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OTIORHYXCHIDJE. rHorn . 



scales with paler spaces near the sides. Elytra oblong oval, twice as long 

 as wide, sides feebly arcuate, apex feebly attenuate, posteriorly suddenly 

 declivous and sub-compressed, disc feebly convex, striate, striae with coarse 

 rather distantly placed punctures, intervals flat densely scaly and with two 

 irregular rows of very short setae on each. Body beneath not densely 

 covered with pearly white scales and with very short hairs. Legs mode- 

 rately densely scaly, scales brown with whitish patches irregularly inter- 

 spersed. Length .36-. 44 inch ; 9-11 mm. 



The sexual distinction is found in the rather sudden bending of the hind 

 tibiae of the male with a brush of moderately long silken hairs near the 

 tip. Occurs in California and Oregon. 



PANSCOPUS Sch. 



Panscopus Schonh. Cure, vi, 2, p. 266. 



Rostrum a little longer and narrower than the head, separated from the 

 latter by a moderately strong arcuate depression, robust, rounded at base, 

 tip rather strongly emarginate, above convex obtusely carinate. Front 

 flat. Scrobes deep, well defined, rather strongly arcuate, directed toward 

 but not attaining the lower angle of the eye. Antenna? moderate, scape 

 ciavate attaining the middle of the eyes ; funicle 7 -jointed, 1-2 longer, the 

 first longer than the second, joints 3-7 obconical, gradually broader, club 

 oval acute. Eyes transversely oval, obtusely pointed beneath. Thorax 

 broader than long, sides regularly arcuate, lobes short but broad. Scutel- 

 lum nearly invisible. Elytra oblong oval, not wider than the thorax, trun- 

 cate at base. Metasternum short, side pieces indistinct, suture obliterated. 

 Intercoxal process moderate, truncate in front. Second abdominal segment 

 equal to the two following, separated from the first by a straight suture. 

 Anterior tibiae feebly denticulate within. Articular surfaces of hind tibiae 

 open. Tarsi normal. Body oblong, surface densely scaly, and with short 

 setae. 



P. erinaceus Say (Barynotus), Cure. N. A. p. 12 ; Am. Ent. 1, p. 272; 

 Sch. loc. cit. 



Form oblong moderately robust, surface densely covered with brownish 

 scales, with paler spots irregularly placed on the elytra and a lateral stripe 

 on the thorax. Head and rostrum slightly longer than the thorax, densely 

 scaly, scales distinctly cupreous. Thorax slightly broader than long, apex 

 and base truncate, sides regularly and rather strongly arcuate, disc mode- 

 rately convex, median line distinctly impressed, surface rugulose, densely 

 scaly, scales indistinctly cupreous, at the sides a paler line. Elytra oblong 

 oval, striate, striae with moderately large distant punctures, intervals feebly 

 convex with a single row of short setae and densely covered with brownish 

 scales, sometimes with a slight cupreous lustre and with small paler spots 

 irregularly placed especially numerous near the apex. Body beneath and 

 legs similarly covered with scales. Length .24-. 32 inch ; 6-8 mm. 



Occurs from Canada to Pennsylvania. 



The large majority of the specimens are uniformly covered with a brown- 



