300 CUKCULICXNTDJE. 



[LeConte. 



The front coxae are very widely separated; the transvere suture between 

 the coxae is very well marked, and the prosternuin is widely, but not cljeply 

 excavated; club of antennae elongate-oval, annulated, pubescent. 



Three species are known to me: 



Elytral striae not punctured; , 



Brown, prothorax obliquely narrowed from the base 1. sssostris. 



Black, " suddenly " near the tip. . 2. ater. 



Elytral striae crenate; body elongate, brown, opaque 3. crenatus 



1. A. Sasostris (Lee.), Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1888, 364 (Bandar); 

 Walsh, Am. Entomologist, ii, 105. Madarus vitis Riley, 1st Missouri Re- 

 port, 131. 



Western States, on cultivated vines. Somewhat narrower than the next, 

 and easily known by the brown color and different form of the prothorax. 

 Head scarcely punctulate, beak as long as the prothorax, slightly curved, 

 feebly punctured, front constriction faint. Prothorax as long as wide, 

 sparsely punctured, with a smooth dorsal line, sides oblique from the base 

 for more thn one-half the length, then rounded and narrowed for a short 

 distance, and then broadly constricted at a greater distance than usual from 

 the tip. Elytra very little wider than the prothorax, with a vague trans- 

 verse impression near the base, and two others near the sides; posterior 

 callus small, rather prominent; striae fine, inierspaces wide, flat. Beneath 

 coarsely punctured. Length 3mm.; .12 inch. 



2. A. ater, n. sp. 



Very black, shining; beak stouter and more curved than in the prece- 

 ding. Prothorax more sparsely punctured, more rugose at the sides, which 

 are scarcely narrowed for two-thirds their length, then very suddenly 

 rounded, and constricted far from the tip. Elytra a little wider than the 

 prothorax at base, sculptured and impressed as in the preceding. Length 

 3 mm. ; .12 inch. 



Southern and Western States, on Ampelopzi* quinquefolia. Mentioned 

 as Madams ampelopsis by Walsh and Riley, loc. cit. sup., but not described. 



3. A. crenatus, n. sp. 



Elongate, dull ferruginous, opaque. Beak curved, as long as the head 

 and prothorax, punctured; head not punctured. Prothorax subquadrate, 

 sides parallel, rounded near the tip, and strongly constricted, base bisinu- 

 ate; densely and coarsely punctured, constriction marked on the sides with 

 a transverse row of larger punctures. Elytra a little wider than the pro- 

 thorax, sides parallel, surface broadly impressed behind the base; striae 

 desp, very coarsely punctured, interspaces narrow, third and ninth carinate 

 near the tip, and confluent, so as to leave a deep fovea between their junc- 

 tion and the posterior callosity, which is well marked. Beneath coarsely 

 punctured, less* so upon the abdomen; fifth ventral less convex and less 

 densely punctured than in the two preceding species. Claws small, con- 

 nate for half their length. Length 2.8 mm.; .11 inch. 



Virginia, and Maryland; two specimens. Narrower even than Pseudo 

 bar is angmta. 



