LeCoate.] 



BAKLNT. 313 



C. cap-Hiatus, but with the prothorax more rounded on the sides, and 

 more constricted in front. Beak shorter than the prothorax, not very 

 slender, regularly curved, punctured and striate; transverse frontal im- 

 pression distinct; head convex, opaque, finely punctulate. Prothorax wider 

 than long, sides parallel behind, much rounded in front, strongly constricted 

 near the tip; disc coarsely and densely punctured, clothed with narrow, 

 pale scales, directed transversely. Elytra feebly narrowed from the humeri, 

 separately rounded at the tip; pygidium sligh;ly exposed; stria} deep, inter- 

 spaces rather narrow, punctured; each clothed with an irregular double 

 series of narrow, white scales. Prosternum with the usual transverse im- 

 pression, not foveate, hind margin not emarginate; front coxae widely sep- 

 ara cd; metathoracic side pieces wide; fifth ventral segment nearly as long 

 as the third and fourth united; antennae with rather stout funicle, second 

 joint scarcely longer than the third. Length 3,7 mm.; .15 inch. 



Texas, Belfrage; one specimen. This is a deceptive and difficult species 

 to identify, and would be equally well placed near C. modestus and capil- 

 lalus. 



14. C. decipiens, n. sp. 



More elongate than the preceding, but otherwise closely resembling it. 

 The beak is similarly curved and sculptured, but is longer. The prothorax 

 is not constricted in front, and the scales are somewhat less narrow, though 

 also directed transversely; the sides are much less rounded. The elytra 

 are deeply striate, clothed with narrow, pale scales, arranged in rat her con- 

 fused single series on the inner interspaces, but with regular rows on the 

 outer ones. The body beneath is densely clothed with oval pale scales; 

 the prosternum is transversely impressed as usual, but also slightly foveate 

 and flattened, though the fovea is concealed by the scales. The front coxae 

 are not widely separated, the metathoracic side pieces are wide, and the 

 fifth ventral segment is nearly as long as the third and fourth united. Fun- 

 icle of antennae rather slender; second joint a little longer than third. 

 Length 3 mm.; .12 inch. 



Florida and Texas; two specimens. 



15. C. linsioollis Boh., Sch. Cure, viii, 1st, 221. 



Illinois, Texas, South Carolina, also occurs in Mexico. An elongate 

 species, thinly clothed with small, narrow, gray scales, which are almost 

 hair-like on the upper suface; and rather dense at the middle and sides of 

 the prothorax; on the elytra they are arranged in single series on each in- 

 terspace. 



The beak is as long as the prothorax, curved, sparsely punctured, and 

 striate at the sides. Prothorax densely punctured, longer than wide, feebly 

 constricted near the tip. Elytra conjointly rounded at tip, striae d.-cp, in- 

 terspaces rugosely punctured. Prosternum transversely impress; d in front, 

 not emarginate behind; front coxae only narrowly separated; metathoracic 

 side-pieces rather narrow ; fifth ventral nearly as long as third and fourth 

 united. Funicle of antennae rather stout; first joint as long as the two 

 following; second a little longer than the third. Length 2.5 mm.; .10 inch. 



PROC. AMER. PHILO8. SOC. XV. 96. 2N 



