290 Sl'BFAMILV X. CURCULIONINJE. 



Described from Florida. Fall (1913, 40) states that he ''should 

 have little hesitancy in uniting it with pits'tllus." 



417 ( ). ANTHONOSIVS ATOMAKIUS sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Dark reddish or chestnut brown, thinly clothed 

 with white, elongate scales; antennae (except club), tibiae, tarsi and base of 

 femora paler; head piceous. Beak scarcely as long as head and thorax, 

 male, slightly longer, female, very finely carinate, glabrous, minutely and 

 sparsely punctate; antennae inserted at apical third, male, at middle, fe- 

 male; funicle 7 -jointed, first joint robust, twice as long as second, 2 6 

 short, wider than long, subequal, seventh slightly longer and wider. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, slightly narrowed in front, sides feebly curved; 

 disc rather coarsely, deeply not densely punctate. Elytra oblong-oval, 

 scarcely wider at base than thorax, sides parallel to apical third, then 

 broadly rounded to apex; striae with rather coarse punctures separated by 

 their own diameters; intervals feebly convex. Length 1 1.2 mm. (W.8.B.) 



Ocean Co., N. J.; numerous specimens in Leng collection; 

 swept from an oak shrub. Our smallest species of the genus. 

 The scales of elytra are arranged rather regularly along the in- 

 tervals and are not condensed on scutellum or humeri. 

 SUBGENUS III. (Paranthonomus.) 



Beak cylindrical, rather slender, punctured, carinate and 

 striate; antenna! grooves straight, deep, directed toward the mid- 

 dle of eyes; head conical, punctured, front foveate; antenna? slen- 

 der, inserted not more than one-third from apex; fimicle 7 -jointed, 

 first joint long, second shorter, twice as long as third ; ventral 

 segments of male unequal, fifth nearly twice as long as either 

 third or fourth and with a smooth, semicircular spot at tip ; of 

 female, nearly equal ; pygidium exposed, perpendicular and with 

 a deep, sharply defined longitudinal excavation; femora clavate, 

 strongly toothed. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF SUBGENUS PARANTHOXOMUS. 



a. Larger, 3.2 3.7 mm.; thorax very coarsely and less densely punc- 

 tured; pubescence of white hairs very sparse, the black hairs very 

 few. 418. PROFUNDUS. 



a-ffl. Smaller, 2.2 2.5 mm.; thorax more finely and densely punctured; 

 pubescence more conspicuous, the black hairs more evident. 



419. RUBIOUS. 



418 (8634). AXTHOXOMTS PROFUADUS Lee., 1876, 198. 



Ovate, convex. Reddish-brown, feebly shining; head, club of antennae, 

 femora and under surface more or less piceous; thorax with a median line 

 of pale pubescence; scutellum yellowish white. Head with a frontal fovea. 

 Thorax as long as wide, sides nearly straight from base to beyond 

 middle, then narrowed and constricted to apex. Elytra one-fourth wider 

 than thorax; striae deep and wide, with elongate, close-set punctures; inter- 

 vals convex, finely wrinkled and punctulate. Length 3.2 3.7 mm. 



Frequent in northern Indiana, less so in the southern counties; 

 .M;iv r> October 14. Beaten from oak. Found near New York 



