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segments nearly equal, claws toothed. Placed here by the author, who, 
however, states that in Lacordaire’s arrangement it should be placed in 
the Ceratopides^ after Acanthohrachium, “ from which it seems to differ 
by having only the front thighs toothed.” Type, Jf. cotriatus^ sp. n., 
id. 1. G. p. 209, Texas and California. 
Alyca, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 209. Differs from the other genera of the 
group in having the last ventral segment as long as the two preceding, 
and the claws divergent and broadly appendiculate. For Erirrhinus 
ephippiatus, Say. 
Sphincticrcerus, g. n. [? De Marseul ; but no signature or indication is 
given], L’Ab. 1876, p. 386. Intermediate between Anthonomus and 
Bradyhatus ; with distant intermediate coxae, free and bifid claws, very 
unequal abdominal segments, and head much constricted behind the eyes. 
For S. constrictus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 385, Algiers. 
Hypotagea, g, n., F. P. Pascoe, Ann. N. H. (4) xviil. p. 61. Allied to 
A nthonomus, but with untoothed anterior femora. For H. ruhida^ sp. n., 
ibid., Otago. 
Anthonomus dentipennis^ A. Chevrolat, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. 
p. ccxxviii., Porto Rico ; A. defossus (foss.), S. H. Scudder, Bull. U. S. 
Geol. Surv. ii. p. 86, tertiaries of Colorado; A. gularis, p. Idl^profundus 
and ater, p, 198, variegatus (provisional) and ruhidus, p. 199, rujipennis, 
p. 200, sulcifrons, morulus, and corvulus, p. 201, pusillus, elegans^ and 
squamosus, p. 202, tectus, hirtus, and subvittatus, p. 203, pauperculus, dis~ 
junctus, rufipes, and elongatus, p. 204, subfasciatus, robustulus, and nubilus, 
p. 205, ungularis, mixtus, and decipiens, p. 206, canus^ affinis, and nanuSy 
p. 207, Leconte, 1. c., various States and territories of N. America : 
spp. nn. 
Orchestes rujipes, Vermont, parvicollis, California, spp. nn., Leconte, 
1. c. p. 208. 
MacrorrhoptuSy Lee. (for characters, see AnthonomideSy supra) should 
be placed here, after Acanthobrachium, to which it is very closely allied ; 
J. L. Leconte, 1. c. p. 209. 
Prionomerides. 
Piazorrliinus pictuSy sp. n., J. L. Leconte, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xv. p. 211, 
Georgia (the thighs have a small acute tooth, and are not unarmed in 
this genus, as Lacordaire states). 
Tychiides. 
Proctorus, g. n., J. L. Leconte, 1. c. p. 212. Facies of a small Erir- 
rhinuSy but with shorter rostrum, curved ventral sutures; and broadly 
appendiculate claws ; fifth ventral segment of ^ with acute processes. 
P. armatus, sp. n., id. ibid.y Lake Superior. 
EncaLuSy g, n., id. 1. c. p. 213. Differs from Proctorus in the longer 
and more slender rostrum, and the unarmed fifth ventral segment of the 
$ . Facies of Macrops. For E. decipienSy sp. n., id. ibid.y Illinois and 
Minnesota. 
PloceteSy g. n., id. ibid. Suggestive of a small Pissodes. Rostrum 
