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SUBFA M ILY X. CURCULIONIN^E. 



long fulvous hair; scutellum yellowish pubescent; elytra mottled with 

 patches of fine grayish hair. Thorax wider at base than long, sides nearly 

 parallel from base to middle, then strongly converging to apex; disc 

 densely and coarsely punctate. Elytra oblong, striae very narrow, finely 

 punctate; intervals wide, flat, the third and fifth with small tufts of semi- 

 erect, seal-brown hairs at base. Length 5 6 mm. (Fig. 83.) 



Lake and Posey counties, Ind., scarce; May 12 28. Near 



York City it occurs on the beach 

 plum, I'iiunix iiKirithna Wang., in 

 May and was bred from it by Za- 

 briskie. It also wanders to other- 

 shrubs and has been found on oak 

 catkins near beach plums at Lake- 

 hurst, X. J. Ranges from Massa- 

 chusetts and New Jersey to Kan- 

 sas, south to Georgia and Texas. 

 Known as the "plum gouger," 

 breeding in the wild and cultivated 

 plum, the egg being laid near the 

 surface and the larva eating its 

 way in through the flesh, pupating 

 in the pit or kernel. Occurs 

 also in apple. (Rilcij.) A pnrni- 



Fig. 83. The plum gouger. a, Plum- 

 stone showing exit hole of larva; b. 

 adult beetle, X 6; c, side view of 

 head. (From Insect Life.; 



<-id(i Walsh is a synonym. 



Anthonomus (Coccotorus) hirsutus Brim., feeds on the sand cherry, 

 Primus p u mil a L.. in Nebraska, and as that plant occurs along the south 

 shore of Lake Michigan, the beetle may occur in northern Indiana. It 

 differs from scutellaris in having the beak more slender, longer than head 

 and thorax; second joint of funicle shorter, but little longer than third; 

 thcrax and elytra more coarsely pubescent. 



STBGEXUS II. (Anthonomocylliis.) 



Beak long, slender, feebly curved, striate, carinate above; fun- 

 icle 7-jointed, first joint as long as the next two; club rather 

 loosely articulate, sparsely pubescent; eyes small, convex; front 

 femora armed with a large acute tooth. The males have the py- 

 gidium convex, perpendicular, and more strongly exposed, pro- 

 stcrnum very short, ventral segments 1 4 short, nearly equal, 

 fifth twice as long, feebly emarginate; hind tibia* curved. Tn the 

 female the ventral segments are all short, subequal, and hind 

 tibia* nearly straight. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF SfHGKXUS ANTHOXOMOCYLLUS. 



a. Eyes protuberant, narrowly separated above; surface densely clothed 

 with variegated scales. 415. ELEGAXS. 



