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Body black, covered with short, cinereous hair : head with a 

 carinated line between the eyes, and dilated, slightly impreesed, 

 confluent punctures : thorax hardly hairy on the middle, with 

 dense, confluent, dilated, slightly impressed punctures, and a 

 longitudinal indented line : elytra with impressed striae and large 

 punctures : a large longitudinally oval rufous spot on each, which 

 attains the lateral edge : anus with four black spots, of which 

 two are triangular and near the middle, and two are semitriangu- 

 lar, marginal, and placed beyond the middle. 



Length three-twentieths of an inch. 



Taken near the mountains. It is closely allied [308] to Cur- 

 culio abhreviatus of Melsh. Catal. (which is a Bruchus,) but is 

 much larger, and further distinguished by the anal spots. 



CRYPTORHYNCHUS Illig. 



1. C. OCULATUS. — Dusky ferruginous, varied with black; eyes 

 very large, approximate, acute before. 



Inhabits Missouri. 



Body black, punctured, partially covered by oblong, yellowish- 

 ferruginous scales : eyes very large, approximate, longitudinally 

 oblong, acute before, and separated by a narrow line : rostrum 

 punctured, black : base striate, with slightly elevated lines, and 

 with a few scales : tip piceous : antennae pale rufous : thorax 

 with dilated confluent punctures beneath the scales : elytra punc- 

 tured, and with punctured striae ; interstitial lines more elevated 

 behind ; tip obsoletely ferruginous : thighs with a black, denuded 

 band above, and a slightly projecting, obtuse angle beneath : tibia 

 pale piceous. 



Length less than one-tenth of an inch. 



[Belongs to Copturm. — Lec] 



2. C. OPERCULATUS. — Black, varied with cinereous scales; 

 eyes very large, approximate, acute before, separated by a narrow 

 line ; thorax with dilated approximate punctures, each closed by 

 an orbicular scale. 



CurcuUo quercus ? Melsh. Catal. 



Inhabits Arkansa. [309] 



Length, exclusive of the rostrum, more than three-twentieths 

 of an inch. 



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