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found punctures, on the side is slightly and regularly curved, not 

 abruptly contracted before, &c. 



This species was sent to me by Mr. J. Barabino of New 

 Orleans. 



PISSODES Germ. 



P. strobi Peck, [Rliyncha nus] Jour. Mass. Agr. Soc. Jan.,1817. 



P. nemorensis Germar, Species Novae, p. 318. 



Dr. Harris sent me this insect as the P. strobi, or White pine 

 Weevil of Professor Peck, whose name having the priority must 

 be adopted. 



ERLRHINUS Schonh. 



E. MUCIDUS. — Body black-brown with short prostrate yellow- 

 ish hairs; rostrum slender, linear, arquated, punctured, much 

 longer than the head and thorax : antennae rufous : elytra with 

 rather wide, impressed, densely punctured striae ; hairs arranged 

 in small spots. [15] 



Length one-fourth of an inch. 



Resembles E. vorax Gyl., but the thorax is more rounded and 

 the elytra have a more truncated appearance. 



ANTHONOMUS Germ. 



1. A. quadrigibbus. — Ferruginous ; elytra with about four 

 tubercles. 



Inhabits United States. 



Curculio quadrigibbus Melsh. Catalogue. 



Body dull ferruginous ; rostrum more than half the length of 

 the body ; thorax with three obsolete whitish lines : pleura bilineate, 

 of which one is more distinct : elytra with double series of punc- 

 tures, the interstitial lines alternately elevated, the two inner ones 

 on each with two or three compressed elevations, of which the 

 posterior one on the inner line is more prominent : posterior de- 

 clivity paler: anterior thighs two-toothed, the posterior tooth 

 prominent. 



Length (exclusive of the rostrum) less than three-twentieths i 

 an inch. 



I have taken this species on the Crataegus. 



2. A. MUSCULUS.— Dull rufous ; scutel and elytral spotted ban b 

 whitish. 



