194 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXINJ3. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF DORYTOMUS. 



a. Form larger, more robust, length 4.5 or more mm.; beak very long, 



striate, antennae inserted near its middle in female. 

 b. Tooth of front femora small, acute. 



c. Thorax finely and sparsely punctured, not constricted near apex; 



front legs elongated in male. 261. MUCIDUS. 



cc. Thorax coarsely, not densely punctured, distinctly constricted near 



apex; front legs not elongated in male. 262. J.ATICOLLIS. 



bb. Tooth of front femora much larger; dark reddish-yellow, variegated 



with darker spots; beak and thorax densely punctate. 



263. PARVICOLLIS. 



aa. Form smaller, narrower; length less than 4.2 mm.; beak shorter, 

 stouter, more nearly straight ; antenna; inserted near apical third in 

 both sexes. 



cl. Body sparsely covered with rather coarse hairs which, except in 

 brevicollis, are more or less condensed to form spots or stripes on 

 elytra. 

 e. Thorax distinctly constricted behind the apex. 



/. Elytra without distinct pale stripes; thorax one-half wider than 



long. 



g. Head with a distinct frontal fovea; elytra not or very indis- 

 tinctly mottled with pale spots. 



/(. Elytra nearly uniform reddish-brown, each with a faint 

 darker subsutural stripe; femoral tooth small. 



264. INDIFFERENS. 



liti. Elytra blackish-piecous, sometimes indistinctly mottled with 

 paler spots; femoral tooth large. 265. BREVICOLLIS. 



gg. Head without frontal fovea; elytra distinctly mottled with 

 pale spots; femoral tooth large. 266. VAGENOTATUS. 



ff. Elytra each with a distinct sublateral pale stripe; thorax scarce- 

 ly wider than long; femoral tooth very small; frontal fovea 

 small, deep. 267. SUBSIMILIS. 



ee. Thorax not or very feebly constricted behind apex. 



i. Nearly uniform pale brownish-yellow; pubescence long, coarse; 

 smaller, 3 3.2 mm. 268. KI-FL-.S. 



ii. Head and beak piceous or dark reddish-brown; elytra yellow- 

 ish, each with a broad, darker subsutural stripe; pubescence 

 short, fine; length 4 4.2 mm. 269. FUSCICKPS. 



dtl. Body covered with small, elongate scales, which are not or only 

 vaguely condensed in spots on elytra; those on thorax forming a 

 broad pale stripe each side. 270. sqrAMosi s. 



261 (8529). DORYTOMC.S JirciDrs Say, 1831, 14; ibid, I, 277. 



Oblong, flattened above, convex at sides. Dark reddish-brown, thinly 

 clothed with rather short, prostrate yellowish hairs which are condensed 

 to form pale spots on the elytra; antennas reddish-brown. Beak very slen- 

 der, curved, one-half longer than thorax, densely rugose, striate-punctate, 

 male; nearly twice as long as thorax, less densely more finely punctate, 

 female. Basal joint of funicle as long as next four together, second as 

 long as next two. Thorax short, one-half or more wider than long, sides 

 strongly rounded. Elytra parallel to apical third, thence rounded to tips, 



