260 CURCULIOXID^. [Letonte. 



Protliorax about as long as wide; elytral white spot 

 conspicuous ; 



Elytra but little wider than protliorax 1. californicus. 



Elytra much wider than protliorax 2. oculatus. 



Prothorax conspicuously wider than long. Elytra 

 much wider than prothorax 3. subfasciatus. 



1. P. californicus,. u. sp. 



Elongate-oval, black, above irregularly clothed with narrow fulvous 

 scales, mixed at the sides of the prothorax with white; scutellum black; 

 elytra with a common sutural spot behind the middle, extending to the 

 second stria, and a few scattered dots white. Beak rather stout, finely 

 punctured, feebly carinate near the base; front very narrow; eyes bordered 

 behind Avith pale scales. Prothorax not wider than long, gradually nar- 

 rowed from base to tip, sides straight; disc coarsely densely punctured, dis- 

 tinctly carinate. Elytra very little wider than the prothorax, elongate, 

 humeri oblique, stria? well impressed, interspaces flat, finely punctured. 

 Beneath clothed with dirty gray scales: thighs distinctly tootlied, hind pair 

 with a black ring; tibia; with a small terminal hook; ungues very small. 

 Length 3 mm. ; .12 inch. 



Calaveras, California; Mr. Crotch. More elongate than the other two 

 species, and resembling in form Cophcrus opercukitus, though smaller. 



2. P. oculatus. Cryptorhynclms ocul. Saj', Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. iii, 

 308; ed. lee. ii, 172; Copturus namis^ Dej. Cat. 



Southern and Western States. The sutural white spot is small and ex- 

 tends only to the first stria. The upper surface is thinly clothed with ful- 

 vous hair-like scales, and only slightly mottled. The prothorax is nearly 

 as long as wide, slightly rounded on the sides. The elytra are suddenly 

 one-third wider than the prothorax and narrowed behind. Length 3 mm. ; 

 .12 inch. 



3. P. subfasciatus, n. sp. 



Rather stout in form, black, thinlj'and irregularly clothed with fine white 

 hair-like scales, forming transverse bands on the elytra; the white spot is 

 therefoi'e not very conspicuous. Beak brown, outer half nearly smooth, 

 base punctured and striate; anteunfe testaceous, front very narrow. Pro- 

 thorax about twice as wide as long, narrowed gradually from the base, 

 sides feeblj^ rounded behind, and very slightly sinuate near the tip; very 

 coarsely and densely punctured, not carinate; the white scales are thinly 

 placed, and form three broad vittfe. Elytra near the base about one-third 

 wider than the prothorax, humeri more rounded and less prominent than 

 in P. oculatus; narrowed behind, striae wide, deep, punctured, interspaces 

 narrow, with lines of white pubescence, so interrupted as to produce three 

 transverse bands; one l;asal, surrounding a humeral dark spot, one behind 

 the middle, and one near the tip; the>e bands are also connected along the 

 suture, and at other places. Beneath thinly c'.othed with gray scales. 



