80 FA JULY III. CURCULIOXIDJE. 



94. (- -). APIOX XOVEIXTJM Fall, 1898, 144. 



Moderately robust. Black, pubescent. Beak of male barely as long 

 as head and thorax, scarcely dilated, feebly narrowed toward the tip, not 

 strongly or closely punctate, apical third polished ; of female slightly 

 longer, more slender, finely sculptured, very finely, sparsely punctate. 

 Thorax plainly wider than long, widest a little behind the middle, sub- 

 equal to the base, sides slightly sinuate before the base, which is some- 

 what expanded. Elytral intervals convex, much wider than the striae; 

 stitural angles rounded, male, not rounded, female. Middle and hind 

 tibiae of male with very long, slender spine, projecting at an. angle with 

 the tibiae. (Fig. 37, s.} Length 1.5 mm. 



Described from District of Columbia. 



95. (8400). APION TUBBULKXTUM Smith, 1884, 56. 



Short, rather robust. Black, usually with a purplish bronzed lustre, 

 antennae more or less brownish. Beak of male as long as head and tho- 

 rax, minutely striate nearly to the tip, finely punctured above, more 

 coarsely on sides; of female slightly longer, more slender and shining, 

 very sparsely and minutely punctate throughout. Front with a median 

 sulcus, and a line of punctures each side. Thorax short, wider than long, 

 middle as wide as base; disc coarsely and rather densely punctate, the 

 basal fovea small, elongate. Elytra one-half longer than wide, hurneri 

 prominent; sides parallel to middle; intervals nearly flat, scarcely twice 

 as wide as striae. Under surface sparsely punctate, more closely along the 

 sides. Length 1.7- 2 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana; April 19 July 29. Beaten 

 from the flowers of the panicled dogwood, Cornus candidlss'una 

 Marsh., and swept from huckleberry. Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 26 

 March 1(>. Ranges from New York and Michigan, south and 

 southwest to Arkansas and Texas. Said by Chittenden (1908, 31) 

 to live in the seeds of a tick-trefoil, Mcilnnnia niarylandica L. 

 Resembles .1. patruele but distinguished by its bronzed lustre and 

 flatter, more narrow intervals. 



96 (- -). APIOX IMPORTUXUM Fall, 1898, 146. 



Black, vestiture rather sparse, not fine. Claws toothed near base; 

 middle and hind tibiae of male with long, simple spine. Length 1.6 mm. 



Occurs in Georgia and Florida. Very close to turbulcnluin, 

 from which it is separated by characters given in key and pre- 

 sumably by the locality, turlnilcntinn being heretofore unknown 

 south of the Potomac River. 



97 (8412). APIOX GRISEUM Smith, 1884, 59. 



Rather elongate, robust. Black, faintly tinged with bronze; conspic- 

 uously clothed with gray or yellowish prostrate hairs. Beak as long or 



