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punctures a little smaller and sparser than in confusa, those of the 

 third and fifth tending to form single lines, except basally. Length 

 (9) 3^0 mm.; width 1.3 mm. Mississippi (Vicksburg). 



latipennis n. sp. 



Interstitial punctures nearly as in confusa and almost equally dense but 

 confused only on the second, third and fifth intervals, forming even 

 single close-set series on all the others. Body oblong-oval, moder- 

 ately convex, dull above throughout and with small but evident 

 squamulse, more shining and with whiter and more evident though 

 fine sparse squamules beneath; beak in the male rather thick, slightly 

 tapering, strongly but finely sculptured, arcuate, straighter basally 

 and nearly as long as the prothorax, the antennae near three-fifths; 

 prothorax slightly wider than long, the sides gradually converging, 

 broadly and evenly arcuate, parallel behind about the middle, the 

 apex only feebly constricted and rather more than half as wide as 

 the base; sculpture as in confusa; elytra notably short, a third 

 longer than wide, very little wider than the prothorax and nearly 

 four-fifths longer, the sides parallel, rounding in apical half, the 

 humeral callus moderate; grooves rather coarse; intervals from less 

 to more than twice as wide as the grooves; male abdomen distinctly 

 impressed medio-basally, the prosternal spines extending to the 

 thoracic apex. Length {d^) 2.7 mm.; width 1.2 mm. North 

 Carolina (Asheville) obesella n. sp. 



I nterstitial punctures notably fine, well separated 6 



6 — Form oblong-oval, moderately shining; beak in the female as in 

 latipennis, but not quite so arcuate and a little shorter, though 

 somewhat longer than the prothorax, the antennae similar; pro- 

 thorax still shorter, fully a third wider than long, the sides more 

 evenly arcuate from base to the rather strongly tubulate apex, 

 which is much more than half as wide as the base; sculpture nearly 

 similar, the smooth median line entire; elytra narrower, obtusely 

 subparabolic, with feebler humeral prominences, slightly wider than 

 the prothorax and fully twice as long; grooves less coarse; intervals 

 somewhat more than twice as wide as the grooves; punctures fine, 

 confused throughout basally but tending to form^ finer single series 

 posteriorly. Length (?) 2.7 mm.; width 1.15 mm! Florida (Enter- 

 prise) tubifera n. sp. 



F m more elongate, somewhat more shining; beak in the male rather 

 thick, feebly arcuate, dull, distinctly sculptured and not quite as 

 long as the prothorax, the antennae at four-sevenths; prothorax 

 narrower and longer, about as long as wide, the sides very evenly 

 and moderately arcuate in anterior, becoming less so and parallel 

 in basal, half, the moderately constricted apex much more than half 

 as wide as the base; punctures nearly similar, the smooth line barely 

 attaining the apex; elytra fully a fourth wider than the prothorax 

 and twice as long, the sides parallel and nearly straight behind the 

 feeble humeral prominences, rounding in about apical half to the 

 obtuse apex, with traces of feeble subapical Centrinogyna-Vike 

 sinuation; striae and punctures nearly as in the preceding; abdomen 

 of the male with a deep rounded impression medially at base, the 



