. The Rhynchophora of America, north of Mexico [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. LeConte.] CUYPTORIIYNX'HINI. 235 Division IV. Sp. 23-34. Tliin division contains small sjx'cics of less rolnist form, eiv^ily known by tilt.' tine puljcsci'iit'o huini; niixi'il with lonj;, stont, erect bristles. Tlie beak lonjjer tliun the head and prothorax. not stout, veryslii^blly curved, punctate and striate; antonme inserted one-fourth from the tip; niesos- ternum rather wide, peri)endieularly declivous in front. I'nder surface coarsely, uniformly punctureil; thijj;hs armed with on
. The Rhynchophora of America, north of Mexico [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. LeConte.] CUYPTORIIYNX'HINI. 235 Division IV. Sp. 23-34. Tliin division contains small sjx'cics of less rolnist form, eiv^ily known by tilt.' tine puljcsci'iit'o huini; niixi'il with lonj;, stont, erect bristles. Tlie beak lonjjer tliun the head and prothorax. not stout, veryslii^blly curved, punctate and striate; antonme inserted one-fourth from the tip; niesos- ternum rather wide, peri)endieularly declivous in front. I'nder surface coarsely, uniformly punctureil; thijj;hs armed with one tooth, claws clctl, the tooth lieiuij as long as the outer |)art. Elytra not costate. Front coxie contiguous as usual. Prothorax coarsely cribrate 23. erinaceua. punctured 24. hispidus. 23, O. erinaceus, n. sp. Blackish, densely clothed with depressed raudcolored, scaly i)ubescence, with erect bristles intermixed, which are short on the prothorax, and long on the; elytra. Legs, antennnc and beak brown; tlie last named slender, slightly curved, sparsely punctured, feebly striate towards the liase. Pro- thorax wider than long, slightly rounded on the sides, moderately nar- rowed in front, and feebly constricted; tolerably densely cribrate. Elytra one-third wider than prothorax, hunKjri prominent, abruptly rounded, striic composed of large, shallow punctures, interspaces slightly convex. Body beneath shining, sparsely pubescent, coarsely not densely cribrate; last ven- tral segment not impressed. Thighs armed with an obtuse tooth. Length 8 mm.; .12 inch. Southern States. Judging from MS. drawings made by my father, this is Ccrlosternus erinaceH$\ Dej. Cat. 318. 24. O. hispidus, n. sp. Of the same form as the preceding but smaller, brown covered with cin- ereous, scaly i)ubescence; prothorax not wider than long, coarsely punc- tured, with the bristles not shorter than those of the elytra; elytra about one-third wider than the prothorax, rather more elongate than in C. erina-
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