TRIBE XII. ANTHONOMINI. 309 



GROUP G. 



Our species of this group range from '2.1 to 3.5 mm. in size and 

 have the upper and lower surfaces more or less clothed with 

 scales, which vary in shape from almost- round to very elongate 

 and hair-like. Five of the 11 species tabulated by Dietz are re- 

 corded from our territory. All have 'the femora armed with a 

 single tooth beneath. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF GROUP G. 



a. Front thoracic opening very oblique; prosternum short in front of 



the coxae. 

 b. Elytra without a transverse, partly denuded fascia; second joint of 



funicle scarcely longer than third. 



c. Legs reddish or reddish-brown; front and middle tibite not or 

 feebly Insinuate beneath. 454. TECTUS. 



cc. Legs dark piceous; front and middle tibiae strongly bisinuate and 

 subangulate beneath. 455. SQUAMULATUS. 



l)b. Elytra with a dark, transverse, partly denuded fascia; dark red- 

 dish-brown, the legs paler. 456. MOLOCHIJV'US. 

 aa. Front thoracic opening less oblique; prosternum more elongate in 



front of the coxee. 



(L Thorax strongly constricted near apex; second joint of funicle 



scarcely longer than third. 457. RUFIPES. 



(Id. Thorax not constricted at apex; second joint of funicle as long as 



the next two. 458. DISJUNCTUS. 



454 (8653). AisTiiOiXOMUs TECTUS Lee., 1876, 203. 



Oval. Piceous, densely clothed with white and yellowish-gray scales, 

 condensed on the suture and on basal halves of fourth to seventh intervals 

 of elytra; basal half of antennae reddish-brown, club dusky. Beak pubes- 

 cent at base, coarsely punctured, striate. Frontal fovea elongate. Thorax 

 at base slightly wider than long, narrowed from base to apex, sides feebly 

 rounded, disc densely and finely punctured. Elytra ovate, suddenly 

 one-third wider at base than thorax, strial punctures coarse, almost wholly 

 concealed by the scales; intervals almost flat. Length 3 3.2 mm. 



Lake County, Ind., rare; May 27. Edgebrook, 111., June 14. 

 Described from Massachusetts and Georgia. Ranges from New 

 England to Kansas. Taken in numbers from wild asters, lonactis 

 UnariifoUtts L., at Tyngsboro, Mass., by IJlanchard in September. 

 (Fall.) 



455 (11,006). ANTHONOMUS SQUAMULATUS Dietz, 1891, 230. 



Subovate. Black, somewhat shining; sparsely clothed above with small 

 white, broadly oval scales, intermixed with fine, suberect hairs; scutellum, 

 suture and basal portions, in part, of fourth and sixth intervals densely 

 covered with white scales. Thorax one-half wider than long, strongly nar- 

 rowed in front, disc densely and rather coarsely punctured. Elytra broadly 

 oval, one-fourth wider at base than thorax; strial punctures rather coarse, 

 not close; intervals convex, finely rugose. Length 2.7 mm. 



