414 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXIX .K. 



on the elytra except in an apical and two submarginal spots on each which 

 are bare and shining; scales of middle of thorax and under surface very 

 small and sparse. Beak stout, curved, three-fourths as long as thorax, 

 naked, cylindrical, punctured near base. Basal joint of funicle as long as 

 the next five; club large, pale. Thorax slightly longer than wide, finely and 

 sparsely punctate, the median smooth line distinct. Elytra not wider at 

 base than thorax; striae fine, deep; intervals flat, smooth. Length 2.5 2.7 

 mm. 



Westville. X. J. ; one specimen, .Inly 2. Oolnmbns. Texas. 

 Breeds in the stems of Cypeni* rirciis. (Pierce.) 



642 (8952). BARIXUS LIXEARIS Lee., 18.76, 422. 



Form of albescens. Black, alutaceous; above sparsely and evenly clothed 

 with small dirty white obovate scales, sparser along sides of elytra, 

 especially toward base and in a small discal spot near apex. Beak much 

 shorter than thorax, glabrous, punctate, very thick near base. Thorax not 

 quite as long as wide, deeply, densely, not coarsely punctate, the median 

 smooth line entire. Elytra slightly wider at base and more than twice 

 as long as thorax, parallel, narrowed in apical third, obtusely rounded at 

 apex; intervals flat, finely, confusedly and rather distantly punctate. 

 Length 3.7 mm. 



Known only from Snmter Co., Florida. 



XXX. KUULEPTOX. Lee., 1S7<>. Mir., Baris + "slender.") 



Very slender, elongate species having' the beak thick, curved, 

 not longer than thorax, strongly compressed; head large, con- 

 vex, its under surface usually transversely excavated ; an term a I 

 grooves deep, beginning 1 in front of middle near upper margin 

 and obliquely descending; first joint of funicle elongate, 2 1 

 nearly equal; prosternum broadly impressed, narrowly separat- 

 ing the coxiv; middle and hind tarsi longer than the tibire. their 

 second and third joints dilated; tarsal daw single, simple, mod- 

 erately stout. Two of the four known species occur with us. 

 They are said to be semi-aquatic in habits. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF BARILEPTOX. 



a. Elytra at burner! not wider than base of thorax, the latter constricted 



near apex; beak almost evenly curved. 643. FILIFORM i.. 



aa. Elytra at humeri wider than base of thorax; thorax less elongate, 



suddenly narrowed and constricted near apex. 644. QUADRICOLLE. 



643 (8951). BAHII.KPTOX KILIFORMK Lee., 1876, 319. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, convex. Black, shining, legs brownish; upper 

 surface clothed with small yellowish-white scales, more condensed along 

 the sides. Beak naked, shining, punctured, shorter than thorax. Head thinly 



