70 OTIORHYNCHIDJE. 



[Horn. 



This species imitates some of the least distinctly marked specimens of 

 Paraptochus sellatus. The scales are very densely placed and are closely 

 adherent to and conceal the surface. Their color is pale, cinereous, ex- 

 cept a broad median thoracic space and the few spots near the base of the 

 elytra and the very irregular line at the declivity which are fuscous. This 

 species and the preceding are similar in form to Per itelusg rise us of Europe, 

 and are about two-thirds the size. 



Collected at Fort Tejon, California, by Mr. G. R. Crotch. 



PERITELOPSIS n. g. 



Rostrum not as long as the head, slightly flattened, narrower to tip 

 which is feebly emarginate, aloe not divergent. Scrobes superior, cavern- 

 ous, very slightly arcuate, convergent above, attaining the eyes. Eyes 

 very slightly oval. Antennae (entirely wanting) apical. Thorax cylin- 

 drical, narrower in front, sides moderately arcuate. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra sub-globoso-oval. Metasternal side pieces extremely narrow. In- 

 tercoxal process broad, truncate. Second abdominal segment scarcely as 

 long as the two following separated from the first by an arcuate suture. 

 Femora moderately clavate, tibue finely mucronate, claws connate. Body 

 scaly. 



This genus is doubtless very near Peritelus. The alae of the rostrum are 

 not at all divergent, and the rostrum very short, Possibly the genus 

 might enter one of Seidlitz' groups of Peritelus. 



P. globiventris Lee. (Ptochm} Pacif. R. R. Rep. App. 1, p. 56. 



Form oval, surface covered but not densely, with scales of a pearly 

 lustre. Head and rostrum scarcely longer than the thorax, rostrum with a 

 smooth space at tip, limited by an angulated line, surface coarsely and 

 deeply punctured and sparsely scaly, vertex with a short linear impression. 

 Thorax broader than long, slightly narrower in front, sides moderately 

 arcuate, apex and base truncate, disc moderately convex, coarsely and 

 deeply punctured, surface sparsely scaly. Elytra sub-globoso-oval, 

 longer than broad, striate, stria? (those of disc at base not impressed) with 

 moderate punctures not closely placed, intervals at sides and apex slightly 

 convex, surface scaly. Body beneath coarsely punctured, sparsely scaly, 

 abdomen very sparsely punctured and with few hairs. Legs piceous, 

 sparsely scaly and hairy. Length .16 inch ; 4 mm. 



The form of this insect is nearly that of Peritelus griseun, but with a 

 much shorter rostrum. The scales of the surface are not densely placed, 

 and the piceous color of the body is readily seen between them. 



One specimen deprived of antennae, from California. 



GEODERCES n. g. 



Rostrum nearly as long as the head, robust, parallel, sub-cylindrical, at 

 base a feeble arcuate impression, tip feebly emarginate, a smooth space 

 limited behind by an angulate line, aUe not prominent. Scrobes lateral, 

 narrow, not attaining the eyes, crescentic when viewed laterally. Antenna 



