304 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXINJE. 



Thorax wider than long, gradually narrowed from the base, feebly rounded 

 on the sides, deeply and densely punctured. Striae of elytra deep, coarsely 

 punctured; intervals feebly convex, nearly smooth. Length 1.8 2.2 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana ; May 5 June 14 ; taken by 

 sweeping. Ranges from Pennsylvania to Missouri, south to 

 Florida. Resembles corvulus but longer, thorax more strongly 

 rounded on the sides and less coarsely punctured, and the de- 

 nuded fascia well defined. Resembles also roiisiinilis but smaller 

 with shorter and stouter beak. From inusculus, of which Fall 

 pronounces it a synonym, it is known by its darker elytra, less 

 convex intervals, and shorter beak and tarsi. 



443 (- -) ANTHONOMUS MI/EPHONUS Pierce, 1912, 167. 



Oval, robust. Black, above very sparsely clothed with fine yellowish 

 pubescence, more dense on scutellum and in scattered spots on elytra; 

 beneath more thickly clothed with fine scale-like hairs; elytra dark red, 

 the base and suture, scape, funicle and tarsi darker; legs piceous. Beak 

 rather slender, striate, coarsely punctate, carinate. First joint of funicle as 

 long as the next two, second joint equal to third and fourth combined. 

 Thorax slightly wider than long, base one-half wider than apex, sides broad- 

 ly rounded; disc transversely impressed and constricted near apex, coarse- 

 ly, closely and deeply punctate. Elytra very convex, one-third wider at base 

 than thorax; strial punctures rather large, round and close-set; intervals 

 feebly convex, each with an irregular row of minute, seta-bearing punc- 

 tures. Length 2.7 3 mm. 



Black Mts., North Carolina, June 2S; Cambridge collection. 

 Described from Round Knob, X. C. Beaten from bushes of the 

 mountain laurel, Rhododendron oitfiirhicHM' Michx. ; June 22. 

 The largest member of the group. 



444 ( ). ANTHONOMUS SIMIOLUS sp. nov. 



Elongate-oval. Black, feebly shining, very sparsely clothed with fine, 

 rather long prostrate white hairs, feebly condensed along the borders of 

 the denuded area of elytra, strongly so on the scutellum and meso- and 

 metasterna; scape, basal joints of funicle, tibiae and tarsi rufo-piceous 

 or paler. Beak slender, opaque, evenly cylindrical, as long as head and 

 thorax, almost smooth and without carina. First joint of funicle stout, 

 twice the length of second, the latter only one-fourth longer than third; 

 3 7 rounded, subequal in length, gradually slightly wider. Thorax coni- 

 cal, scarcely wider at middle than long, sides broadly rounded, narrowed 

 and constricted near apex; disc deeply, densely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tate, more finely near apex. Elytra one-half wider at base than thorax, 

 striae with rows of rather coarse, close-set punctures; intervals equal in 

 width, feebly convex. Length 2 2.2 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Tyngsboro, Mass. ; Blanchard collection, one pair. Differs 

 from the other black members of the group in its narrower form. 



