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SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXIX.E. 



being about one-third from base and narrowly separated from an inter- 

 rupted cross-bar a little behind the middle; antennae, tibiae and tarsi red- 

 dish-brown. Beak stout, cylindrical, as long as thorax, coarsely striate- 

 punctate. Thorax one-half wider than long, broadly, not strongly constrict- 

 ed near apex; disc coarsely, closely and deeply punctured, lateral tubercles 

 distinct, dorsal channel ill-defined. Elytra one-third wider at base than 

 thorax, not longer than wide, humeri prominent; striae deep, punctate; 

 intervals convex, each with a row of small acute granules bearing con- 

 spicuous seta?; under side coarsely punctate. First ventral of male with a 

 small rounded, deeply impressed fovea. Length 1.7 2 mm. (Fig. 101. A.) 



Fig. 101. A, Aulcutcs snbfasciatns Dietz; B, Pclcnosomus cristatus Dietz; C, Hypo- 

 cceliodcs ulkei Dietz; D, Acallodes ventricosus Lee. (After Dietz.) 



Steuben Co., Ind., rare; July 5. Edgebrook, 111., May 6. 

 Alexandria, Va., Sept. 2. Ranges from Maryland and Detroit, 

 Michigan, to South Carolina and Alabama. ''Easily recognized 

 by its robust form, small size, long and stout beak, prominent 

 postocular lobes, elytral ornamentation and short tooth of claws." 

 (Dietz.) 



669 (- 



-). AULEUTES TACHYGOXOIDES Dietz, 1896, 407. 



Resembles subfasciatits but with much shorter, more finely sculptured 

 beak and large, scattered white, erect scales on elytra; the latter also with 

 a conspicuous white line on the sutural interval extending about one-third 

 its length. Last ventral of male without fovea. Length 1.7 2 mm. 



Lake Ashley and Jacksonville, Fla. Mobile, Ala., July. De- 

 scribed from District of Columbia and Texas. 



670 (- 



-). ATJLEUTES MARIONIS Fall, 1913, 68. 



Broadly oval, robust. Pitchy brown, thinly clothed with very short 

 brownish hairs with short intermixed whitish ones which form small scat- 

 tered spots on elytra. Beak stout, as long as thorax, feebly striate, coarse- 

 ly and densely punctate. Funicle 6-jointed, first three joints subequal in 

 length, first stouter, second and third each longer than fourth and fifth 

 together. Thorax distinctly wider than long, narrowed and deeply con- 

 stricted near apex, disc densely and rather coarsely punctate; dorsal chan- 

 nel entire, lateral tubercles small, acute. Elytra at base three-fourths wid- 

 er than thorax, fully as wide as long; strise coarsely punctate; alternate in- 

 tervals wider and strongly elevated, roughened with small acute granules. 

 Tarsal claws with a short acute tooth. Length 2.3 mm. 



