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art. Eyes feebly convex, widely separated above; surface thinly clothed 



with whitish scales. 



b. Form broadly oval; color pale reddish-brown; length 1.5 2.2 mm. 



c. Elytra without a pale basai spot and denuded area; length 1.5 



2 mm. 416. ITSILLUS. 



cc. Elytra with an elongate basal spot of pale scales on fifth interval 



and a partially denuded area behind the middle; length 2.2 mm. 



416-a. var. HAMILTOXI. 



l)l>. Form oblong-oval; color dark chestnut brown; length 1 1.2 mm. 



417. ATOMARIUS. 



415 (8651). AXTHOXOMT.TS ELEGAXS Lee., 1876, 202. 



Rather broadly ovate. Dark brown, densely clothed with small scales, 

 variegated in silvery white, gray, buff and brown on the upper surface 

 and grayish-white intermixed with brown beneath; beak, antennae and 

 legs reddish-brown. Thorax as wide as long, sides feebly rounded; disc 

 strongly and suddenly narrowed in front of middle and constricted near 

 apex, densely punctured Elytra wider at base than thorax, humeri promi- 

 nent, rounded; strise fine, the sculpture concealed by the scales. Length 

 22.5 mm. (Fig. 81, &.) 



Haulover, Fla. ; very rare on oak shrubs; March 10 (Sclucarz). 

 Jupiter and Biscayne Bay, Fla.; LeConte collection. "The thorax 

 is marked with two lines of white scales, forming a cross, and the 

 scales of elytra form a beautiful complex pattern of brown, dark 

 brown and gray." (LcContc.) 



416 (8650). ANTHONOMUS PUSILLUS Lee., 1876, 202. 



Broadly oval, convex. Reddish-brown, thinly clothed with white 

 hair-like scales, more densely on sides of thorax; beak and legs paler; 

 scutellum white. Beak slender, as long as head and thorax, scaly at base, 

 sparsely and finely punctured. Second joint of funicle scarcely longer than 

 third. Thorax at base more than one-half wider than long, sides feebly 

 curved, disc strongly narrowed near apex, coarsely, deeply and rather 

 densely punctured. Elytra short, oval, one-fourth wider at base than 

 thorax, sides broadly rounded; strise coarsely and rather distantly punc- 

 tate; intervals wide, flat, finely wrinkled. Femora stout, acutely toothed, 

 the hind ones minutely so. Length 1.5 2.2 mm. 



Occurs at several localities in New Jersey and New York. 

 Ranges from Lowell, Mass., to Florida and Texas. Breeds in the 

 seeds of frost weed, HclianUiriiiuni canadcnsc L. (Bhinchard.) 

 The above is the description of the male, the type being from 

 Texas. The female, as recognized by Blanc-hard, is much larger, 

 paler in color, with the scales more dense and second joint of 

 funicle nearly twice as long as third. 



416-a (10,976). ANTHONOMUS PUSILLUS HAMILTON: Dietz, 1891, 193. 



Larger and paler reddish-brown; scales more yellowish, somewhat 

 larger on the thorax and under side of body and intermixed with fine, 

 semiprocumbent pubescence, condensed to form a pale oblong spot on 

 base of fifth interval and two undulating cross-bars, enclosing a partially 

 denuded area on elytra. Second joint of funicle twice as long as third. 

 Length 2.2 mm. 



