LeConte.] AN^THONOMINI. 203 



not elongate, stria; impressed, punctured, interspaces quite flat. Antennae 

 ferruginous, slender, second joint of funiculus longer than third; legs fer- 

 ruginous, thighs clavate, armed -with an acute tooth. Length 4.4 mm.; 

 .17 inch. 



Colorado; not rare. In some specimens three thoracic vittce and the al- 

 ternate interspaces of the elj^tra are paler; the scutelluni is nearly white. 



24. A. tectus, n. sp. 



Blackish, less densely clothed with yellowish or whitish scales, beak 

 slightly pubescent, coarsely punctured and striate, frontal fovea elongate. 

 Prothorax wider than long, narrowed in front, broadly rounded on the 

 sides, densely punctured. Elytra wider than the prothorax at base, strlte 

 coarsely punctured, interspaces flat, fourth covered with paler scales from 

 the base to behind the middle; sixth from the base nearly to the middle. 

 Antennae brown, scape and base of funiculus ferruginous; second joint of 

 funiculus scarcely longer than third. Legs ferruginous, thighs armed with 

 a small acute spine. Length 2.4 mm,; .10 inch. 



Massachusetts; Georgia. 



25. A. hirtus, n. sp. 



Elongate, black, densely clothed with coarse scarcely squamiform ochre- 

 ous pubescence. Beak slightly pubescent, punctured obsoletely striate at 

 base. Prothorax not wider than long, gradually narrowed in front, broadly 

 rounded on the sides, densely punctured. Elytra elongate oblong, wider 

 than the prothorax at base, striaj punctured, interspaces flat, antennae and 

 legs ferruginous, club and thighs darker, the latter clavate armed with a 

 scarcely perceptible tooth; second joint of funicles scarcely longer than 

 third. Length 3.2 mm.; .13 inch. 



One specimen, Utah. 



26. A. inermis Boh., Eugenics Resa, Coleopt. 131. 



Elongate, ferruginous, very densely clothed with large whitish scales, 

 beak naked except at base; punctured, and feebly striate. Prothorax 

 densely and deeply punctured. a little wider than long, narrowed in front 

 and rounded on the sides. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax at 

 base, elongate oblong, striae strongly punctured, interepaces moderately 

 convex, nearly smooth, club of antennas darker, second joint of funicle 

 scarcely longer than third; thighs feebly clavate, not toothed. Length 2.2 

 mm.; .09 inch. 



Mariposa, California; Dr. Thevenet. 



27. A. sub vittatus, n . sp. 



Of the same form as the preceding, but a little larger, and darker in color; 

 the scales are smaller, though equally dense; the prothorax has three white 

 vittae, with two intermediate brownish ones; the elytra are mingled brown 

 and white, with a posterior stripe on the third interspace, and one on the 

 fifth extending from the base to the middle pale; the scutelluni as usual is 

 pale. The front thighs are almost imperceptibly toothed. Length 2.5 

 mm.; .10 inch. 



San Diego and Mariposa, California; five specimens. 



