280 SI'BFAMILY X. ( TK< TLIOXIXJE. 



Starke (bounty, Ind., rare; May 9. Newark, X. J. Ranges 

 from Xewfoundland, Ontario and New Jersey to California, south 

 to District of Columbia. Occurs also in Siberia and Europe. 

 Found on willow when in bloom. This is the 0. subJiirtiis of 

 Horn. 



400 (8677). ORCHESTES NIGER Horn, 1873, 462. 



Elongate-ovate, subdepressed. Black, above thinly clothed with nearly 

 black, prostrate hairs; antennae piceous; scutellum densely white pubescent 

 and conspicuous; elytra with a faint transverse fascia about one-third from 

 base, consisting of sparse white pubescence; beneath clothed with similar 

 pubescence. Beak cylindrical, as long as head and thorax, rather sparsely 

 and coarsely punctate. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides moderately 

 curved, disc coarsely, deeply and rather densely punctate. Elytra one-half 

 wider at base than thorax, sides broadly curved from base to apex; stride 

 wide, deep, rather coarsely punctate; intervals flat, finely punctulate. 

 Length 2 2.8 mm. 



Lake, Starke and Warren counties, Ind., scarce; May !) Oct. 

 14. Portage and Batayia, X. Y. ; May 17 Aug. <>. Xear Xew 

 York City in June. Ranges from Xoya Scotia and Xew England 

 to Michigan, south to District of Columbia. Occurs on low wil- 

 lows. 



401 ( -). ORCHESTES ILLIXOISEXSIS Fall, 1913, 64. 



"Black, lustre dull, pubescence whitish, rather long and conspicuous, 

 recumbent, dense on the scutellum. Antennal funicle 7-jointed, in great 

 part rufo-testaceous, club piceous. Thorax one-half as wide as elytra, 

 sides parallel in basal two-fifths, hind angles nearly rectangular, punctua- 

 tion dense, moderately coarse. Elytra elongate-oval, scarcely impressed; 

 striae distinctly impressed, intervals somewhat rugose. Length 2.4 mm." 

 (Fall.) 



Algonquin, Illinois; northern Illinois. Resembles jHilliconits 

 but the latter has the funicle 6-jointed. 



402 (8673). ORCHESTES PALLICORXIS Say, 1831, 16; ibid, I, 280. 



Elongate-oval, humeri prominent. Black, shining, sparsely clothed 

 with very short grayish-yellow hairs: antennae and tarsi reddish-brown; 

 club dusky. Beak stout, scarcely as long as head and thorax, coarsely and 

 sparsely punctate. Head finely granulate, sparsely and coarsely punctured. 

 Thorax as broad at middle as long, s:'des feebly rounded, disc coarsely, 

 very densely and shallowly punctured. Elytra oblong-oval, at base two- 

 thirds wider than thorax, striae feebly impressed, their punctures coarse; 

 intervals flat, coarsely rugose, sparsely and finely punctate. Length 2.5 

 3. mm. (Fig. 80.) 



Frequent throuL'hout Indian;) ; described from 1'osey County: 



