298 CURCULIONIDES. 



punctures visible : elytra with striae of punctures, tlie clavate 

 bristles on the interstitial lines. 



Inhabits Florida. 



Length nearly one-tenth of an inch. 



CEUTORHYNCHUS Schiipp. 



C. CURTUS. — Body short, robust, blackish: rostrum as long as 

 the thorax, arquated, cylindrical : thorax narrowed before, with 

 rather 'large numerous, impressed punctures ; a transverse, im- 

 pressed line on the anterior margin ; and a longitudinal, impressed 

 line, more obvious at base ; each side rather behind the middle 

 is a smaller, subacute tubercle : [30] elytra, region of the scutel 

 impressed ; strias profound and as wide as the interstitial lines : 

 thighs rather slender, unarmed. 



Inhabits United States. 



Length less than one-tenth of an inch. 



[Is a Coeliodes. — Lec] 



CLEOGONUS Sch. 



C. SEDENTARius. — Body with minute scales, of a blackish or 

 dusky color, but with a few irregular, small, whitish patches, of 

 which the largest is on the posterior declivity of the elytra, ex- 

 tending by two branches to the tip : thorax with rather large 

 punctures : scutel small, rounded, white : elytra, striae hardly im- 

 pressed, with very large, not close set, longitudinal punctures • 

 thighs with a white annulus near the tip: tarsi with silvery hairs, 

 sericeous. 



Inhabits Florida. 



Length less than one-fifth of an inch. 



[Placed by Schonherr in Pseudomus. — Lec] 



COSSONUS Clairv. 

 C MULTiFORUS. — Body blackisli-chestnut : rostrum moderate, 

 rather robust, a little arquated, with large punctures, and with 

 the antennae, rufous : thorax long, with very large, crowded punc- 

 tures : elytra with a striae of large punctures, wider than the in- 

 ^terstitial lines : feet simple, rufous. 

 Inhabits Mexico. 

 Length over one-tenth of an inch. 



