TRIBE XII. AXTIIOXOMIXI. 287 



Described from Florida. Northward it has been reported 1o 

 occur at Buena Vista, N 1 . J. 



XI. AXTIIOXOMI-S Germ., 1821. ((Jr., "flower" + "to feed on.") 



As restricted by Diet/ this large genus is cliaracleri/.ed as 

 follows: Beak variable, generally long' and slender; antennal 

 grooves long, directed against the eyes; antennae variable, scape 

 reaching the eye or nearly so, funicle 0- or T-jointed ; club elon- 

 gate-ovate; elytra distinctly striate and punctured, their tips 

 rounded, leaving the pygidium, at least in the male, more or less 

 exposed; prosternnm short in front of coxa 1 ; femora generally 

 toothed; front and middle tibia 1 with a hook, hind ones with a 

 spine at tip. For convenience we class our eastern representa- 

 tives of the genus under six groups or subgenera as follows: 



KEY TO EASTERN SUBGENERA OF ANTHONOMUS. 



a. Fifth ventral of male short, deeply and broadly emarginate (Fig. 

 79, ); pygidium of male perpendicular; length 5 6 mm. 



Subgenus I. COCCOTORUS, p. 287. 

 aa. Fifth ventral of male not or only feebly emarginate. 



l>. Ventral segments 1 4 short, fifth longer in the male, first short 

 behind the coxge; upper surface scaly; length less than 2.5 mm. 



Subgenus II. ANTHONOMOCYLLUS, p. 288. 

 bb. First ventral not short behind the coxae. 

 c. Funicle 7-jointed. 



(I. Pygidium with a deep longitudinal groove. 



Subgenus III. PARANTHONOMUS, p. 290. 

 (Id. Pygidium convex, not grooved. 



e. Club strongly elongate, its joints loosely articulate (Fig. 

 78, f) ; form robust; color mainly reddish-brown. 



Subgenus IV. LEPTARTHRUS, p. 291. 

 ee. Club elliptic or ovoidal, not very loosely articulate. 



Subgenus V. ANTHONOMUS, p. 292. 

 cc. Funicle 6-jointed. Subgenus VI. SEXARTHRUS., p. 311. 



SUBGENUS I. (Coccotorus.) 



Beak as long as head and thorax, nearly straight, cylindrical, 

 slightly widened at tip, carinate above, striate each side, coarsely 

 reticulately punctured, male, very finely punctured beyond the 

 antenna?, female; funicle T-jointed, first joint as long as the next 

 three, second longer than third; eyes small, round, prominent; 

 front deeply foveate; femora strongly toothed; front tibia? bi- 

 sinuate beneath. 



414 (8629). ANTHONOMUS SCUTELLARIS Lee., 1858, 79. 



Oblong, convex. Dark reddish-brown, beak, antennae and legs paler; 

 base of beak, head, thorax and narrow sutural stripe densely clothed with 



