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pale scales; above mottled with fine, short, brown pubescence. Head 

 densely punctulate, front l)roadly concave; beak not half as long as the 

 body, slender, curved, nearlj^ smooth and shining externally, punctulate 

 and finely carinate towards the base. Prothorax wider than long, sides 

 rounded behind, strongly narrowed and constricted near the tip; apical 

 margin elevated, postocular lobes wanting; disc coarsely punctured, dorsal 

 channel broad, subinterrupted, lateral tubercles large, acute. Elytra deeply 

 striate, interspaces wider, slightly convex, sparsely and deeply rugose; 

 scutellar region clothed with pale scales. Funicle with first and second 

 joints elongated, first stouter; 3-7 gradually a little wider, club rather 

 large, oval-pointed. Thighs not toothed, claws slender, not toothed. 

 Length 2 mm.; .08 inch. 



(^. Last ventral segment with a deep, round excavation. 



Alaska. I owe two typical specimens to the kindness of Prof. Mieklin; 

 it was also found by Mr. Crotch, at Clear Lake, California. In well pre- 

 served specimens, the sides of the prothorax and the dorsal channel are 

 clothed with pale scales. 



10. C. squamatus, n. sp. 



Ovate, broad, dark piceous, depressed, beneath clothed with whitish 

 scales, above thinly pubescent, with spots of large rounded, wiiite scales. 

 Head finely punctured; beak long, slender, much curved, nearly smooth 

 towards the tip, finely striate towards the base. Prothorax wider than 

 long, strongly narrowed in front, and constricted near the tip, apical mar- 

 gin elevated, ferruginous, postocular lobes wanting; disc densely punc- 

 tured, dorsal channel feeble, lateral tubercles small, acute; sides and basal 

 spot covered with white scales. Elytra with deep punctured striae, inter, 

 spaces wider, slightly convex, rugose, marked with scattered white scales; 

 there is a large scutellar spot, and a transverse band behind the middle, 

 densely clothed with white scales. Funicle slender; first and second joints 

 longer, the first a little stouter, club elongate-oval, pointed. Thighs not 

 toothed, claws slender, not toothed. Length 2 mm. ; .08 inch. 



(^. Last ventral segment with a deep transverse excavation. 



Illinois; three specimens. 



C— b. 



11. O. angulatus, n. sp. 



Oblong, depressed, brown or blackish brown, densely clothed above 

 and beneath with small pale scales ; a white, narrow, angulated 

 band on each elytron, running from the side about one-third 

 from the base obliquely backwards a short distance, then obliquely 

 forwards to the scutellum. Head densely punctured, beak according to 

 sex; front slightly concave. Prothorax wider than long, rounded on the 

 sides, strongly narrowed and constricted in front, apical margin elevated, 

 postocular lobes broad and distinct; disc covered with white scales at the 

 sides, very densely punctured, dorsal channel deep, lateral tubercles acute, 

 large. Elytra with rather shallow punctured striae, interspaces wide, flat, 



