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Length nearly three-tenths of an inch. 



Peritelus leucophaeus of Dejean, Agrophus /• uc. Schim., but I 

 believe it has not been described. 



CYCLOMUS-Sch. 



Subgenus Ophryastes Germ. 

 Clava five-jointed ; eyes narrowed before. 



1. C vittatus nob. (Liparus) Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. vol. 3, 

 p. 316. 



2. C. sulcirostris nob. {Liparus) Jour. Acad. Nat. 3c. vol. 

 3, p. 318. 



LIXUS F. Schonh. 



1. L. marginatus. — Black, covered with minute cinereous 

 hairs; thorax impressed; elytra, region of the scutel and middle 

 of the base indented. 



Inhabits United States. 



Body black, covered with short, minute, robust recurved hairs, 

 punctured ; antennas rufous, club dusky ; thorax a little convex 

 each side, behind the middle of the side rectilinear, a little con- 

 tracted before, with an indented line above, more profound near 

 the base; with dilated, confluent, slightly impressed punctures 

 not deeply sinuated at base, with regular series of punctures : 

 elytra region of the scutel indented subacute: abdomen dull 

 fulvous behind. 



Length from the origin of the rostrum nearly seven-twentieths 

 of an inch. 



The hair detains a ferruginous powder. It is found on the 

 lower Missouri. It also occurs in the Atlantic States, With 

 my first description of this species I gave it the name of impres- 

 sus, but in the Curcul. Dispos. Method. Schonherr quotes the 

 same name for a very different and large species of S America 

 from Sahlberg. [14] 



2. L. concavus. — Base of the thorax and of the elytra with a 

 common dilated indentation. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Thorax convex each side, much contracted before, with very 

 small punctures; dorsal indentation obsolete near the in( 

 margin and in the middle, profound at base : elytra with v 



