400 AXTHEIBID^. 



[LeConte. 



1. Eu. "Walshii n. sp. 



Elongate oval, subc^^lindrical, brownish -black, opaque, clothed with fine 

 cinereous pubescence, and mottled with patches of yellowish-white hair ; 

 head and prothorax densely and finelj^ punctured, the latter feebly bisinuate 

 at base, with the hind angles acute, divergent ; elytra with deep strongly 

 punctured strife, disc broadly impressed transversely about one fourth the 

 length fi'om the base ; antennae at base, tibiie and tarsi dark testaceous. 

 Length 3.2 mm.; .13 inch. 



One specimen, Illinois ; B. D. "Walsh. This species has the general ap- 

 pearance of Brachytarsus, and without examination of the characters of 

 the genus and group might readily escape recognition. 



PHCENICOBIUS n. g. 



Body elongate-cylindrical. Beak about as long as wide; sides acutely 

 elevated in the (^, but less so in $, limiting the antennal cavities which are 

 large and deep, extending nearly to the tip, but not limited behind, and not 

 reacliing the eyes; the beak is emarginate in front, and finely carinate, the 

 carina terminating behind in an angulated impressed line. Eyes coarsely 

 granulated, rounded, somewhat transverse, broadly emarginate in front. An- 

 tennas ((5^) much longer than the body; first joint thick, one-half longer 

 than wide; second one-half the length, and much thinner; 3-5 very long, 

 equal, extending to the second ventral suture; C-9 gradually a little shorter, 

 densely fringed beneath with short, fine, curled hairs; 10-11 together longer 

 than ninth, not thicker, similarly fringed; 11th pointed and slightly curved. 

 Mentum with the lobes rather acute at tip, and the bottom of the emargina- 

 tion straight. Prothorax longer than wide, narrowed in front of the middle 

 and slightly rounded on the sides; basal ridge flexed rectangularly at the 

 sides, and extending a little in front of the middle; inferior basal margin, 

 (on the perpendicularly declivous face which is adapted to the base of the 

 elytra), finely crenulate. Elytra not wider than the base of the prothorax, 

 margined at base; scutellum small, rounded, not depressed; striae composed 

 of large punctures, interspaces nearly smooth. 



Front coxae very narrowly separated by the prosternum. Tarsi with the 

 first joint not longer than the second and third; second broadly triangular, 

 with the apical angles prolonged; third joint still wider, excavated above 

 for the articulation of the next joint, but scarcely emarginate beneath, 

 forn)ing a broad cushion as in certain Calandridm, not less dilated in 9 

 than (j^; claws with a long, basal tooth, causing them to appear almost cleft 

 as in Anthonomus. The ventral segments gradually diminish in length; the 

 fifth is broadly emarginate; the pygidium is channeled more deeply than 

 usual, and the groove extends nearly to the tip. 



The antennae of the 9 are three-fourths as long as the body; the joints 

 are proportioned relatively as in the J^, but the last three (9-11 ) are broader, 

 forming a loose, elongate club, which is slightly fringed beneath. The other 

 joints are not fringed. 



