244 SfHFAMILY X. CflJCf LIOXIXJE. 



next two, the others diminishing in length; eves very large, nar- 

 rowly separated, coarsely granulated; tarsal claws cleft into two 

 strong teeth which are nearly subequal in length. 



354 ( ). CHIONANTHOBIUS SCHWARZII Pierce, 1912-b, 168. 



Oval, very robust. Dark reddish-brown, closely covered with scales 

 which completely hide the body; head, beak, legs and antennae pale reddish- 

 brown; scutellum white; elytra with five irregular crcssbands of elongate 

 scales, viz., humeral band golden; narrow post-humeral band white; median 

 band broad, brownish-black with spots of varying length; postmedian band 

 white, very irregular; apical band golden-brown with black spots of varying 

 length; under surface with white and yellow scales. Beak of male striate, 

 carinate and sparsely punctate; of female, more slender, very sparsely punc- 

 tate. Thorax strongly narrowed in front, sides straight on basal third. 

 Elytra at base one-third wider than thorax; striae feebly impressed, evenly 

 punctate, the punctures closed by scales; intervals flat. Length 5.5 mm. 



Plnmnier's Island, Md. ; July August 11. Taken in num- 

 bers by Schwarz, the adults feeding on the berries of the fringe 

 tree, Chionanthus rirf/ii/ica L., the larva 3 developing in the seeds. 

 Enterprise, Florida. July 10. ( Ent. News XXVII, 144.) 



V. TYLOPTKRUS Lee., 1870. (Or., "protuberance" -{- "wing.") 



Beak slender, curved, cylindrical ; antennae inserted one-third 

 from its tip; scape slender, reaching the eyes, fuuicle 7-jointed, 

 first joint as long as the two following, second slightly longer 

 than third; club elongate-oval; eyes large, narrowly separated; 

 ventral segments 1 4 snbequal, fifth as long as third and fourth 

 united; femora not toothed; claws with a large tooth near base. 



355 (8692). TYLOPTEKUS PALLIUUS Lee., 1876, 215. 



Elongate-oblong, robust. Piceous-brown, densely clothed with pale 

 yellow and ash-gray scale-like hairs, which wholly conceal the sculpture; 

 antennae and legs reddish-yellow. Elytra each with a large callus or tuber- 

 cle on the third interval at the declivity, and with two irregular cross-bars 

 of brown hair, one just in front of the callus, the other starting from an ob- 

 long black spot near middle of suture and running obliquely forward to the 

 third interval each side: the two brown bars separated by a very narrow un- 

 dulating white one; first, third and fifth intervals elevated behind basal 

 third and bearing a few minute tufts of black hairs; scutellum white. Beak 

 naked, shining, the basal half finely and sparsely punctured. Thorax slight- 

 ly wider than long, sides feebly rounded from base to beyond middle, then 

 strongly converging to the much narrowed apex. Base of elytra one-third 

 wider than that of thorax and strongly elevated above the latter. Length 

 4 mm. 



Posey County, Ind., rare; April 12. St. Louis, Missouri. 

 Beaten from the buds of wild grape. Recorded heretofore only 

 from Texas. Breeds in berries of Forcxtcrift. entering the ground 

 to pupate. (Tit'i-cc, 1010.) 



