* rufous: thorax with numerous [253] dense punctures: 

 scutel white : elytra slightly hairy, with punctured striae ; the 

 interstitial lines crenate : feet piceous : thighs with a slight angle 

 on the inferior middle : tarsi rufous. 



Lejigth one-tenth of an inch. 



I obtained two specimens on the Kalmia latifolia in July. 

 It is a small species. 



[Is the type of Piazorhinu^ Schonh. — Leg.] 



APION Herbst. 

 1. A. ROSTRUM. — Black ; thoracic punctures large, dense ; an 

 impressed line, and punctures between the eyes. 

 Rhi/tichitcs rostrum !Melsh. Catal. 



Body entirely black: vertex impunctured : front with large 

 punctures, and a longitudinal impressed line ; an impressed lon- 

 gitudinal line between the antennae : thorax with large, concave, 

 close set punctures ; an impressed, abbreviated line on the mid- 

 dle of the posterior submargin : elytra striate, the striae rather 

 wide, punctured, interstitial lines flat topped with a single series 

 of small hairs. 



Length from the tip of the rostrum less than three-twentieths 

 of an inch. 



This is a very abundant specie.*. Dr. J. F. Melsheimer found 

 it on the leaves of the Robinia pucudacacia ; and Dr. Harris of 

 Milton, Massachusetts, informs me that it occurs in all its stages 

 in the .seed vessels of the wild indigo, (Bapfisia tinctoria,) in the 

 months of August and September. I have also taken it in 

 plenty on that plant. It seems to be allied to [254] the A. ni- 

 i/nim nerl)st., but it does not agree with his figure, nor suffi- 

 ciently well with his description. 



[Afterwards described as A. JSai/i Sch. — Leg.] 



BRACIIYCEIIUS Oliv. Fab. 

 B. iHMEHAMs. — Body ine(jual, with punctures furnishing 

 small hairs; humeral angles advanced. 

 Inhabits Arkansa. 



Body black, punctured, and witli minute punctures furnishing 



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