SUBFAMILY V. APIONIN.K. 87 



surface dull, coarsely but not deeply, irregularly punctate at the sides, less 

 coarsely above, a fine impressed line from base to middle. Thorax sub- 

 conical, sides nearly straight, apical and basal constrictions lacking; punc- 

 tuation moderately close, superficial. Claws evidently toothed near base, 

 tibia) unarmed. Length 2.8 mm. 



Known from Penningtou Gap, Ya., and Southern Pines, North 

 Carolina. 



110 (8390). APIOX CARIXATUM Smith, 1884, 52. 



Rather stout. Black; antennae, tibiae and tarsi sometimes piceous; 

 pubescence fine, very sparse. Beak stout, slightly shorter than head and 

 thorax, rather coarsely punctate and with a groove between the antennae. 

 Antennae short, first joint scarcely as long as the next two combined, 6 8 

 wider than long, fourth reaching the eye. Front narrow, deeply bisulcate. 

 Thorax broader than long; sides subparallel on basal half, thence converg- 

 ing to apex; disc densely and rather coarsely punctate, the basal fovea 

 small, distinct. Elytra one-third longer than wide, humeri prominent; 

 striae wide, deep, the punctures large; intervals narrow, strongly convex. 

 Length 1.5 1.8 mm. 



Known from New England to Florida, west to Nebraska. 

 Nothing regarding its habits has been recorded. 



111 (8420). APION ATTENUATUM Smith, 1884, 62. 



Rather elongate. Black; legs and antennae sometimes dark brown or 

 piceous, pubescence rather sparse. Beak rather stout, equal to or slightly 

 shorter than head and thorax, coarsely, more or less rugosely punctate. 

 First joint of antennae slightly shorter than next two united, the second 

 not reaching the eye, the others broader than long. Thorax as long as wide, 

 sides as in carinatum; disc rather finely, shallowly and somewhat densely 

 punctate, the basal fovea small, linear. Elytra more than one-half longer 

 than wide, sides feebly divergent to beyond middle; striae wide, distinctly 

 punctate; intervals one-half wider than striae. Length 1.7 2 mm. 



Ranges from Toronto, Canada, and Michigan to Oregon, south 

 to Texas and Lower California. Not yet identified from Indiana, 

 but undoubtedly occurs. 



112 (8416). APION EXTEXSUM Smith, 1884, 61. 



Elongate, rather slender. Black, feebly shining, antennae, except the 

 club, dark reddish brown; surface rather thickly clothed with gray pro- 

 strate hairs which are massed on the front coxae and the sides of the meso- 

 and metasterna. Beak subequal in length to head and thorax, evenly cur- 

 ved, finely striate and punctate. First joint of antennae nearly as long as 

 the three following, second reaching the eye, outer joints wider than long. 

 Thorax cylindrical, about as long as wide, one-fourth wider at base than 

 apex; disc rather coarsely and densely punctate, the basal fovea small. 

 Elytra narrow, subparallel; striae fine, shallow, intervals feebly convex. 

 Under surface deeply, rather coarsely and closely punctate. Length 2 2.3 

 mm. 



