LeConte.] 



HTLOBIINI. 141 



tantly punctured, and the elytra without spots of pubescence. Perhaps 

 identical with H. confusus, in which case the name has precedence. 



4. H, stupidus Boh., Sch. Cure, ii, 339. 



Georgia. Unknown to me ; quite distinct by the narrow and feebly 

 punctured elytral striae. 



HILIPUS Germ. 



This genus, largely developed in tropical America, is represented by a 

 single rare species found in Georgia and Florida. Except that the spe- 

 cies of this genus are mottled with spots of very small white scales, not 

 hairs, and that the seventh joint of the funiculus is not connected with the 

 club, the differences between it and Hylobius are rather comparative than 

 absolute. 



The beak is cylindrical, and more curved, without anteocular grooves ; the 

 antennal grooves terminate at a greater distance from the mouth; the eyes, 

 postocular lobes and emargination of the prosternum are similar. The 

 thighs are equally clavate, and sinuate beneath, but the tooth is much 

 larger and broader ; the tibiae are compressed, bent inwards, equally 

 strongly armed with a terminal hook, but much less sinuate on the inner 

 side. The first ventral suture is deeper, and more strongly angulated at 

 the middle. The sculpture is much coarser and sparser, and the spaces be- 

 tween the large punctures are smooth and polished. 



H. squamosus (Lee), Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, i, 171; pi. 

 xi, f 101 (Pissodes); Boh., Sch. Cure, iii, 161. 



Georgia and Florida, under pine bark. A beautiful black insect, with a 

 broad white lateral vitta on the prothorax, and a very irregular one on the 

 elytra, with many scattered small spots, densely clothed with depressed, 

 very small, round, chalky white scales. Punctures of elytra very large, 

 distant, interspaces smooth, shining, except where covered with scales. 

 Length 14.4 mm.; .57 inch. 



EUDOCIMUS Sch. 



The beak in this genus is cylindrical, nearly straight and as long as the 

 prothorax; there are no anteocular grooves; the antennal grooves reach 

 the middle of the front margin of the eyes, which are large and transverse. 

 The first and second joints of the funicle are elongated and equal; 3-7 

 shorter, gradually a little wider, club elongate oval, annulated pubescent. 

 Prosternum fringed in front and broadly emarginate, postocular lobes 

 broad. Metasternum as long as the first ventral; third and fourth ventrals 

 together equal to the second or fifth; first suture nearly straight. Legs 

 slender, thighs unarmed, tibiae straight, not compressed, armed with a 

 strong terminal hook. 



Eu. Mannerheimii Boh., Sch. Cure, iii, 241. 



New York to Georgia: rare. A conspicuous species of elongate form, 

 clothed with small brown scales; the prothorax striped with pale, and the 

 elytra with conspicuous pale spots on the fourth interspace, which is also 

 clouded with black. Length 10.5 — .15 mm.; .41 — .6 inch. 



