LeConte.J APPENDIX. 431 



Statura fere//, pali*, sed nonnihil major, capite remote punctato, thorace 

 angustiore, ut et defectu signaturis elytrorum, ab illo mox distinctus. 

 Caput breve, rotundatum, nigrum, sat profunde minus crebre punctatum ; 

 fronte foveola obsoleta impressa ; oculi laterales oblongi, transversi, de- 

 pressi, brunnei ; rostrum longitudine thoracis, crassiusculum, teres, parum 

 arcuatum : nigrum subnitidum, a basi ultra medium obsolete carinatum, 

 inter antennas canalicula abbreviata insculptum, totum profunde, minus 

 crebre rugoso-punctatum. Antennae longe pone medium rostri insert, 

 thorace paulo longiores, crassiusculee nigro-picece, clava ovata subobtusa 

 cinereo-pubescente. Thorax latitudine multo longiore, antice valde an- 

 gustatus, coarctatus, lateribus paululum rotundatus, basi sub-bisinuatus, 

 supra minus convexus, niger profunde rugoso-punctatus, in medio obsolete 

 carinatus. Scutellum parvum, rotundatum, nigrum pallido-pubescens. 

 Elytra antice thoracis basi paulo latiora, et quadruple longiora, humeris 

 aubprominulis, rotundatis, lateribus inflexa, ultra medium linearia, turn 

 apicem versus angustata, apice conjunctim obtuse rotundata, supra parum 

 convexa dorso fere plana ; tota nigra subopaca, striis minus latis, crebre 

 cancellatis, exarata, quarum foveolse oblongo-quadrat, sat profund. 



10. Lixus prsepotens Boh., Sch. Cure, iii, 62. Rhynchophorus prcep. 

 Say, Cure. 21 ; ed. Lee., i, 287. 



Thorax with three vittse. 



Inhabits Arkansas. Body black, covered with dense prostrate cinereous 

 hairs. Rostrum shorter than the head and thorax ; thorax with three 

 black vittae, extended behind at the scutel. Elytra with double series of 

 punctures ; a black vitta on the middle of each, and a narrower subsutural 

 one. Length more than three-fifths of an inch. This is a fine insect. 



11. Lixus poricollis Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii, 291. 



Oblongus, niger, pubi grisea dense obtectus, rostrobreviore recto carinato, 

 thorace antice parum angustiore, dorso punctis nigris remotis variolosis 

 impresso, basis foveolato, longitudinaliter anguste carinato, utrinque nigro- 

 lineato, elytris subtiliter punctato-striatis, apice singulatum subacuminatis, 

 fusco trilineatis, femoribus muticis. Longitude cum rostro 4-5 Hn. ; lati- 

 tude 1^-1^ Hn. 



California; Mus. Mosq. Ad Stirpis 2da3 manip. 1 mum op. eel. Schon- 

 herr, adnumerandus. 



12. Lixus modesJaJLa. Mann., ibid. 



Elongatus niger, griseo-pubescens, rostro crassiusculo, modice arcuato, 

 thorace conico breviore, dorso longitudinaliter excavato, elytris striato- 

 punctatis, dense cinereo-squamulosis, maculis minutis albescentibus re- 

 mote aspersis, apice singulatim subacuminatis, femoribus muticis. Longi- 

 tudo cum rostro 5 lin.; lat. 1 1-3 lin. 



California ; Mus. Mosq. Stirpis 2dae manipulo Imo operis eel. Schon- 

 herr collocandus. 



13. Lixus marginatus Say, Cure. 13 ; ed Lee., i, 275 ; Boh., Sch 

 Cure, iii, 70. 



