ii. RHYXCIIITIX.T:. 53 



United States, three of which are represented oast of the .Missis- 

 sippi. 



KEY TO EASTERN GENERA OF RHYNCHITINyE. 



a. Pygidium covered by elytra, the latter entire. 



1). Elytra not striate, more or less irregularly punctate; third joint of 

 tarsi not dilated. I. AULETES. 



bb. Elytra striate, the punctures in rows; third joint of tarsi dilated. 



II. EriiXAMPTUS. 



act. Pygidium exposed, the elytra abbreviated, striate, the punctures in 

 rows; third joint of tarsi dilated. III. RHYNCIIITES. 



I. AULETES Schonh., 1833. (Gr.. "to play on a flute.") 



Eight species of this genus are known from the United States. 

 three of which occur in our territory. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF AULETES. 



a. Antenna? inserted at middle of beak; body black, coarsely punctate; 

 larger, 3.33.8 mm. 45. ATER. 



oo. Antennas inserted near base of beak; body brownish-yellow or fus- 

 cous black, finely punctate; smaller, not over 2.5 mm. 

 b. Pubescence longer, coarse, yellowish, forming a distinct pattern on 

 elytra; body uniform brownish-yellow. 46. CASSANDR.E. 



bb. Pubescence short, white, very fine, irregularly distributed; color 

 usually fuscous black. 47. ALBOVESTITA. 



45 (8201). AULETES ATER Lee., 1876, 4. 



Oblong-oval. Black, thinly clothed with fine gray pubescence; antennae 

 and legs piceous. Beak longer than head and thorax, nearly straight, 

 coarsely punctured; head coarsely and densely punctured. Thorax as long 

 as wide, slightly narrowed in front, feebly rounded on sides, coarsely and 

 densely punctured. Elytra twice as wide as thorax, very convex, deeply, 

 very irregularly and coarsely punctate. Length. 3.3 3.8 mm. 



Ramapo M ts.. Fort Lee, Milltown and Hear Swamp, X. J., 

 May -1 July '11. Staten Island, X. Y. Occurs on sweet fern, 

 Contfttoniii ficrif/rimi L. and barberry, Mi/rica. Ranges from 

 New England, Toronto, Can., Illinois, Michigan and Missouri, 

 south to Maryland. 



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46 (8204). AULETES CASSANDRA: Lee., 1876, 5. 



Oblong-oval, robust. Brownish-yellow, thinly clothed with rather long, 

 coarse yellowish pubescence, more dense on head, on median line and in a 

 band near apex of thorax, and in two irregular cross-bands on elytra, one 

 median, the other at apical fourth, the former prolonged along the suture 

 to base. Beak longer than head and thorax, somewhat stouter and more 

 flattened than in the next species, finely and sparsely punctate, the an- 

 tennae inserted at basal third. Thorax slightly broader than long, sides 



