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mottled on the elytra and generally with a short whitish line at the 

 base of the third interval. Beak in the male one-half as long- as the 

 elytra, very feebly arcuate, punctured and squamose, the antenntt 

 inserted a little beyond the middle, the second joint of the funicle 

 slightly longer than the third ; in the female but very slightly longer, 

 more slender, smooth, squamulose toward base, very feebly arcuate, 

 the antennae inserted slightly behind the middle, the second funicular 

 joint as long as the next two. Prothorax slightly wider than long, 

 the sides convergent but not noticeably constricted toward apex, the 

 latter two-thirds as wide as the base. Elytra at base two-fifths 

 wider than the prothorax, between two and three times as long, 

 one-half longer than wide, the sides nearly straight and parallel in 

 basal half; striae fine. Length 2.3-3.0 mm.; width 1.0-1.5 mm. 



Texas, Dakota and Indiana. A rather common species, above 

 the average in point of size, and easily recognizable by the peculiar 

 condensations of larger and paler scales on the elytra, the vestiture 

 of which is, however, very dense throughout. In one male speci- 

 men the beak is not longer than the head and prothorax, and very 

 much less than one-half as long as the elytra. 



26 S. COngestllS n. sp. — Oval, convex, pale rufo-testaceous througliout, 

 the elytral suture narrowly picescent ; vestiture sparse and uneven, yellowish- 

 white, consisting of fine slender sparse squamules, which become larger and 

 pquamiform in the condensed spots, of which there are several on the prono- 

 tum ; elytra with large subtransverse wavy condensed areas ; metasternum 

 and abdomen sparsely clothed with very fine elongate squamules, the met- 

 episterna densely squamose. Head with a few fine squamules anteriorly ; 

 constriction evident ; beak in the male moderately thick, not tapering, feebly 

 bent toward apex, opaque, sparsely squamulose, the basal tufts not well 

 developed, longer than the head and prothorax and more than one-half as 

 long as the elytra ; antennse inserted rather beyond apical third, slender, the 

 second funicular joint scarcely longer than the third, both elongate and one- 

 half longer than the fourth. Prothorax but slightly wider than long, sub- 

 parallel and strongly, evenly arcuate at the sides, feebly narrowed and finely 

 distinctly constricted near the apex ; disk convex, rather coarsely, deeply and 

 closely punctate, the punctures circular. Elytra at base one-third wider than 

 the disk of the pronotum, two and one-half times as long, two-fifths longer 

 than wide, ogival, the sides gradually becoming almost parallel and feebly 

 arcuate toward base; strise distinct. Length 2.0-2.2 mm. ; width 1.0-1.1.5 mm. 



Colorado; District of Columbia. 



There is no species with which this can be regarded as closely 

 allied. It somewhat suggests tychioides, but the pronotal sculpture 

 is of an entirely different order, and it differs from any other form 



