190 CURCULIONID^. 



[LeConte. 



each puncture. Elytra elongate oval, a little wider than the prothorax; 

 striae punctured, becoming obsolete behind; interspaces each with a row of 

 well-marked distant punctures, from which proceed fine hairs. Beneath 

 finely and very sparsely punctured. Length, 2.5 mm.; .10 inch. 



San Diego, on the shore of the bay, under sea-weed, ^f with the first 

 and second ventral segments broadly concave; anal segments large, prom- 

 inent. 



Tribe VI. trachodini. 



The genus TracTiodes, which occurs in Europe, Asia and Alaska, diflfers 

 sufficiently fi'om all others in our fauna to merit being placed in a separate 

 tribe. Lacordaire classed it with the Molytini, which however seems an 

 unnatural grouping of genera agreeing only in convex body, short meta- 

 sternum, and absence of wings. The beak is rather slender, as long as the 

 protliorax; the antennae are inserted a little before the middle (9), or one- 

 third from the end (cj^), rather slender, the scape reaching the inferior 

 margin of the eyes, which are nearly round, coarsely granulated, and 

 somewhat removed from the prothorax; the funiculus is 7-jointed, first joint 

 elongate and stout, second nearly as long, but slender, 3-7 short, slightly 

 increasing in thickness ; club rounded oval, about one-half longer than 

 thick, annulated, pubescent, tip rather pointed. Prothorax scarcely lobed, 

 but ciliate behind the eyes. Epimera of metathorax nari'ow, entirely cov- 

 ered by the elytra; hind coxae rounded, widely separated, not attaining the 

 elytral margin. Ventral segments, first and second large, each as long as 

 the metasternum, separated by a straight suture which is deeplj^ impressed 

 at the sides; third and fourth short, sutures straight; fifth as long as the two 

 preceding united. Legs rather long, thighs pedunculated, not toothed ; tibiae 

 slender, strongly hooked at tip; tarsi rathei long, third joint Avidcr, bilobed, 

 last joint elongate, claws simple, slender, separate. Body rough with short 

 erect bristles. 



TRACHODES Germ. 



Elytra uniformly convex without elevations: 



Bristles of elytra not tufted 1. ptinoides. 



Each elytron with two tufts of bristles 2. quadrituberculatus. 



Elytra with large elevations 3. horridus. 



1. T. ptinoides Germ., Sp. Nov. 327; Sch. Cure, iii, 513; INIann. Bull. 

 Mosc. 1843, 293. 



Alaska and Vancouver Island. I have received specimens of this species 

 from Col. Motschulsky as his T. fasciculatus, Bull. Mosc. 1845, 2nd, 374. 



2. T. quadrituberculatus Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1852, 355; Sthereusquadr. 

 Motsch., ibid. 1845. ii, 375, Tab. vii, f 4. 



Alaska. The four tubercles of the elytra seem to me not elevations but 

 bunches of bristles; they are situated on the third interspace; the first is 

 about one-fifth from the base, and the second a little behind the middle; the 

 elytral striae are rather finer than in the preceding. 



