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APPENDIX II. 



UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES. 



1. Rhynchites virdiseneus Randall, Bost. Journ. Nat Hist., ii, 23. 

 R. coi-pore eloagato viridi-iEueo ; capite subnigro, dense punctulato ; 



rostro dilatato, supra utrinque sulcato ; thorace geneo, dense et profunde 

 punctulato ; eh'tris viridi-teneis, seriebus vagls punctulatis ; pedibus piceis. 

 Body elongated, brassy. Head darker, profoundly punctured ; front 

 somewhat depressed ; rostrum dilated, especially at tip, which presents a 

 tubercle on each side, an impressed line nearly the whole length on each 

 side. Thorax brassy, densely and profoundly punctured. Elytra green- 

 ish brassy, with profound punctures disposed in irregular lines ; feet in- 

 clining to piceoui. Length about three-twentieths of an inch. Occured 

 at Augusta (Maine\ June. Perhaps allied to the R. mnitns oi Say, but 

 the elytni of that insect are described as cren itestriate. 



2. Rhynchites coagrua Walker, Nat. in British Columbia by J. K. 

 Lord, ii, 331. 



Nigricantecyaiea, aspere punctata ; rostro thoracis longitudine, thoracis 

 lateribus convexis ; elytris latis, lateribus sub-convexis. 



Blackish blue, roughly punctured. Rostrum as long as the thorax, 

 slightly dilated towards the tip. Tliorax narrow^ed in front, sides convex. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax and about twice its length ; sides 

 slightly convex. Length 3 lines. 



Rhynchites humeralis B )h.. Eugenics Resa, Ins. 117. 



Oblongo-ovatus, modice convexus, niger tenuiter pubescens ; antennis 

 tibiisque ferrugineis ; prothorace confertissime punctulato, lateribus parum 

 ampliato ; elytris crebre punctato-striatis, macula huraerali rufotestacea 

 ornatis. Long, 2 mm.; lat. l^mra. 



Var. «: elytris rufo-ferrugineis dorso infuscatis. 



If this species properly belongs to our fauna, it will be readily recognized 

 without the aid of the long description which accompanies the above 

 diagnosis. 



3. Polydrosus amarlcanus Gyll., Sch. Cure, ii, 136. 



"Oblougus. niger opacns, ciuereosquamulosus, fuscoque pubescens ; an- 

 tennis tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis ; thorace pulvinato, confertim punctato ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, apice acuminatis, in dorso plagiatim nigro-varic- 

 gatis. America borealis, ex musieo Dom. Com. Mannerheim, ad de- 

 scribendum, amice communicatus. 



Parvus: Sitomi lineelh xmwov . Caput majusculum, subquadratum, supra 

 planum, confertim punctulatum, nigrum, sat dense cinereo-squamulosum ; 

 oculisemi-globosi, nigro brunnei ; rostrum capite paulobreviusetangustius, 

 crassum, p )rrectum, angulatum, supra planum, anterius obsolete canalicu- 

 latum, punctatum, nigrum, squamulosum. AntenuiB longiusculjje, fer- 



