LoConte. 



CLEONINI. 155 



Prothorax with sides feebly rounded in front ; 



disc channeled for two-thirds the length 17. placidus. 



Prothorax more strongly cribrate 18. laesicollis. 



17. Antennae inserted at the middle of the beak in 9 ; 



about one-third from tip in $ ; large, slender, 

 rather shining, thinly and finely pubescent 19. macer. 



1: L. pleuralis. Lee., Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1858, 78. 



Arizona and Lower California. 



The specimens from Cape San Lucas are more pubescent, and in some 

 individuals the pubescence is a little mottled on the elytra. It is perhaps 

 L. modestus Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1843, 291 ; L. calif ornicus Motsch. Bull. 

 Mosc. 1845, 378. 



2. L. texanus, n. sp. 



Black, thinly clothed with gray or yellowish-gray hair, denser towards 

 the sides, head and beak sparsely coarsely punctured, the latter stout, 

 shorter than the prothorax, feebly carinate for half the length ; antennae 

 inserted near the tip, not slender, first and second joints of funiculus equal, 

 each as long as the two following. Prothorax scarcely longer than wide, 

 gradually narrowed in front, broadly rounded on the sides, not constricted 

 at tip, covered with large, not very deep punctures, basal excavation feeble. 

 Elytra wider behind the base than the prothorax, humeri rounded, sides 

 parallel, conjointly rounded at tip, striae composed of large not very distant 

 punctures. Thighs slender, tarsi with the last joint as long as the others 

 united. Length 8-10.3 mm. ; .32-. 40 inch. 



Two specimens from Texas ; Mr. A. Salle. 



3. L, rubellus Randall, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, 41. 

 Brownish-black, thinly clothed with very short, fine gray pubescence ; 



long, slender. Beak somewhat shorter than the prothorax, densely, finely 

 punctured, with a few larger punctures intermixed ; obsoletely carinate, 

 with a large frontal puncture. Antennoe inserted near the tip of the beak. 

 Prothorax longer than wide, gradually narrowed from base to tip, not con- 

 stricted, sides nearly straight, base slightly oblique each side, medial angle 

 very obtuse, not rounded; surface rugosely punctulate, with a few shallow 

 punctures intermixed, excavation shallow, extending from base nearly to 

 the tip. Elytra finely rugosely punctulate, with striae composed of not 

 very distant punctures, tips prolonged, divergent, not acute. Legs brown, 

 thighs slender. Length 8 mm. ; .32 inch. 



One specimen, Wisconsin. Mr. Randall's specimen measured .45 inch 

 from tip of b.eak, and was found in Massachusetts. 



4. L. auctua Lee., Pac. R. R. Expl. and Surv. Insects, p. 57. 



One 9 specimen, Oregon. Larger than the preceding, with the beak 

 more slender, and the antennae inserted about one-fourth from the tip, 

 (probably sexual characters); there is a well-marked frontal puncture, and 



