316 CURCULIOJ^IDJE. 



[LeConto. 



erately distant, metathoracic side pieces rather wide, fifth ventral segment 

 hardly longer than the fourth. Funicle of antennae slender, first joint as long 

 as the three following ; second a little longer than the third ; club less 

 elongate, stouter, pubescent, loss distinctly annulated. Length 4 mm. ; 

 .16 inch. 

 •2'- J/ Middle and Southern States; four specimens. 



21. O. longulus, n. sp. 



Tliis species closely resembles C. faUu^, but is still more elongate and 

 clothed with hair-like scales both above and beneath. The prothorax is 

 not wider than long, and is less constricted at the tip ; the punctures are 

 less dense, and the dorsal line is indistinct. The pi'osternum is more dis- 

 tinctly sulcate, and the fifth ventral segment is distinctly longer than the 

 fourth. Length 4 mm. ; .16 inch. 



Texas. Belfrage; one rj^. Tiie beak is nearly smooth, punctured only 

 towards the base. The first ventral segment is slightly flattened. 



22. C. concinnus, n. sp. 



Elongate, black, with a slight bronzed tint, thinly clothed with white 

 hairs, becoming capillary scales beneath. Beak as long as the prothorax, 

 slightly curved, frontal impression distinct. Prothorax a liltle longer than 

 wide, narrowed and feebly constricted in front, coarsely but not deeply 

 punctured, finely alutaceous. Elytra parallel, conjointly rounded at tip; 

 strite fine, intersi)aces wide, feebly punctulate. Beneath rather coarsely 

 punctured; prosternum with two small foveas near the tip; not emarginate 

 behind; front coxae m;)derately distant; metathoracic side pieces narrow, ' 

 fifth ventral segment longer than the fourth. Funicle of antennae ra her 

 stout and short, second joint not longer than third. Length 1-8-2.5 mm.; 

 .07-10 inch. 



New York, Florida, Texas. The beak is striate and more deeply punc- 

 tured in the (^■ 



23. C. confusus Boh., Sch. Cure, iii, 740; Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, 2d, 

 293. 



Southern and Western States ; also found in California, according to 

 Mannerheim. Elongate, dull black, thinly clothed with white hairs, 

 which are very small and inconspicuous above, and scale like beneath. 

 Beak as long as the prothorax, slender, slightlj" curved. Prothorax 

 strongly and densely punctured; dorsal line narrow, smooth; sides slightly 

 oblique, rounded in front, and feebly constricted. Elytra with deep striae, 

 interspaces strongly punctulate, tips conjointly rounded. Beneath coarsely 

 punctured, prosternum with a rounded impression near the tip; not emar- 

 ginate behind; fr )nt coxje moderately separated, metathoracic side pieces 

 rather narrow; fifth ventral segment a little longer than the fourth. Funi- 

 cle of antennae stout, second joint scarcely longer than third. Length 2.8 

 mm. ; .11 inch. 



(^. Pros':ernum armed each side in front of the coxae with a long straight 



