260 SUBFAMILY X. CTIK TLIOXIXJH. 



380 (8622). MAGDALIS SALICIS Horn, 1873, 455. 



Elongate, slender. Black, feebly shining; tarsi piceous. Beak stout, 

 shorter than thorax, alutaceous, sparsely and finely punctate; antennae in- 

 serted at apical fourth, scape reaching middle of eyes, male; at apical third, 

 scape barely reaching eyes, female. Thorax slightly longer than wide, sides 

 nearly straight with two or three short, blunt teeth near apex; disc very 

 densely and rather coarsely punctate, with a trace of a median smooth 

 line. Elytra with sides parallel in male, distinctly widened behind middle, 

 female; intervals wider than the striae, convex, very finely, transversely 

 wrinkled. Length 3 4 mm. 



Southern half of Indiana, scarce; Apr. 21 June 14. North 

 Penobscot, Me., June 24. Described from the "Middle States." 

 Eecorded from Massachusetts by Fall. Bred from the chestnut 

 by Chittenden. The scutellum is often densely clothed with 

 white pubescence, though stated otherwise by Horn. 



381 (8624). MAGDALIS PAXDUKA Say, 1831, 7; ibid, I, 265. 



Oblong, robust, widened behind. Black, opaque, antennae and tarsi 

 often reddish-brown. Beak finely alutaceous, sparsely and finely punctate; 

 of male stout, shorter than thorax, widened near apex, antennae inserted at 

 apical fourth; of female more slender, longer than thorax, antennae insert- 

 ed just in front of middle. Thorax slightly broader than long, widest at 

 middle; sides feebly curved, denticulate on apical half; punctures of disc 

 separated by more than their own diameters, their intervals strongly 

 alutaceous. Elytra distinctly widened behind, rather deeply striate; in- 

 tervals feebly convex, minutely wrinkled. Length 2.5 3 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana, more so in the southern coun- 

 ties; May 3 July 12. Occurs on elm and oak. Near New York 

 City in the Newark district, Westviile and shore counties. Ranges 

 from Ontario and Massachusetts to Wisconsin, south to Missouri 

 and Georgia. Bred from the black walnut, Juylans tti </>(/ L. 

 (Fall.) 



382 (8623). MAGDALIS IXCOXSPICUA Horn, 1873, 456. 



Form of pandura. less widened behind. Black, opaque, antennae and 

 tarsi piceous. Beak of the sexes as in pandura, more sparsely and finely 

 punctate. Head broadly oval, very sparsely and finely punctate. Thorax 

 as wide as long, broadly constricted near apex and somewhat at base, the 

 middle of disc more convex; punctures less distinct than in pandura, 

 their intervals finely granulate. Scutellum small, black. Elytral striae 

 very feebly impressed, their punctures fine and indistinct; intervals flat, 

 minutely and densely granulate. Body beneath coarsely but not densely 

 punctured, abdomen more shining, sparsely and finely granulate. Length 

 3 4.5 mm. 



Common throughout Indiana; June 4 Inly 13. Hopatcong 

 and Caldwell, N. J. ; \Yest Point, N. Y., June 3, on butternut 

 leaves. (Robinson.) Ranges from Massachusetts and Ontario 



