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elytra, region of the scutel impressed ; striae profound &a9 

 wide as the interstitial lines : thighs rather slender, unar- 

 med. 

 Inhab. U. S. 



Length less than 'one tenth of an inch. 



CLEOGONUS, Sch. 



C. sedmtarius^ Body with minute scales, of a blackish or 

 dusky colour, but with a few irregular, small, whitish pat- 

 ches, of which the largest is on the pDsterior declivity of the 

 elytra, extending by two branches to the tip : thorax vtiih. 

 rather large punctures : scutel small, rounded, white : ely- 

 tra, stria hardly impressed, with very large, not close set, 

 longitudinal punctures : M/^^s with a white annulus near 

 the tip : tarsi with silvery hairs, sericeous. 



luhab. Florida. 



Length less than one fifth of an inch. 



COSSONUS,Clairv. 



C. multiforus, Bodif blackish-chestnut: rostrum mode- 

 rate, rather robust, a little arquated, with large punctures, 

 &, with the antennce, rufous : thorax long, with very 

 large, crouded punctures : eltjtra with striae of large punc- 

 tures, wider than the interstitial lines : feet simple, rufous. 



Inhab. Mexico. 



Length over one tenth of an inch. 



SiH YNCHOLUS, Creutz. Sch. 



C. /i//ma«M;j, glabrous, blackish chetsnut : rostrum 

 broad, short, a little narrower in the middle, confluently 

 punctured : thorax with numerous, profoi nd mt very 

 dense punctures ; somewhat depressed ; sides regularly ar- 

 quated ; elytra, striae about equal to the interstitial lines, 

 impressed ; punctures regular, profound, dense : thighi 

 abruptly clavate, unarmed. 



Inhab. Florida. 



Length one tenth of an inch. 



