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First joint of antennz shorter than the second, Mesosternum less convex. ..... 
7. caryatrypes. 
First joint of antennze longer than the second. ......... 02. esses eee eee eens ab 
1. Beak of Q longer than the body except in certain specimens of nasicus where it 
issonlyxequalini length! to the’ bodiy eeepc sale leiatsie clelelsel earls el slaie 2. 
Beak of Q short, two thirds or three quarters the length of the body. Tooth of 
femur with the outer edge oblique, the angle entering the femur obtuse and 
MIOHE/OWMESSITOUNGER 05, voce sc </='c 5. RPDS See bciele class syersidic-se uaa aa tow ers 3. 
3. Appendices of claws broad rectangular. Femoral teeth larger. Scape of antennze 
Mel (dnyey On oyna ene aCe RIEIIRE EGS < 50.0 G ca OCS Remo 1, obtusus, n. sp. 
Appendices narrow acute. Thorax more convex. Scape of antennz in the Q short 
barely exceeding in length joints one and two of the funicle... .2, uniformis. 
2. Tooth of femur with the outer edge oblique. The angle entering obtuse........ ae 
Tooth of femur with the outer edge perpendicular forming with the apex of the 
femur a right angle which is not rounded ................ceeceeeeeees 5. 
5- Scales beneath oval. Tibize moderately mucronate............. 3. nasicus. 
Scales beneath narrow, hair like. Tibize more strongly mucronate, Last ventral of 
pied ©mmore deeply impressed). - 2) eee yet eet oe)eisici-oleyets 4, caryae. 
4. Thorax of Q longer than wide. Scape of antennze long. 
Metasternum of J’ in well preserved specimens, with a small, rounded, condensed 
patch of yellow scales each side of the median line. Femoral tooth small, the 
anclesentenimogrOUNded. 28 4/54). 2\c/ CMRI Hoe spon vecsiend, cossuetesens 5. rectus. 
Thorax of © not longer than wide. Pygidium of <¥' concave at tip and glabrous, the 
depression surrounded by moderately long silken hairs. Scape of the anten- 
nze of © short, equal to joints one and two of the funicle. The angle entering 
the femur not rounded..... ea addy Seat RO ah ct ira Ubaharal «al oeah oes 6. quercus, 
B. obtusus, n. sp. Form short, robust, clothed with cinereous scale like hairs 
above, varying in color from cinereous to ochreus and brown, beneath with elongate 
silvery or yellowish scales. Beak of 9 two thirds or three quarters the length of the 
body, that of ¢/' shorter; the base to the insertion of the antennze blackened, distinctly 
punctured and more or less striate, the tip also darker. ‘The antennze are inserted at 
the middle of the beak in the ,¥’, behind the middle in the Q; scape long in both sexes, 
the first joint of funicle longer than the second. Thorax moderately convex, the sides 
slightly rounded from base to middle, then strongly rounded, narrowed and sinuate to 
the apex, coarsely and densely punctured and covered with transversely arranged scale 
like hairs which form a paler vitta each side. Elytra about three times as long as the 
thorax, a little wider behind the humeri, the sides rounded to the tips which are 
slightly separated. Vestiture nearly unicolorous, or ochreous with irregularly placed 
brown spots, or brown sprinkled with paler spots. Femoral teeth strong, outer edge 
oblique, forming an obtuse angle with the continuation of the femur. Tibize moderately 
mucronate. Appendices of claws broad, nearly or quite rectangular, slightly rounded, 
Length without the beak, 6 to 8 mm.—,j’. Abdomen with first and second ventrals 
broadly impressed, the last ventral impressed at tip, truncate and slightly emarginate, 
-—Q. Abdomen convex, last ventral rounded at tip. 
Mass. Beaten from Hazel-nut. N. H.. (Tex. and Neb., Horn.) 
Dr. G. M. Levette of Indianapolis has sent me specimens of 2. caryae 
bred by him from Indiana Pecans. He has also bred rectus from acorns 
