Horn.] 



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differs in tlie form of tlie scape and the structure of the funicle. The 

 scrobes are shorter and rather widely open and sliallow posteriorly, and 

 for a very short distance converge slightly above. 



T. squalens, u. sp {Tracliyphlceus squalens Lee. mss., see note under 

 Geod. incomptu^). 



Form oval, densely clothed with brownish scales and with short black 

 setae. Head and rostrum slightly longer than the thorax, densely scaly, 

 sparsely punctured and setose. Thorax one-fourth broader than long, apex 

 truncate, base feebly arcuate, sides rather strongly arcuate, disc moderately 

 convex, densely scaly, sparsely punctured and setose. Elytra one and a 

 half times as long as wide, regularly oval, disc modei'ately convex, indis- 

 tinctly striate, striae not closely punctured, intervals flat, densely scaly, 

 each with two rows of short sette. Body beneath and legs densely scaly 

 sparsel,y setose. Length .18 inch ; 4.5 mm. 



Similar in form to Eu. vagaiu but less elongate. In addition to the 

 scales, tha surface is covered with an exudation which almost entirely 

 obliterates the appearance of the scales. 



Not rare near the sea coast of California. 



RHYPODES n. g. 



Rostrum short, as broad as long, sub-quadrangular, flattened above, tip 

 slightlj" emarginate. Scrobes lateral, moderately deep, very feebly arcuate 

 and passing directly to the eyes. Antenntii moderate, sub-terminal, scaly; 

 scape feebly arcuate, attaining the margin of the thorax ; funicle 7-jointed, 

 shorter than the scape, joints 1-3 longer, the first longer than the second; 

 joints 3-7 obconical, short ; club oval, acuminate. Eyes small, round, 

 deeply inserted, scarcely visible from above, and coarsely granulated. 

 Thorax transversely oval. Scutellum invisible. Elytra regularly oval, 

 humeri oblique. Intercoxal process broad, truncate. Tibiae not mucro- 

 nate, the posterior scaly at tip. Claws connate at base, divergent at tip, 

 especially the anterior. Body densely scaly and with erect scales. 



The form of the species of this genus is exactly that of TrachypJdieus. 

 It difters from the preceding genus in the form of the scrobes, and from 

 Eacyllus l)y its shorter form, and the structure of the antennae. The ej^es 

 are so feebly prominent and the orbital groove so well defined, that the 

 eyes are scarcely at all visible from above. 



Rh. dilatatus, n. sp (TracJiyphheits id. Lee. mss. See note under Geod. 

 iiicomplux). 



Form of TrachypMaus, densely covered with brownish scales with 

 paler spots and with erect scales s; ai'sely placed. Head and rostrum 

 slightly longer than the thorax, densely scaly, sparsely punctured and 

 with erect scales. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, truncate at 

 apex, base feebly, sides strongly arcuate, disc moderately convex, «)vered 

 Avith brownish scales, variegated with paler, and with erect, short, clavate 

 scales, sparsely placed, surface sparsely punctured. Elytra regularly oval. 



