TRIBE XX. CEUTORHYXCIIINI. 451 



gg. Smaller, 1.7 mm.; thorax coarsely unevenly punctured; legs black k 



706. ATRICULTJS. 



698 (8850). CEUTORHYXCH us SEMIRUFUS Lee., 1876, 278. 



Oval, elliptic. Piceous-brown; antennae, legs, thorax in part, and apical 

 fourth to two-thirds of elytra pale reddish-brown, shining; above very 

 thinly clothed with short fine pubescence and large scattered whitish scales, 

 the latter condensed to form a sutural line and oblong lateral spot on elytra 

 and a median line and spot each side of thorax; under surface densely 

 clothed with similar scales. Beak curved, as long as head and thorax, 

 striate near base, punctured toward tip. Thorax one-third wider than long, 

 sides rounded; disc narrowed and constricted in front, coarsely not closely 

 punctate, apical margin elevated, ocular lobes broad; dorsal channel deep 

 in front and behind, lateral tubercles prominent, acute. Elytra convex, 

 one-fourth wider at base than thorax, distinctly longer than wide, their sides 

 broadly rounded and narrowed from base to apex; stria? with close-set 

 punctures; intervals flat, shining, finely punctate. Length 1.8 2 mm. 

 (Fig. 103, B.) 



Steuben and Lake counties, Ind., scarce; May 9 May 27. 

 Beaten from flowers of tall huckleberry, Yacclniiini corymbosum 

 L. Edgebrook, 111., May (i. Rare in New Jersey. Batavia and 

 Portage, N. Y., May 17 24. Ranges from New England and 

 Canada west to Michigan and Illinois. The reddish portion of 

 elytra, like that of ncf/h'ctns, varies greatly in shape and area, 

 sometimes leaving only a small triangular scntellar spot blackish. 

 Readily known by its form, and parti-colored elytra with white 

 sutural line. 



699 (8853). CEUTORHYXCHUS ZIMMERMAN xi Gyll., Schon., 1837, 492. 



Oblong-oval. Dark reddish-brown to piceous; antennae and legs pale 

 reddish-brown; above thinly clothed with white, oval scales, mixed with a 

 suberect scale-like pubescence; beneath densely clothed with whitish scales; 

 an elongate, not well defined scutellar spot of large pale scales. Beak as in 

 septentrionalis. Thorax short, wider than long, broadly constricted at 

 apex, ocular lobes prominent; tubercles very small, acute, dorsal channel 

 feeble, more distinct at base. Elytra oblong, one-fifth wider at base than 

 thorax, sides very broadly curved, tubercles on humeri and apical fourth 

 distinct; stria? fine, punctured; intervals flat, shining, rugose. Length 

 1.51.8 mm. 



Kosciusko, Clark and Perry counties, Ind., scarce; May 5 

 June 24. Taken by sweeping herbage in low damp places. Re- 

 corded from New Jersey and West Point, N. Y. Black Moun- 

 tains, 1ST. C., June 20 July 14. Ranges from New England and 

 Canada to Colorado and Texas. Easily know by its small size 

 and nearly uniform brown color. 



