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HYPSOXOTUS Germ. 



1. H. ALTERNATUS. — Body piceous, nearly covered with pros- 

 trate brown hairs : elytra with the striae 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 emarginate. 



Length less than half an inch. 

 Inhabits the North-west Territory. 

 [Belongs to Alophns. — Leg.] 



2. H. IMBRICATUS nob. (Liparus) Journ. Acad. Nat. 8c. 

 [Is an Epiraenis according to Shlinherr. — Lec] 



LISTRODERES Schonh. 



1. L. CAUBATUS nob. (Rynchaenua) Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 



2. L. SQUAMIGER. — 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 striae towards the tip concealed by the scales ; the 

 united tip obtu-sely rounded ; humerus obtuse. 



Length from two-fifths to half an inch. 

 Inhabits Arkansaw. 



Much like cmtdatus nob., but in that species the humeral line 

 is carinate and acute. 



3. L. roRCELLUS. — 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 strige, in 

 which are transverse punctures ; a paler submarginal line each 

 side and terminal spot ; feet dull rufous. 



Inhabits United States. 



Length over one-tenth of an inch. 



4. L. si'ARSUH. — Body dull drab color; with minute scales, 

 the surface with small, dense, shallow indentations ; numerous 

 short, robust, upright hairs; rostrum robust, short; antennae 

 rufous : thorax somewhat rounded ; scutel small, transverse : 



