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CURCTJLIONTD.2E. [LeConte. 



than in the species above described, and are very coarse and dense. Scutel- 

 lum pale. Elytra strongly emarginate at base, humeri oblique, sides then 

 parallel, rounded behind ; the posterior callus is distinct, not very promi- 

 nent ; the elytra are compressed at the suture towards the tip, and verti- 

 cally declivous ; the striae are strongly punctured, the interspaces somewhat 

 uneven; there is an indistinct broad stripe commencing at the humeri and 

 running backwards on the sixth, seventh, and eighth interspaces, and there 

 are besides some irregular mottlings of pale scales. Beneath punctured, 

 irregularly spotted with large pale scales ; thighs with a pale band. Length 

 14 mm. ; .55 inch. 



9 Last ventral deeply concave, the excavation smooth at the bottom, 

 and transversely impressed with a short line, becoming narrow at the tip, 

 which is deeply emarginate ; the upper marginal line is continued around 

 the tip, separate from the lower one, and the space between them is curi- 

 ously and deeply marked with two excavations on each side near the extreme 

 emargination ; pygidium strongly emarginate ; tips of the elytra separately 

 rounded. ^ wanting. 



Georgia, three specimens. I have seen nothing similar to the curious 

 sculpture of the last ventral segment, though in its homology it is only a 

 modification and complication of the forms mentioned under other species. 

 It is the Eudocimus americanus^ Dej. Cat. 299, but bears no resemblance 

 to Eu. Mannerheimii. 



9. L. rotundicollis, n. sp. 



Blackish, covered with the usual scales, of a dirty-brown ; beak feebly 

 carinate, lateral grooves almost obsolete ; frontal fovea distinct. Prothorax 

 as wide as long, sides strongly rounded, clothed with paler scales ; surface 

 coarsely and densely punctured ; an indistinct paler dorsal stripe may also 

 be traced. Elytra with deep punctured striae, and convex interspaces ; 

 posterior callus obsolete. Length 7.5 mm. ; .30 inch. 



9 Last ventral with a large shallow rounded impression ; elytra con- 

 jointly rounded at tip. <^ wanting. 



One 9 > Georgia. Quite distinct by the more rounded prothorax. The 

 funiculus of the antennae is as slender as in any of the preceding species ; 

 the setae of the elytra are rather more conspicuous. 



10. L. appendiculatus (Boh.), Sch. Cure, vi, 2d, 192, (Listroderes). 

 <3\ Elytra conjointly rounded at tip. 



9 . Elytra separately produced into a short straight process. 

 Canada to Texas. More elongate than any other species in which the 

 beak is flattened and subcarinate. Length 4.2-6.5 mm. ; .16-. 25 inch. 



11. L. sulcirostris, n. sp. 



Elongate, black, less densely covered with small, rounded, dirty brown 

 scales, no larger on the prothorax. Beak stouter than usual, with the ridges 

 and grooves so strongly marked as to appear tricarinate and quadrisulcate. 

 Prothorax longer than wide, sides nearly straight for two thirds the length, 

 then gently rounded to the apex ; punctures dense, unequal, the larger ones 



