19G SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONIXJE. 



ous-black, thinly clothed with short, pale hairs. Beak of male deeply 

 striate, coarsely and densely punctate, slightly longer than head and 

 thorax; of female, two-thirds as long as elytra, more slender, less sulcate. 

 Basal joint of funicle subequal to the next three combined. Thorax small, 

 one-half wider than long, sides strongly rounded, abruptly narrowed near 

 apex; disc rather finely and very densely punctate. Elytra at base one- 

 third wider than thorax; sides parallel in male, slightly diverging from 

 base in female; strial punctures deep, rather coarse, close-set; intervals 

 nearly flat, minutely and sparsely punctate. Length 4.5 5.5 mm. 



Steuben, Marshall and Knox counties, Ind. ; June 8 July 5. 

 Occurs also in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Kentucky. 



264 (10,884). DoiiYTOMfs IXDIFFEKENS Casey, 1892, 375. 



Oblong-oval, rather convex. Dark reddish-brown, shining, the head, 

 beak, sterna and the elytra towards the middle indefinitely black or pic- 

 eous; elytral suture always narrowly rufous; tip of beak, legs and antenna? 

 paler; body sparsely clothed with short, whitish, prostrate hairs, Beak 

 rather stout, nearly straight, as long as head and thorax in female, slightly 

 shorter in male; sulcate, coarsely and densely punctate. Thorax one-half 

 wider than long, sides broadly curved, disc abruptly, not strongly con- 

 stricted behind the apex, coarsely, deeply and densely punctate. Elytra 

 at base two-fifths wider than thorax; striae feebly impressed, the punctures 

 deep and close-set; intervals three times as wide as punctures, minutely 

 punctate. Length 3 4 mm. 



Posey County, Indiana, scarce; April 13 25. Found at 

 several localities near New York City, in April and June, rolling 

 up leaves of aspen, PopHliifs grandidentata Michx. Ranges from 

 Newfoundland and New York to Iowa and Kansas. 



265 (8532). DORYTOIIUS BREVICOLLIS Lee., 1876, 165. 



Oblong, rather slender, convex. Blackish-piceous, shining; rather 

 thickly clothed with whitish hairs which are rarely condensed to form 

 small, remote spots on elytra; antennas and legs reddish-brown. Beak as 

 long as head and thorax, finely sulcate, deeply and coarsely punctate. 

 Thorax one-half wider than long, sides broadly rounded, disc constricted be- 

 hind the apex, densely and rather coarsely punctured. Elytra at base 

 one-third wider than thorax, sides straight and parallel, rounded on apical 

 third; strial punctures coarse, deep, close-set. Length 3.5 1.2 mm. 



Lake County, Indiana; Oct. 14. Frequent near New York 

 City on pussy willow, May and November. Ranges from On- 

 tario and New York to Minnesota and Vancouver. P>. C. 



266 (10,885). DORYTOMUS VAGENOTATUS Casey, 1892, 376. 



Oblong, narrow, feebly convex. Piceous-brown, distinctly mottled 

 with numerous small spots of short whitish hairs; antennas, except club, 

 tibia?, sides of thorax, humeri, and sometimes an ill-defined narrow sub- 

 marginal stripe on each elytron pale reddish-brown. Beak as long as head 

 and thorax, male, one-third longer, female, finely sulcate, deeply and 

 densely punctate. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides broadly round- 



