Euperitelus

Rostrum short, stout, alate, separated from the head by a transverse groove, the scrobes superior, short, curving inwards behind; eyes superior, rounded, convex, rather small, the head dilated on each side beneath them; antennæ with a very stout, long, cylindrical, curved scape, extending to beyond the anterior margin of the prothorax, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal in length, 3—7 transverse; mentum rounded, rather small; prothorax short, truncate and feebly margined at the base; scutellum wanting; elytra broad-ovate; metasternum short, the episterna exposed; ventral segment 2 much shorter than 3 and 4 united, the suture between 1 and 2 sinuous; legs stout; femora unarmed; tibiæ feebly unguiculate, the posterior pair denticulate along their inner edge towards the apex, the glabrous articular surface terminal, the corbels open; tarsi broad, the claws connate; body apterous, obovate, squamose.

Amongst the N.-American forms this remarkable Peritelid can only be compared with Thricolepis and Peritelopsis, following Horn's system of arrangement. The superior, convergent scrobes, the prominent, superiorly placed eyes, the transversely grooved base of the rostrum, and the denticulate posterior tibiæ are its chief characters. Euperitelus has wholly the facies of an Otiorhynchus.