202 OURCULIOXID^. 



[LeConte. 



closely but less coarsely punctured than in the preceding, wider than long, 

 narrowed in front and feebly rounded on the sides. Elytra sub-ovate, 

 strife strongly punctured, not much impressed, interspaces shining nearly 

 smooth. Antennai piceous, base testaceous ; thighs slightiy clavate, armed 

 with a very small tooth. Length 1.5-3 mm. ; .06-.08 inch. 



Atlantic slope, extending to Oregon. Easily known by the small size, 

 and which at first sight causes it to resemble an apion. 



21. A. pusillus, n. sp. 



Testaceous, thinly sprinkled with white scale-like hairs. Beak long and 

 slender, sparsely and finely punctured, head with a small frontal puncture. 

 Prothorax wider than long, rounded on the sides, coarsely and deeply 

 punctured. Elytra sub-ovate, less elongate than usual, striic coarsely 

 punctured, interspaces nearly smooth, slightly convex. Legs rather stout, 

 thighs acutely toothed. Length 1.4 mm. ; .05 inch. 



One specimen, Texas; Belfrage. A robust species easily known by the 

 small size and the characters above given. 



22. A. elegans, n. sp. 



Rather broadly ovate, brown, clothed with very small depressed scales 

 of a brown and gray color, with the scutellum and neighboring elytral 

 spot snow white. Beak slender, straight, as long as the head and protho- 

 rax, shining, punctured, striate for two-thirds the length; head punctured, 

 front nari'ow, channeled; eyes larger and more prominent than usual. Pro- 

 thorax as wide as long, gradually narrowed and slightly rounded on the 

 sides from the base, densely punctured, marked with a narrow transverse 

 and longitudinal line of white scales forming a cross; at the middle of the 

 base some scattered white scales; near the apex two spots of silky yellow- 

 brown scales, and a similar larger spot on the inflexed sides. Elytra wider 

 than the prothorax, nearly truncate at base, humeri prominent rounded ; 

 striag punctured, obscured by the scales which form a beautiful complex 

 pattern of brown, dark-brown, and gray. Beneath mottled with gray 

 scales, legs stout, thighs thick and strongly toothed, tibiae with an obtuse 

 angle on the inner side at one-third the length; claws cleft as usual. An- 

 tennaj testaceous brown, funicle slender with the first joint long, second a 

 little longer than the third; club almost articulated . Length 2 mm. ; .08 

 inch. 



Two males, Haulover, Florida, March 10th; Schwarz and Hubbard. The 

 pygidium is perpendicular, and even slightly inflexed. The large convex 

 eyes, the narrow front, and tibiae armed with a tooth on the inner side, 

 easily distinguish this beautiful species. The prosternum is extremely 

 short, more so, in fact, than in any other species known to me. 



23. A. squamosus, n. sp. 



Brown, densely clothed with scale-like gray pubescence; beak naked, 

 red-brown, shining, finely punctured, not striate, frontal fovea elongate; 

 prothorax broader than long, narrowed in front, rounded on the sides, 

 densely punctured. Elytra suddenly one-third wider than the prothorax. 



