.'U2 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXIX.T]. 



to the side margin, tlius forming the "basal constriction of ely- 

 tra" mentioned in key. 



512 (10,854). Lixus JULICHI Casey, 1891, 208. 



Elongate, rather stout; subelliptical. Black, shining; sparsely clothed 

 throughout with very short, scale-like hairs, which form small scattered 

 spots on elytra and faint stripes on sides of thorax. Beak cylindrical, feebly 

 curved, as long as thorax, both it and head rather finely, deeply and sparsely 

 punctate. Thorax conical, but slightly wider than long; sides straight and 

 strongly converging from base to apex; disc finely and strongly punctate 

 with large deep punctures intermixed and with a deep rounded impression 

 on basal third. Elytra distinctly wider at base than thorax, sides nearly 

 straight and parallel in basal two-thirds, thence gradually narrowed to the 

 subacute tips, the sutural notch narrow and deep; disc with rows of rather 

 small, widely distant punctures. Length 11 mm. 



Described from New Jersey, having been brought to Casey's 

 attention by the late William Jnlirh. Fonnd on Arlington 

 meadows in April and May; also near Washington, I). C. "A 

 conspicuous species, recognizable by its prominent and tumid 

 humeri, conical, deeply impressed thorax and gradually, very 

 acutely ogival elytral apex." (Cnnci/.) 



513 (10,856). Lixrs xmiR'H's Casey, 1891, 210. 



Elongate-oval, rather slender. Black, strongly shining; sparsely 

 clothed with short, coarse hairs which, on the elytra, are condensed to 

 form numerous distinct mottlings and on the sides of both thorax and 

 elytra an indistinct pale stripe. Beak as long as thorax, sparsely, finely 

 and deeply punctured, with a narrow, smooth median line, an elongate 

 puncture between the insertion of the antennae and another between the 

 eyes. Thorax with sides feebly curved, converging from base to apex; 

 disc with sparse, deep, and rather coarse punctures, intermixed with more 

 numerous fine ones, the basal impression small but deep. Elytra with sides 

 parallel and straight for three-fourths their length, thence converging to 

 apex, which is broadly and feebly notched; disc with a broad shallow im- 

 pression on basal third, the rows of punctures coarse, deep and rather 

 distant. Length 9.3 mm. 



Described from a single female from Indiana. Allied to juJicJii 

 but more narrow and convex, the elytra subequal in width to 

 thorax, and the basal impression of latter very small. 



514 (8492). Lixrs FOSSTS Lee., 1876, 416. 



Elongate, elliptical, robust. Black, above very densely clothed with 

 minute gray scales and short white hairs, the latter usually forming a 

 regular row or line of small inottlings along each row of elytral punctures; 

 under surface thickly clothed with longer white hairs; antenna 3 reddish- 

 brown. Beak of male stout, cylindrical, about as long as thorax, finely and 

 densely punctured; of female, slightly longer, more cylindrical, less pubes- 

 cent and more finely punctulate. Frontal fovea small, oval; antenna? 

 stout, first joint of funicle thicker than and two-thirds as long as second, 



