810 CURCULIONIDJE. [I.eConfe. 



nigosc^ on ilie sides, stDngiy cons rictod ;»t the biise. Protliorax wkler than 

 long, niucli roiinde'd on the sides, strongly tubulai'ly cons' ricted at tip; very 

 coarsely and somewhat conQuently punctured; scales sparse, white, narrow, 

 direcied transversely ; dorsal line narrow; scutellar lobe broad, slightly 

 emarginate. Elytra not wider than the protliorax, gradually narrowed 

 behind ih:' humeri, thinly clothed with white scales broader than those of 

 the prothorax, tips sejitirately but narrowl}^ rounded; striae deep, broad and 

 l)unctured; interspaces narrow, with large punctures nearly arranged in 

 single rows. Funicle of anennm with the second joint half as long 

 a-A the first. Beneath coarsely punctured, clothed not verj^ densely with 

 oval white scales. Hind nvirgin of pi'othorax emarginate beneath; sidi' 

 pieces of metasternum wide; fifth reutml shorter than third and fourth 

 united. Length 4.6 mm.; .18 inch. 



Texas, Belfrage, one (^. The prosternum is deeply excavated as in the 

 two preceding species, but the horns are much shorter, and scarcely curved. 

 This, however, may be an individual character. 



6. C. rriDdestus Boh., Sch. Cure, iii, 7T2-. 



Middle and Southern States. Similar in fonn to the preceding species, 

 black, sprinkled wiiii small oval white scales. Beak as long as the head 

 and prothorax, stout, regularly curved, sparsely punctured. Prothorax 

 wider than long, feebly rounded on the sides, which are oblique, strongly 

 constricted at tip; densely, somewhat confluently punctured, with a nar- 

 row smooth dorsil line. Elytra conjoin ly rounded at tip; strife deep, in- 

 tei-spaces ccxirsely punctured. Prosternum with a -frell defined deep 

 in:ipression, rounded in front, extending nearly to the anterior margin; 

 coxce niotlerately widely separated, hind margin nol emarginae; side 

 pieces of metathoras wide; fifth ventral segment a little longer than fourth. 

 Funicle of antennse with first joint elong-a'.e, second a little longer than 

 third. Length .4 mm.; .15 inch. 



(^ with a small cusp each side, immediately before the front coxse; 

 abdomen flattened near the base; aiial segment slightly visible on the under 

 surface. 



7. O. perecillus Gyll., Sch. Cure, iii, 763. 



Kansas, one male. The scales are dirty gray, not linear but oval, and 

 d nsely placed. The prothorax is wider than long, rapidly narrowed from 

 the base, with the sides not very much rounded, and the tip onlj^ feebly 

 onstricted. The elytra are conjointly rounded at tip, and the pygidium 

 i^ not exposed; the striae are de_'p and punctured. The second joint of the 

 funicle is as long as the fii-st, the side pieces of the metasternum are wide, 

 the fifth ventral is but little longer than the fourth, and the hind margin of 

 the prothorax beneath is narrowly emarginate in front of the mesosternum. 

 Length 3.5 mm.; .14 inch. 



The prosternum is deeply excavated, and the horns are short and onical. 



8. C. neg-lectus, n. sp. 



Yery similar to 0. per&cilht^, but rather narrower, clothed with ochreous 



