SUBFAMILY II. RHYXCHITINM:. 59 



south to Florida and northwest to Manitoba and Oregon. Re- 

 corded by Pierce as occurring on wild sunflower, artichoke and 

 Psoralca mult i flora. 



55 (8215). RHYNOHITES HIRTUS Fab., 1801, II, 421. 



Oblong, elytra subdepressed. Blue-black above, black beneath. Beak 

 slender, as long as head and thorax, coarsely and sparsely punctate, cari- 

 nate at base. Thorax short, subcylindrical, widest at middle, rather sparse- 

 ly and coarsely punctate. Elytra two-thirds wider than thorax, the rows 

 of punctures, coarse, distinct; intervals each with a single row of fine dis- 

 tant punctures. Length 4 mm. 



Posey Co., Indiana, rare; April 26. Fall River, Mass., June 

 11. Staten Island, N. Y., not common on black-jack oak (Quer- 

 cus marylandlca Muench.) ; May 25. Ormond and Sanford, Fla., 

 March 20 April 19. Occurs on rosin-weed (SilpJnuni integri- 

 folium Michx.), cutting the stems.* Ranges from New England 

 to Michigan south to Florida, where it is much more common 

 than in Indiana. 



56 (8221). RHYNCHITES CYAXELLUS Lee., 1876, 8. 



Elongate-oblong, convex. Above bluish-green slightly tinged with 

 bronze; under surface, legs and antennae black. Beak slender, longer than 

 thorax, female; one-fourth shorter, male; coarsely and densely reticulately 

 punctate; antennae inserted near basal third; front coarsely punctured, 

 without fovea. Thorax short, subcylindrical, not narrowed in front, coarse- 

 ly and densely punctate. Elytra one-third wider than thorax, feebly im- 

 pressed behind the scutellum, the striae formed of rows of close-set, deep 

 punctures which are much wider than the intervals. Length 2.4 2.7 mm. 



Lake and Martin counties, Indiana, scarce; June 21 July 11. 

 Taken by sweeping. Reported abundant at Highlands, N. J., by 

 Chitteuden. Wales, Maine, Oct. 18. Fulton County, N. Y., May 

 18. Described from Massachusetts and Illinois, and known from 

 Newfoundland, Ottawa and Toronto, Canada, and New England 

 to Colorado. Occurs on willow leaves, sometimes abundantly. 



57 (8222). RHYXCHITES /ERATUS Say, 1831, 5; ibid, I, 263. 



Oblong, convex. Above coppery, clothed with very fine, sparse, pros- 

 trate hairs; brassy black beneath; antennae and tarsi piceous. Beak slen- 

 der, a little shorter than head and thorax, both it and front alutaceous and 

 finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax subcylindrical, slightly longer than 

 wide, sides feebly rounded, disc densely and coarsely punctate. Elytra one- 

 half wider than thorax, sub-basal transverse impression very distinct when 

 viewed from the side; strial punctures large, transverse; intervals nar- 

 row. Length 2 2.3 mm. 



*Forbes, Fifth 111. Rep., 75. 



