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the apex, the latter scarcely three-fourths as wide as the base. 

 Elytra at base one-half wider than the prothorax, very nearly three 

 times as long, one-half to three-fifths longer than wide, straight and 

 parallel at the sides in basal half to three-fifths ; striae fine, deep, 

 distinctly punctured toward the sides. Length 2.1-2.T mm.; width 

 0.9-1.2 mm. 



California (San Francisco), abundant. The commonest species 

 of the middle coast regions of California, and easily known by the 

 characters given. I cannot perceive that the elytra are notably 

 elongate in this species, as remarked by LeConte, but the very 

 feeble sexual difference in the beak is a distinguishing character. 



32 S. apionides n. sp. — Narrowly oblong-oval, convex, deep black 

 throughout the body, legs and antennae ; vestiture sparse, consisting of small 

 remote setiform squamules on the elytra, with small sparse condensed spots 

 of wider white scales, the latter also more abundant on the pronotum toward 

 the sides ; under surface sparsely and unevenly squamose. Head finely granu- 

 lato-reticulate, the transverse impression feeble but distinct ; beak in the male 

 short, thick, feebly arcuate, dull and granulose, punctate, sparsely setulose, 

 not fasciculate at base, very slightly longer than the head and prothorax, with 

 the antennae inserted just beyond the middle, in the female nearly similar, 

 slightly longer, scarcely thinner or more arcuate, smoother and more shining 

 throughout, distinctly longer than the head and prothorax and fully one-half 

 as long as the elytra, with the antennae inserted at the middle ; antennae 

 moderate, the second funicular joint but very slightly longer than the third. 

 Prothorax slightly wider than long, convex, the sides broadly, evenly arcuate, 

 becoming more convergent and nearly straight near the apex, the latter three- 

 fourths as wide as the base ; constriction almost completely obsolete ; punc- 

 tures coarse, very deep, coalescent in threes or fours forming oblique sinuous 

 lines. Elytra at base three-fifths wider than the prothorax, three times as 

 long, three-fifths longer than wide, the sides nearly straight and parallel in 

 basal half, the posterior half subacutely ogival ; striae rather fine, deep toward 

 the suture but becoming simply series of coarse elongate punctures laterally. 

 Length 1.6-1.75 mm. ; width 0.65-0.7 mm. 



North Carolina (Asheville). 



A very distinct minute species, represented in my cabinet by a 

 single pair. It may be recognized by the sparse and uneven vesti- 

 ture, and the coarse deep and peculiar sculpture of the pronotum. 



33 S. perpusillllS n. sp. — Oblong-oval, convex, blackish- piceous ; legs 

 rufous with the tarsi darker ; vestiture consisting of oval white scales, moder- 

 ately large and generally not quite contiguous, and, on the pronotum, decidedly 

 separated and varying in width ; recurved setae of the elytra fine distant and 

 not conspicuous ; scales of the under surface small, rounded, white, very nar- 



