218 CUTICULIONIDJS. 



[LeConte. 



first interspace of the elytra; elsewhere they are scattered and separate. Beak 

 as long as the prothorax, curved, densely pubescent, narrow at tip, stouter 

 at base. Prothorax densely punctured, as long as wide, rounded on the 

 sides. Elytra oblong-elongate, about one third wider than the prothorax 

 at base, sides parallel; scutellum clothed with white scales; striae fine, inter- 

 spaces flat. Antennae brown, funicle 7 -join ted, first joint longer and stouter, 

 2-7 equal in length, gradually a little broader; legs brown, thighs broadly 

 toothed. Length 2.5 mm. ; .10 inch. 



Fort Tejon, California, Mr. Crotch. Kesembles in form the next species, 

 but differs by the pubescence being of the usual soft kind, without admix- 

 ture of stiff, erect bristles. It is also smaller, and the prothorax is not wider 

 than long, and the thighs are broadly toothed. 



6. T. hirtellus n. sp. 



Elongate, dark brown, clothed with yellow-brown scales and pubescence; 

 with rows of longer reclinate hairs on the elytra; scales rather small, 

 rounded oval. Beak testaceous brown, narrow at tip, stout at base, as long 

 as the prothorax, curved, pubescent, tip naked. Prothorax wider than long, 

 strongly rounded on the sides, narrowed and moderately constricted at tip, 

 clothed with scales beneath, and on the sides; dark brown with a broad 

 lateral stripe of pale brown, and a narrower dorsal stripe of white pubes- 

 cence. Elytra oblong-elongate, wider than the prothorax, sides parallel, 

 then rounded at the tip; striae fine, well marked, punctures obscured by the 

 dense covering of scales. Antennae brown, funicle 7 -jointed, first joint 

 longer and stouter; 2-7 equal, gradually a little stouter; legs brown, thighs 

 not toothed. Length 3 mm.; .12 inch. 



Texas, Belfrage; two specimens. 



5. T. setosus, n. sp. 



Very small, elongate, brown, above coarsely pubescent, beneath densely 

 covered with large scales; beak nearly straight, slender; head scaly. Pro- 

 thorax hardly wider than long, narrowed in front, sides oblique, scarcely 

 rounded. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, striae well impressed, in- 

 terspaces slightly convex, each with a row of pale bristles. Beak, antennae 

 and feet ferruginous; thighs unarmed, not sinuate beneath; funicle 6- 

 jointed. Length 1.2 mm.; .045 inch. 



Fort Yuma, California; quite different in appearance from the other 

 species, and resembling a small Erirhinus; the ventral sutures and claws 

 are, however, of this genus. This is one of the smallest Curculionides in 

 our fauna. The last ventral segment is broadly foveate in my specimens, 

 but this is perhaps a sexual character. 



SIBYNES Germ. 



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I refer to this genus a small species from Lower California which differs 

 from the others of this group by the elytra being separately rounded at tip, 

 thereby exposing a large part of the pygidium. The funicle of the an- 

 tennae is 6-jointed; the first joint is elongate, the second a little longer than 



