Feb., 1915 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 23 



cus extending from the interocular puncture two thirds the dis- 

 tance to the apex ; eyes moderately prominent ; diameter of head 

 across eyes about one third greater than greatest width of rostrum. 

 Rostrum shorter than half the thorax, flattened cylindrical, basal 

 portion shorter than apical and broader than wide, sides almost 

 straight and gradually divergent to sides of apical portion which 

 is but slightly broader than basal. Scrobes beginning near the 

 tip, not distinctly visible from the front, joints of furiicle gradu- 

 ally wider outwards, outermost more than one half width of club. 



Prothorax longer than wide, base bisinuate, sides slightly nar- 

 rowed at base, broadly arcuate or almost straight to apex where 

 but slightly constricted. Surface very coarsely punctulate with 

 somewhat lengthened punctures, closer at sides, more sparsely on 

 the disk, with a nearly smooth area at middle towards base, a 

 slight indication of carina at base in front of scutellum. 



Elytra parallel, very slightly wider than the thorax, striae of 

 coarse punctures which are separated by half their longitudinal 

 diameters. Strise nearest suture deep, intervals nearly flat, very 

 finely, uniseriately punctulate. 



Body beneath coarsely, rather closely punctulate except the ab- 

 domen and middle portion of metasternum where the punctures 

 are finer and sparser. 



Length 4.3 mm., breadth .75 mm. San Jose del Cabo and 

 Santa Rosa, Lower California. 



The above description is modified from the original of Fall with 

 the aid of a specimen kindly presented to me by him. His dis- 

 tinctive name was unfortunately preoccupied by a Mexican spe- 

 cies. This species can be confounded with none other in our 

 fauna, its parallel shape with thorax as broad as elytra, its broad, 

 short and but slightly dilated rostrum with its long sulcus, and 

 its peculiar punctuation readily separating it. 



Mr. E. D. Kieth, of Providence, R. L, mentions among the 

 rarities taken by him during 1914: Pachnobia manifesta, Hadena 

 inordinata, H. hurgessi, Porosagrotis tripars, Agrotis violaris, 

 Anticarsia gemmatilis, Anchocelis digitalis. 



