430 APPENDIX. [LeConte. 



7. Phytonomus trivittatus Say, Cure. 12 ; ed. Leo., i, 273. 

 Blackish brown, with numerous scale-like hairs. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. Bady blackish brown, with numerous 

 robust hairs almost resembling scales, which are longer in three yellowish 

 metallic thoracic vittse, of which the lateral ones are broader and terminate 

 in a spot on the humerus; the vittae and spot are pale brownish cinereous ; 

 antennae rufous ; elytra with large costal spots, interstital lines obsoletely 

 alternating with blackish and pale brown cinereous. Thighs beneath near 

 the tip emarginate ; anterior tibiae a little incurved at tip. Length one - 

 fiftli of an inch. 



8. Hylobius stupidus Boh., Sch. Cure, i, 339. 



Oblongus, niger, opacus, antennis pedibusque nigropiceis, capite crebre 

 rugoso, thorace subtiliter rugoso-punctato, carinato, elytris obsolete punc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis confertim granulatis. 



Habitat in Georgia, Americes septentrioualis. Dom. Hooker ; Mus. 

 Schh. Magnitudo fere H. pi/ieti, sed minus convexus. Caput magnum, 

 crassum, supra convexum, nigrum obscurum, crebre ruguloso-exasperatum ; 

 oculi oblongi, depressi, obscure brunnei ; rostrum capite dimidio longius 

 et angustius, deflexum, crassum, parum arcuatum versus apicem nonnihil 

 arapliatum, nigrum opacum, crebre rugoso-punctatum, carinula media 

 obs^oleta notatuni. Antennae capite cum rostro fere breviores, paulo pone 

 medium rostri insertae, crassae, nigro-picese, griseo-pilosae, clava ovata. 

 acuminata. Thorax latitudine media multo longior, apice truncatus, an- 

 terius nonnihil angastior, coarctatus, lateribus in medio nonnihil rotundato- 

 ampliatus, basi leviter sub-bisinuatus, supra parum convexus ; totus niger 

 opacus, crebre sed nouprofunde rugulosus, pilis rigidis depressis flavescenti- 

 bus, parce adspersus, in medio dorsi carinula abbreviata, sat distincta. 

 Scutellum subtriangulare nigrum opacum. Elytra basi subtruncata aiitice 

 thoracis basi paulo latiora, et illo triple longiora, humeris antrorsum promi- 

 nulis, obtuse angulatis, lateribus inflexa, pone humeros nonnihil ampliata, 

 dein apicem versus sensim angustata, apice ipso conjuuctim obtuse rotun- 

 data, ante apicem callo vel gibbere notata ; supra modice convexa, nigra 

 opaca, striis parum profundis, angustis, obsolete punctatis, pulvere cinereo 

 repletis exarata, interstitiis latis planis, coufertissime subtiliter granulatis, 

 setulis brevissimis pallidis depressis parce adspersa. Corpus subtus nigrum 

 obscurum, setulis flavescentibus discretis adspersum, pectore fortius, ventre 

 tenue punctulatis. Pedas longiusculi, validi, nigro-picei, flavescenti pilosi ; 

 femoribus incrassatis, remote punctatis, omnibus dente crassovalido acumi- 

 natoarmatis ; tibiissubcompressis, rude rugoso-punctatis, intus ante medium 

 ampliatis, subdentatis apice uncinatis ; tarsis elongatis dilutius piceis, sub- 

 tus fulvo-spongiosis. 



9. Hylobius assimilis Boh., Sch. Cure, ii, 345. 



Oblongus, niger, capite profande remote punctato, rostro obsolete cari- 

 nato, thorace angustiore, antice valde coarctato, punctato-rugoso, linea 

 media Isevi, elytris dorso fere planis, punctis oblongis striatis, interstitiis 

 undique granulato-rugosia. 



Habitat in America boreali, a Com. Dejean missus, Mus, Schh. 



