310 CURCULIONID^E. 



[T.eConte. 



nigosc? on il)e sides, stDuglj^ cons ricted at the base. Protliorax wkler than 

 long, much rounded on the sides, strongly tubularly cons'. ricted at tip; very 

 coarsely and somewhat confiuently punctured; scales sparse, white, narrow, 

 direced transversely ; dorsal line narrow; scutellar lobe broad, slightly 

 emargiuate. Elytiti not wider than the prothorax, gradually nan-owed 

 behind th3 humeri, thinly cloJied witli white scales broader than those of 

 the prothorax, tips separately but narrowly rounded; stricedeep, broad and 

 punctured; interspaces narrow, with large punctui^es nearlj'^ arranged in 

 single rows. Funicle of an'ennaj with the second joint half as long 

 as the first. Beneath coarsely punctured, clothed not very drnsely with 

 oval white .scales. Hind margin of prothorax emarginate beneath; sid^ 

 pieces of metiisternum wide; fifth ventral shorter than third and fourth 

 united. Length 4.6 mm.; .18 inch. 



Texas, Belfrage, O-ie (J^. The prosternum is deeply excavated as in ths 

 two preceding species, but the horns are much shorter, and scarcely curved. 

 This, however, ma}- be an individual character. 



6. O. modestus Boh., Sch. Cure, iii, 772% 



Middle and Southern States. Similar in form to the preceding species, 

 black, sprinkled with small oval white scales. Beak as long as the head 

 and prothorax, stout, regularly curved, sparsely punctured. Prothorax 

 wider than long, feebl}" rounded on the sides, which are oblique, strongly 

 constricted at tip; densel3% somewhat confiuently punctured, with a nar- 

 row smooth dorsil line. Elytra conjoinlly rounded at tip; striaj deep, in- 

 terspaces coarsely punctur^'d. Prosternum with a well defined deep 

 impression, rounded in front, extending nearly to the anterior margin; 

 coxae mcxlerately widely separated, hind margin not emargina'e ; side 

 pieces of metathorax wide; fifth ventral segment a little longer than fourth. 

 Funicle of antennae with first joint elongate, second a little longer than 

 third. Length .4 mm.; .15 inch. 



(^' witli a small cusp each side, immediately before the front coxae; 

 abdomen flattened near the base; anal segment slightly visible on the under 

 surface. 



7. O. perscillus Gyll., Sch. Cure, iii, 763. 



Kansas, one male. The scales are dirty gray, not linear but oval, and 

 d .'nsely placed. The prothorax is wider tiian long, rapidly narrowed from 

 the base, with the sides not very much rounded, and the tip only feebly 

 constricted. The elytm are conjointly rounded at tip, and the pygidium 

 is not exposed; the striae are de3p and punctured. The second joint of the 

 funicle is as long as the first, the side pieces of the metasternum are wide, 

 the fifth ventral is but little longer than the fourth, and the hind margin of 

 the prothorax beneath is narrowly emarginate in front of the mesosternum. 

 Length 3.5 mm.; .14 inch. 



The prosternum is deeply excavated, and the horns are short and c;)nical. 



8. C neglectus, n. sp. 



Very similar to C. perscillus, but rather narrower, clothed with ochreous 



