TRII5E XII. AXTHOXOMIXI. 315 



paler, legs dark reddish-brown. Beak stout, scarcely longer I ban thorax, 

 both it and head finely alutaceous, minutely and very sparsely punctate; 

 front with a fine impressed line. Antennas inserted in front of middle, scape 

 short, stout, first joint of funicle scarcely longer than broad, second and 

 third as wide as long, half the size of first, fourth very short, five and six 

 larger. Thorax subcylindrical, as wide as long, sides almost straight, very 

 feebly converging toward apex, disc coarsely, deeply, not densely punctate, 

 the intervals between the punctures alutaceous.. Elytra one-third wider at 

 base than thorax, sides parallel to apical third, then broadly rounded to 

 apex; striae shallow, their punctures coarse, feebly impressed, intervals 

 smooth, slightly convex. Under surface finely and very sparsely punctate. 

 Third ventral slightly shorter than fourth, the two united one-third longer 

 than second. All the femora unarmed; tarsal claw very small. Length 1.6 

 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Gray Beard Mountain, North Carolina, May 2G. One speci- 

 men in Cambridge collection. The 6-jointed funicle and small 

 tooth of claw place it in this group, with the other members of 

 which it has little affinity. The antennal grooves are directed 

 toward the lower border of the eye, but the unarmed femora, color 

 and almost glabrous surface preclude its being a Pseudanthono- 



mus. 



GROUP C. 



Elongate, subparallel species not more than 3 mm. in length, 

 having the surface thinly clothed with scales, forming lines on 

 the fourth and sixth intervals of elytra ; last ventral of female 

 foveate; hind tibia? dissimilar in the sexes, those of male more or 

 less curved. They belong to the subgenus Cnemoci/llns of Dietz. 

 Only two of his 12 species occur in our territory. Both have the 

 funicle 0-jointed, the front femora feebly toothed and the fifth 

 ventral of male elongate. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF GROUP C. 



a. Second and third joints of funicle subequal in length, united equal 



to first; thorax scarcely wider than long. 466. ELONGATUS. 



aa. Second joint of funicle distinctly longer than third, almost as long as 



first; thorax one-third wider than long. 467. DECIPIENS. 



466 (8660). ANTHONOMUS ELONGATUS Lee., 1876, 204. 



Strongly elongate, nearly parallel. Dark brown, clothed with large 

 rounded, pale brown and whitish scales, the latter forming a narrow 

 median and oroader lateral lines on thorax and condensed each side of 

 scutellum, along the base of elytra and on the sixth interval from base to 

 near the middle; denuded fascia surrounded by a broad stripe of white 

 scales, including a short white line on fourth interval; antennae brownish- 

 yellow, club dusky; legs reddish-brown. Beak as long as head and thorax, 

 male, one-fourth longer, female, slender, cylindrical, curved, densely punc- 

 tured, finely carinate. Thorax with sides feebly rounded, disc coarsely and 



