390 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



Arizona (Benson). Mr. G. W. Dunn. 



A widely isolated species, one of the largest of the genus, but 

 varying remarkably in size. It was taken in abundance. 



8 S. intricatus n. sp. — Oblong-oval, robust, convex, black throughout ; 

 scales of the upper surface large, very dense, dark brown and whitish con- 

 fusedly intermixed, the recurved setre very coarse, semi-erect, sparse but very 

 conspicuous : scales of the under surface also large, generally paler but inter- 

 mixed with a few which are darker. Head sqiiamose anteriorly ; constriction 

 strong ; beak in the male very thick but somewhat long, evenly, distinctly 

 arcuate, feebly tapering, coarsely, very densely punctured, glabrous toward 

 apex, densely hispido-squamose toward base, longer than the head and pro- 

 thorax and a little more than one-half as long as the elytra ; antennae inserted 

 at apical two-fifths, sparsely clothed with long parallel-sided squamules ; 

 second funicular joint one-half longer than the third. Prothorax convex, 

 parallel and nearly straight at the sides in basal three-fourths, then rounded 

 and deeply constricted ; apex three-fourths as vride as the base ; punctures 

 not very large, round, distinct and well separated. Elytra at base fully one- 

 half wider than the prothorax, not quite three times as long, barely more than 

 one-third longer than wide, slightly widest behind the middle, the apex broadly 

 ogival ; stride strong and not very fine. Tarsal claws moderate. Length 2.8 

 mm. ; width 1.45 mm. 



Te.xas (El Paso). Mr. Dunn. 



The moderately large size, robust convex form, large scales and 

 generally rough hispid appearance will aid in the identification of 

 this distinct species. It is represented before me by a single male. 

 A specimen from Arizona is slightly more elongate, with the beak 

 less punctate and squamose, the antennae being inserted just beyond 

 the middle ; it is probably the female. 



9 S. pusio Lee. — Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XV, p. 171. 



01)long-oval, convex, moderately stout, black, the legs and beak 

 piceous, extremely densely clothed throughout with rather large 

 overlapping non-strigose scales, uniformly pale ochreous-yellow in 

 color ; recurved setae very sparse, subdecumbent and not at all 

 conspicuous. Beak in the female rather slender, distinctly, evenly 

 arcuate, about one-half as long as the elytra, smooth and minutely, 

 sparsely punctate in apical half, punctured, dull and densely squa- 

 mose toward base and feebly bifasciculate just before the very 

 feeble transverse impression; antennae inserted at the middle, short, 

 strongly squamulose, the second funicular joint slightly longer than 

 the third. Prothorax slightly wider than long, the sides eonver- 



