Barin.e 359 



small and well separated, stronger and close laterally, the smooth median 

 line obsolete or short and feebly defined; scutellum slightly transverse, 

 angulate behind, medially impressed; elytra obtusely ovoidal, a fifth 

 longer than wide, slightly wider than the prothorax and nearly three- 

 fourths longer, the humeral callus rather prominent; grooves moderate; 

 intervals from less to more than three times as wide as the grooves, with 

 moderate and very uneven punctures, larger and in subeven single line 

 or smaller and confused; under surface stronglj^ closely punctate as 

 usual. Length (cf 9 ) 2.4-2.5 mm.; width 1.2 mm. Indiana (near 

 Evansville). Two examples. 



Although from the same region, there seems to be no close affinity 

 between this species and the preceding. The very small size, 

 shorter prothorax and beak, especially in the male, and other 

 features, showing that they can only be regarded as distinct taxo- 

 nomic forms and almost certainly specific. Scolopax is one of the 

 larger species of the genus, elongate-oval, always pale and with 

 notably distinct scales lying within the coarse punctures of the 

 under surface. 



Desmoglyptus Csy. 

 I now have at hand three specimens of typical crenatus Lee, 

 taken by Ulke in the District of Columbia; it was described from 

 Maryland and Virginia. Further comparisons with the Arizona 

 specimens, which I formerly regarded as crenatus, show that, though 

 rather closely allied, they represent a different species, which may 

 be described as follows: 



Desmoglyptus arizonicus n. sp. — Body cylindric, subopaque and pale 

 ferruginous throughout; beak in the male rather thick, evenly arcuate 

 and as long as the prothorax, densely sculptured; prothorax as long as 

 wide, the sides parallel and nearly straight, gradually rounding from 

 slightly before the middle to the pronounced apical constriction; apex 

 three-fourths as wide as the base, the basal lobe small and feeble; punc- 

 tures coarse and dense, the smooth median line wanting; scutellum small, 

 rounded, but little wider than long; elytra slightly more than one-half 

 longer than wide, distinctly wider than the prothorax and three-fourths 

 longer, the sides parallel and nearly straight, oblique in apical two-fifths 

 to the rather obtuse apex, the humeri distinctly prominent; grooves 

 very coarse and coarsely, closely punctate, the intervals not as wide as 

 the grooves, opaculate but not evidently punctate; under surface coarsely, 

 closely punctate and dull, the abdomen more shining, with the punctures 

 small and well separated, larger and closer laterad, becoming somewhat 

 coarse at the sides of the first segment; there is a deep elongate basal 

 impression in the male, extending well upon the second segment; legs 

 short. Length (cf) 2.65 mm.; width 0.8 mm. Arizona (locality 

 unrecorded). 



