82 FAMILY III. CURCULIONIDJE. 



eye. Front sulcate, eyes prominent. Thorax wider than long, sides rounded 

 at middle, narrowed before the base; disc densely, coarsely and continently 

 punctate, the basal fovea oval, large, deep. Elytra one-half longer than 

 wide, humeri prominent; intervals flat, twice as wide as striae, each with a 

 single row of minute, shallow, hair-bearing punctures. Under surface 

 coarsely and closely punctate. Length 2.5 3.2 mm. 



Pulaski, Starke and Wells counties, Indiana, frequent; June 

 18 October 1. Taken from the pods of the false indigo, Bap- 

 tisia leucantha T. & G. in the seeds of which the larvae live. Said 

 to breed also in the seed pods of other plants of the same genus. 

 Staten Island, X. Y., Sept. ; Peekskill, N. Y. Ranges from New 

 Hampshire to Florida and westward to Wisconsin and Texas. 

 Our largest Indiana species of Apion. 



100 (8424). Ai'iox XIGEUM Hbst, 1797, 122. 



Moderately robust, not very convex. Black, feebly shining; distinctly 

 but sparsely pubescent. Beak of male as long as or slightly longer than 

 thorax, dilated at base, finely punctate, pubescent ; of female longer, scarce- 

 ly dilated, glabrous. First antennal joint subequal to the three following, 

 second reaching the eye. Front not sulcate. Thorax short, slightly wider 

 than long, narrower at apex and base, sides rounded; disc coarsely, closely 

 and shallowly punctate, the basal fovea distinct. Elytra one-half longer 

 than wide, striae deep; intervals flat or feebly convex, punctate as in ros- 

 trum. Under surface strongly and rather closely punctate. Length 2 

 2.5 mm. 



Throughout Indiana, frequent; April 22 June 28. On locust, 

 Milburn, N. J., May June; Black Mts., N. C. Ranges from New 

 England to Iowa and Kansas. Breeds in the seeds of the black 

 locust, Roblnia pscu<l<ic<ic'm L., the adults sometimes riddling the 

 leaves of the trees by cutting small round holes in them. Re- 

 corded also as feeding upon the foliage of the peach and wild 

 cherry. The male is unique among all others of that sex in our 

 fauna in having the front tarsi dilated. 



101 (-- --). APION FURTIVUM Fall, 1898, 154. 



Not very robust. Black, sparsely pubescent. Beak barely as long as 

 head and thorax, male, scarcely attenuate; obviously longer, female. Tho- 

 rax with the sides plainly narrowed behind the middle, which is as wide, 

 or even wider than the base; basal fovea deep, elongate. Elytral striae 

 shallow, intervals flat; sutural angles rounded, male; not rounded, female. 

 All the tibiae with a short mucro, that of the front ones minute. Legs rather 

 slender, beneath sparsely punctate. Length 1.7 1.9 mm. 



Described from Georgia. 



102 (8422). APIOX COXFEKTUM Smith, 1884, 63. 



Similar to rostrum, but a little smaller and more elongate; robust, not 

 very convex. Black, sparsely pubescent. Tarsi smaller, the second joint 



