SIBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXIX.i:. 



at base than thorax, sides beyond middle strongly narrov.-ed and slightly 

 rounded to apex; stria? very fine, represented by widely distant, elon- 

 gate, shallow punctures, and ending near the base in deep fovese which 

 are narrowed behind; intervals broad, flat, smooth. Length 2.2 3.2 mm. 



Bainbridge, Ga., July 15 27. Leng collection. Known else- 

 where from St. Louis, Mo., District of Columbia and Crescent 

 City. Fla. Rare wherever found. 



XXI. LIMXOBARIS Bedel, 1888. (Gr., "decorated" -f Baris.) 



Small elongate-oblong or narrowly oval, usually subdepressed 

 species having the mandibles short, stout, strongly curved, feebly 

 notched at apex, broadly crossed when closed ; humeral callus 

 feebly developed: thorax often very finely alutaceous, rarely 

 densely punctate; surface subglabrous except in loncjnla. Casey 

 recognized 25 species, 17 of which occur in the Eastern United 

 States. For convenience they are separated into two groups. 



KEY TO GROUPS OF EASTERX LIMXOBARTS. 



a. Antennal club large, the basal joint making up more than half its 

 mass; beak rather stout, the antennae inserted beyond its middle 

 in male, near middle in female; prosternum always widely separating 

 the coxae, never armed in tlie male; body usually piceous or reddish- 

 brown in color. GROUP A. 

 aa. Antennal club smaller and narrower, the basal joint comprising less 

 than half its mass; prosternum often armed in male; body intense 

 black except in grisea. GROUP B. 



GROUP A. 



Belonging to this group are six of our eastern species, sepa- 

 rated as follows: 



KEY TO SPECIES OF GROUP A. 



a. Thorax bordered at the sides with an abruptly defined stripe of pale 



scales. 

 1). Pale stripe of thorax conspicuous, composed of very large, broad 



scales. 



c. Thorax wider than long, its disc with a large, oval smooth spot 

 each side; form more robust, rather broadly oval or subrhcm- 

 boiclal. 602. BRACATA. 



cc. Thorax almost as long as wide, its disc without smooth spot each 

 side; form elongate-oval. G03. LIMBIFF.R. 



66. Pale thoracic stripe faint, composed of small, narrow and remotely 

 distant scales; intervals concave, only slightly wider than striae; 

 form much narrower and more depressed. 604. TABIDA. 



aa. Thorax without a distinct submarginal pale stripe, the scales, how- 

 ever, often more distinct on sides than on middle of disc. 

 (1. Elytral stria? coarse, always more than one-half the width of in- 

 tervals, the latter concave, their punctures coarse; form de- 



