T02 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



single close-set series on eacli elytral interval. Head and beak strongly, 

 rather closely punctate, convex, without frontal fovea ; antennse feebly rufes- 

 cent, sparsely setose. Pi-othorax not quite as long as wide, the sides broadly, 

 feebly arcuate, gradually slightly convergent and not constricted to the apex, 

 strongly arcuate near the base, the latter slightly wider than the subtru'ncate 

 apex ; punctures coarse, deep, extremely dense, without median line. Elytra 

 parallel and straight at the sides, three-fifths longer than wide, distinctly 

 wider than the prothorax and more tlian twice as long ; humeri right, not 

 prominent, narrowly rounded ; apex broadly, evenly parabolic, the sides not 

 constricted; disk with feebly impressed series of coarse, rounded, approxi- 

 mate punctures, the intervals fiat, equal in width to the strial punctures, 

 each with a single series of much smaller but strong and conspicuous setiferous 

 piinctures. Abdomen coarselj^ closely and subrugosely punctate, the meta- 

 sternum more finely but rather densely so. Length 3.0-3.3 mm. ; width 

 1.1 mm. 



Texas (El Paso). Mr. G. W. Dunn. 



This species somewhat resembles a rather stout Rhyncolus, and 

 may be easily identified otherwise by the coarse, dense sculpture, 

 and erect setse. Three specimens. 



RHAHPHOCOLUS n. gen. 



Body narrowly cylindrical, glabrous, shining. Head very short, merging 

 gradually into the beak, the latter short, gradually wider from apex to base, 

 not separated from the head by a tj'ansverse impression. Eyes almost flat, 

 but well developed, oval, rather finely faceted, situated at the lower part of 

 the sides of the head, not very distant from the prothorax and but slightly 

 visible from above. Antennae inserted at basal third, the scrobes narrow, 

 straight, gradually descending and directed upon the middle point of the 

 eye ; scape slender, feebly clavate ; funicle T-jointed, the basal joint stouter, 

 as long as the next three, two to seven wider than long, subequal in length, 

 gradually wider, the articulations distinct ; club abrupt, moderate in size, 

 oval, annulate toward apex. Anterior coxse narrowly separated, the inter- 

 mediate separated by much less than their own width. Metasternum rather 

 long. Legs somewhat short, the femora stout ; tibiae slender, very minutely 

 uncinate within at apex, the external uncus distinct ; tarsi slender, the third 

 joint completely undilated, not at all wider than the second. Scutellum dis- 

 tinct. 



The form of the beak and several other structural characters 

 show that Rhamphocolus must be associated with Rhyncolus, but it 

 differs notably from that genus in its much less convex and more 

 inferior eyes, with the antennal scrobes directed upon them and 

 not below them, in its more slender tarsi and still more approxi- 

 mate anterior coxae. 



