214 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



wider than the grooves. Beak of male one-half as long as elytra, slender, 

 cylindrical, evenly curved, scaly on basal half, nearly glabrous toward apex. 

 Thorax slightly wider than long, sides broadly and evenly rounded nearly 

 to apex, which is distinctly constricted; disc deeply and closely, not very 

 coarsely punctate. Elytra at base one-half wider than thorax; sides paral- 

 lel and nearly straight to middle, thence rounded to apex; striae fine, deep. 

 Length 2.5 mm. 



Described from Colorado and recorded from District of Col- 

 umbia. Allied to griscus but differing in the small, widely scat- 

 tered scales and black legs. 



294 (10,918). SMICRONYX CONNIVENS Casey, 1892, 398. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Dark reddish-brown, beak, antenna? and legs 

 throughout paler; above evenly and thickly clothed with rather large white 

 or grayish-white scales which are feebly condensed on sides of thorax and 

 along the suture, more conspicuously so on the humeri and the bases of the 

 third, fifth and seventh intervals; under surface densely covered with 

 smaller, silvery gray scales. Beak of male rather stout, scarcely as long 

 as head and thorax, apical third naked and sparsely punctate, remainder 

 densely punctured and scaly; of female one-third longer, much more 

 slender, polished and smooth in apical three-fifths. Second joint of funicle 

 three-fourths as long as first, equal to the next two. Thorax about as long 

 as wide, sides broadly rounded, disc feebly narrowed in front, finely and 

 rather densely punctate, and with minute rugae. Elytra at base two-fifths 

 wider than thorax, two-thirds longer than wide, sides straight to beyond 

 the middle; striae fine, remotely punctate, intervals flat, each with a row 

 of fine brownish, nearly prostrate seta?. Length 1.8 2.3 mm. 



Lake, Starke and Wells counties, Indiana, scarce; May 11- 

 August 19. Pawpaw Lake, Mich., July 30. Ramsey and Lake 

 Hopatcong, N. J., September. Known elsewhere from Massa- 

 chusetts, Maryland, District of Columbia and Missouri. The 

 scales are whiter and much less dense than in corniculatus. *Sf. 

 langnidulus Dietz is the male. 



295 (8551). SMICBOXYX GRISEUS Lee., 1876, 171. 



Elongate-oval, convex. Black or piceous, above rather thinly clothed 

 with rather large yellowish and gray oval scales, those on the thorax 

 narrower, more elongate and directed transversely; the gray ones ar- 

 ranged on the sides of thorax and forming a broad area along the middle 

 of each elytron; beneath densely clothed with small white scales; antennae 

 and legs dark brown. Beak of male as long as head and thorax, stout, 

 tapering, clothed with scale-like hairs on basal half, (Fig. 65, o.) ; of female 

 two-thirds as long as elytra, very slender, cylindrical, wholly glabrous and 

 shining. Thorax with sides broadly rounded, not constricted near apex, 

 rather finely and closely punctate. Elytra one-third wider and about 

 twice as long as thorax, humeri prominent; stria? feebly impressed, punc- 

 tured. Length 2 2.3 mm. 



Vermillion County, Tnd., rare; June in. Occurs at various 

 points in New Jersey; June to August. Highlands, N. C. ; June. 



