Horn. J 



OPHRYASTIXI. 43 



isli coating the result of an exudation and adhering argillaceous material. 

 The above description has been made from a clean specimen. 



ANAMETIS n. g. 



Rostrum longer and narrower than the head, moderately robust, slightly 

 broader in front, tip feebly emarginate with a small smooth space, limited 

 behind by an elevated line. Scrobes moderately deep, well defined, 

 arcuale and directed beneath the lower angle of the eye. Antennae mode- 

 rate, anterior, scape gradually clavate, attaining the middle of the eye ; 

 funicle 7-jointed, 1-2 elongate, equal, 3-7 obcouical, the seventh free ; club 

 elongate, oval. Eyes transversely oval, obtuse beneath. Tliorax trans- 

 versel}^ cylindrical, nan'ower in front, base and apex truncate, lobes short, 

 Avith slight fimbriae. Scutellum small triangular. Elytra oval, emarginate 

 at base and very slightly wider than the thorax. Metasternum short, side 

 pieces indistinct, suture obliterated. Intercoxal process moderate, arcuate 

 in front, second segment of abdomen as long as the the two following 

 united, separated from the first by a straight suture. Anterior and middle 

 tibia; mucronate at tip, the former denticulate within, hind tibiae extremely 

 feebly or not mucronate, the articular surfaces sub-cavernous. Tarsi nor- 

 mal. Surface densely scaly and with short set*. 



As in all the genera in this vicinity the front is convex and the rostrum 

 at base transversely impressed. 



A. grisea, n. sp. 



Form oval, surface densely and uniformly covered with cinereous scales 

 and short setae. Head and rostrum as long as the thorax, densely scaly, 

 scales slightly pearly. Rostrum feebly convex along the middle, rarely 

 with a finely impressed longitudinal line on each side. Tliorax wider than 

 long, slightly narrower in front, dLsc moderately convex, surfiice denselj^ 

 scaly and sparsely setose. Elytra regularly oval, striate, striae moderately 

 punctured, intervals slightly convex, densely scaly and irregularly biseri- 

 ately setulose. Body beneath and legs with similar vestiture, but less 

 dense. Length .30-28 inch ; 5-7 mm. 



This species resembles somewhat Epicmrus formidolosus in form but is 

 more elongate. 



Occurs in Kansas, Dacota, Illinois and Georgia, and is common. 



ORIMODEMA n. g. 



Rostrum shorter but narrower than the head, cylindrical at base, sub-quad 

 rangular at apex, with a transverse impression at some distance in front of 

 the eyes, tip feebly emarginate, with narrow smooth space Avithout eleva- 

 ted line. Supports of mandibular pieces not prominent. Scrobes deep, 

 well defined, arcuate, passing rapidlj^ inferiorly at a distance from the 

 eyes. Antennae moderate anterior, scape graduall}^ clavate, scaly, attain- 

 ing the middle of the eye ; funicle 7-jointed, 1-2 large, equal, 3-7 obconical 

 gradually shorter, seventh not broader and free ; club oval, acute. Eyes 

 transversely oval, pointed beneath. Thorax cylindrical, truncate at apex 



