LeConte.] 



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finely densely punctured with large scattered punctures, darker at the mid- 

 dle than at the sides, carinate in front of the middle but impressed behind. 

 Elytra with humeri obliquely truncate, base not concave, sides subsinuate, 

 obliquely prolonged behind, surface densely finely punctured, striae com- 

 posed of moderate sized punctures, with faint indications of two oblique 

 bands, and a small denuded polished spot near the tips, which are separately 

 rounded, or subacute. Length 9-11 mm. ; .35-. 45 inch. 



North shore of Lake Superior ; New Mexico. I have inadvertently 

 mentioned this species in the list of Coleoptera of Lake Superior as C. ob- 

 liquus, a European species which is quite different. 



2. S. cristatus, n. sp. 



Black, densely, finely punctured, clothed with white pubescence; teak 

 strongly carinate, carina ending anteriorly in a fovea, prolonged backwards 

 upon the head, broadly and deeply sulcate each side, lateral edges acute, 

 well defined, upper surface sparsely, sides more densely coarsely punc- 

 tured. Prothorax of the same form as in the preceding, but the postocular 

 lobes have a short fringe of hair, the sides are nearly straight and parallel, 

 the base is less emarginate, and the basal and medial angles are less promi- 

 nent; the pubescence seems denser at the sides than on the disc; sculpture 

 as in S. plumbeus. Elytra with striss of smaller and more approximate punc- 

 tures; humeri not obliquely truncate, but rounded and not prominent, sides 

 feebly rounded, not subsinuate, less distinctly obliquely prolonged near the 

 tips which are conjointly, not separately rounded; traces are seen of two 

 dark oblique bands. Length 13 mm. ; .50 inch. 



One specimen, Utah, Dr. Horn. Easily known by the well defined 

 lateral edge of the beak, and the different form of the elytra. The pubes- 

 cence is less fine and more dense than in 8. plumbeus. 



CLEONOPSIS n. g. 



I have been obliged to separate as a distinct genus, one species found in^ 

 Texas and Colorado, which differs from Cleonus by stouter and flatter beak,, 

 the form and method of coloration, and by the joints of the funiculus of 

 the antennas, 2-6 being more closely united. It cliff era from StepJianocle- 

 onus by the hind tarsi broader, the third joint not shorter, deeply bilobed, . 

 with the lobes spongy beneath. I cannot identify it with any of the 

 numerous genera mentioned by Mr. Chevrolat, though it would quite 

 possibly enter into one of them. 



1. C. pulvereus. Cleonus pulv. Lee. Col. Kansas and New Mexico, 18: 

 Three specimens. A rather stout species, proportioned somewhat like 

 C. trivittatus, but with the prothorax suddenly tubulate in front, with a 

 very broad discoidal black stripe, wider behind, and three oblique dark 

 spots on each elytron. The beak is a little more than twice as long as wide, 

 very coarsely punctured, feebly carinate, with slight traces each side of two 

 grooves ; the second joint of the funiculus is shorter than the first, but 

 somewhat longer than the third. The basal margin of the elytra is much 



