A New Calandrid from Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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ARTICLE XXII— A 'NEW CALANDRID FROM CIN- 

 CINNATI, OHIO. 



By CharlKS Dury. 



(Read March 5, 1901.) 



TyphlogIvYmma, n. Gen. 

 ( Typhlos — blind, glymma — engraved figure.) 



Eyes wanting. Body stout, round, slightly depressed. 

 Beak thick, curved, three-quarters as long as thorax, con- 

 stricted at base ; scrobes deep, beginning at the apical fourth, 

 gradually becoming inferior, where they end close together, 

 separated by a sharp thin carina. Antennal scape not attain- 

 ing constriction at the base of rostrum. 



Funicle composed of seven joints, the first longest, the 

 others subequal and gradually wider. Club round and 

 pubescent. Prothorax squarely truncate at base and nearly 

 so at apex. Elytra elongate, oval, conjointly rounded at tip. 

 Scutellum very minute. Prosternum sharply pointed behind, 

 emarginate in front. Anterior coxse closely contiguous; the 

 middle ones moderately so, and the posterior very widely 

 separated. Ventral segments consisting of a long basal one 

 without a trace of suture; two very narrow elevated ones, and 

 a rather long terminal one, rounded at tip. Pygidium 

 completely concealed. Femora stout, slightly curved, the 

 anterior ones a little flattened in front, and very shining. 

 Tibia robust and terminating in a sharp stout incurved spur 

 and a smaller blunt one on the inner angle. Tarsi four- 

 jointed; claws small and simple. In general shape, propor- 

 tion, and appearance resembles Dryotribus mimeticus Horn, 

 only much larger. 



Typhlo glymma puteolatum n. sp. Color dark brown, shin- 

 ing. Head globular, lighter brown than body, glabrous, 

 translucent. Prothorax a little longer than wide, sides sub- 

 parallel, slightly rounded at basal angles, and also rounded to 

 the broad, feeble apical constriction. Disk covered with 

 large round shallow fovese. Elytra with rows of very large 



Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist. , Vol. XTX, No. 8. I 



Printed March 27, 1901 . 



