308 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF GROUP F. 



<.i. Dark brown or black. 



&. Elytra not wider behind; pubescence yellow; mesosternum not cari- 



nate. 451. DISSIMILIS. 



l>l). Elytra wider behind; pubescence very sparse, whitish; mesosternum 



carinate. 452. ORCHESTOIDES. 



aa. Brownish-yellow, elytra with a dark, oblique spot. 453. JUNIPERIXUS. 



451 (11,004). ANTHOXOMUS DISSIMILIS Dietz, 1891, 226. 



Elongate-oval. Brown, thinly clothed above with yellow pubescence; 

 under side of thorax densely pubescent; head, beak and under surface 

 nearly black; antennae fuscous. Beak opaque, long, slender, curved, neither 

 punctured nor striate. Frontal fovea small, elongate. Thorax much wider 

 than long, sides nearly straight from base to middle, rather strongly nar- 

 rowed in front; disc rather finely, not densely punctate. Elytra oblong- 

 oval, one-fourth wider at base than thorax, sides feebly and gradually 

 rounded to apex; stria? fine, with small, close-set punctures; intervals 

 slightly convex, finely rugose. Length 3 mm. 



Described from Virginia. Resembles tiuguhiris in form, color 

 and pubescence, but differs by the 7-jointed funicle, absence of 

 elytra 1 fascia and very slender tootb of claw. 



452 (11,005). AXTIIONOMUS ORCHESTOIDES Dietz, 1891, 226. 

 Elongate-ovate. Black, somewhat shining, very thinly clothed with 



fine whitish pubescence, hardly more dense beneath; antennae red- 

 dish brown. Beak rather stout, remotely punctured, slightly widened and 

 somewhat shining near tip. First joint of funicle very robust, second 

 longer than third, 3 7 rounded. Thorax wider than long, but slightly 

 narrower at apex than base, widest at middle; disc closely and rather 

 coarsely punctured. Elytra a little wider at base than thorax, widened 

 to and more convex behind the middle; striae fine, their punctures rather 

 small, not close-set; intervals feebly convex, finely wrinkled. Femora all 

 armed with a sharp, distinct tooth. Length 1.7 2 mm. 



Known from Maryland, District of Columbia and Missouri. 



453 (8640). ANTHONOMUS JUNIPERIJVUS Sanborn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist, XII, 1868, 81. 



Subovate. Pale brownish-yellow, rather densely clothed with pale yel- 

 lowish pubescence; elytra each with a dark, oblique denuded spot behind 

 the middle, extending from the fifth to the second interval. Beak darker, 

 shining, long and slender, finely punctate. First joint of funicle as long 

 as the next three united, second longer than third. Thorax wider than long, 

 not strongly narrowed in front, sides feebly rounded; disc finely, not closely 

 punctate. Elytra scarcely wider at base than thorax, slightly widened to 

 behind the middle; strife fine, feebly impressed, their punctures small, 

 not close-set; intervals wide, nearly flat, rugulose. Femora all with a 

 rather large, triangular tooth. Length 2.2 2.8 mm. 



Anglesea and Bayside, N. J., Sept. 22; on juniper. Ranges 

 from Massachusetts to West Virginia, south to Florida. Lives 

 in Podysoina, a parasitic fungus on juniper. 



