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ish coating the result of an exudation and adliering argillaceous material. 

 The above descrij)tion has been made from a clean specimen. 



ANAMETIS u. g. 



Rostrum longer and narrower than the head, moderately robust, slightly 

 broader in front, tip feebly emarginate with a small smooth space, limited 

 behind by an elevated line. Scrobes moderately deep, well defined, 

 arcuate and directed beneath the lower angle of the eye. Antennse mode- 

 rate, anterior, scape gradually clavate, attaining the middle of the eye ; 

 funicle 7-jointed, 1-3 elongate, equal, 3-7 obcouical, the seventh free ; club 

 elongate, oval. Eyes transversely oval, obtuse beneath. Thorax trans- 

 versely cylindrical, narrower in front, base and apex truncate, lobes short, 

 with slight fimbrias. Scutellum small triangular. Elytra oval, emarginate 

 at base and very slightly wider than the thorax. Metasternum short, side 

 pieces indistinct, suture obliterated. Intercoxal process moderate, arcuate 

 in front, second segment of abdomen as long as the the two following 

 united, separated from the first by a straight suture. Anterior and middle 

 tibiae mucronate at tip, the former denticulate within, hind tibiae extremely 

 feebly or not mucronate, the articular surfaces sub-cavernous. Tarsi nor- 

 mal. Surface densely scaly and with short setie. 



As in all the genera in this vicinity the front is convex and the rostrum 

 at base transversely impressed. 



A. grisea, n. sp. 



Form oval, surface densely and- uniformly covered with cinereous scales 

 and short setae. Head and rostrum as long as the thorax, densely scaly, 

 scales slightly pearly. Rostrum feebly convex along the middle, rarely 

 with a finely impressed longitudinal line on each side. Thorax wider than 

 long, slightly narrower in front, disc moderately convex, surface densely 

 scaly and sparsely setose. Elytra regularly oval, striate, striae moderately 

 punctured, intervals. slightly convex, densely scaly and irregularly biseri- 

 ately setulose. Body beneath and legs with similar vestiture, but less 

 dense. Length .20-. 28 inch ; .5-7 mm. 



This species resembles somewhat Epiccerus formidolosus in form but is 

 more elongate. 



Occurs in Kansas, Dacota, Illinois and Georgia, and is common. 



ORIMODEMA n. g. 



Rostrum shorter but narrower than the head, cylindrical at base, sub-quad 

 rangular at apex, with a transverse impression at some distance in front of 

 the eyes, tip feebly emarginate, with narrow smooth space without eleva- 

 ted line. Supports of mandibular pieces not prominent. Scrobes deep, 

 well defined, arcuate, passing rapidly inferiorly at a distance from the 

 eyes. Antennae moderate anterior, scape gradually clavate, scaly, attain- 

 ing the middle of the eye ; funicle 7-jointed, 1-2 large, equal, 3-7 obcouical 

 gradually shorter, seventh not broader and free ; club oval, acute. Eyes 

 transversely oval, pointed beneath. Thorax cylindrical, truncate at apex 



