Baring 421 



distinctly wider than the prothorax, almost twice as long; striaj 

 rather coarse; intervals generally two to three times as wide as the 

 striae, rugosely punctate, becoming very narrow toward the suture 

 posteriorly. Length (cf 9 ) 3.2-3.7 mm.; width 1. 35-1. 6 mm, 

 Kentucky (locality unrecorded). Five examples., .inspectus n. sp. 



Form elongate-subovoidal, convex, much larger, black throughout, the 

 squamules of the pronotum small, slender, sparse and very incon- 

 spicuous, those of the strial intervals large, suboval, bright yellowish, 

 in two or three irregular series and close, though not dense, those of 

 the under surface oval, white and dense; beak in the male not quite 

 as long as the head and prothorax, stout, feebly arcuate and slightly 

 tapering, roughly sculptured, opaculate, with the antenna? inserted 

 distinctly beyond the middle, the tooth of the club small, obtuse 

 and not very prominent; prothorax unusually large, barely a fifth 

 wider than long, the sides evenly and distinctly arcuate, rounding 

 inward basally, widest before the base; apex feebly constricted, 

 half as wide as the base, which is bisinuate, the lobe moderate; 

 punctures moderate but very dense, with vestiges of a narrow 

 smooth line centrally, the scutellum subogival, densely squamose; 

 elytra very obtusely parabolic, a third longer than wide, at the 

 moderate humeral prominences barely at all wider than the pro- 

 thorax, only about three-fifths longer; striae very deep, rather coarse 

 and abrupt; intervals from two to nearly three times as wide as 

 the striae, punctato-rugose, the first much narrowed posteriorly. 

 Length (cf) 4.8 mm.; width 2.1 mm. Kentucky (locality unre- 

 corded). One example boonei n. sp. 



8— Outline broadly subrhombic-oval, black throughout, dull in lustre, 

 the white lineiform scales well separated but subequal throughout 

 the upper surface, broad and dense scales of the under surface 

 white; beak nearly straight, abruptly bent at base in both sexes, 

 half as long as the body and smooth ( 9 ), or shorter, opaque, stouter, 

 more quadrate in section and sparsely squamulose (cf); antennae 

 inserted at four-sevenths (9) or three-fifths (cf); prothorax two- 

 fifths (cf ) to one-half (9 ) wider than long, the sides broadly, sub- 

 evenly arcuate, becoming parallel basally and oblique apically; 

 apex about half as wide as the base; punctures coarse, deep and 

 very dense, with feeble vestiges of smooth line centrally; basal lobe 

 a fourth the total width; elytra broadly parabolic, at the obtusely 

 prominent humeri distinctly wider than the prothorax, two-thirds 

 (cf) to three-fourths (9) longer; striae rather coarse; intervals 

 subequal, between two and three times as wide as the striae, with 

 very coarse contiguous punctures, the scales each decumbent within 

 a puncture. Length (cf 9) 4.2-4.8 mm.; width 2.0-2.25 mm. 

 North Carolina pulverulentus Csy. 



Outline somewhat similar but more abbreviated, deep black, the pro- 

 thorax feebly rufo-piceous; vestiture similar, as is also the beak in 

 the female, the antennal funicle somewhat longer; prothorax three- 

 sevenths wider than long, the sides less evenly arcuate, parallel and 

 feebly arcuate basally, becoming gradually rounded, oblique and 

 nearly straight anteriorly; apex narrower, much less than half as 



