47S SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONIN.-E. 



than one-fourth from tip. Thorax wider than long, sides strongly rounded 

 in front, nearly straight near base; disc coarsely and densely punctured. 

 Elytra oblong, rounded behind, at base one-half wider than thorax; strial 

 punctures large, quadrate; alternate intervals acutely, not strongly cos- 

 tate. Length 4.3 mm. 



Tampa and New Smyrna, Fla. (Bcliicarz.) "Differs from 

 posficatiix chiefly by the thorax being not carinated and by the 

 less robust form." (LeContc.} 



744 (8729). COXOTRACHELUS PUSILLVS Lee., 1878, 429. 



Small, oval. Dark reddish- or blackish-brown, with irregularly con- 

 densed pubescence; elytra mottled with dull fulvous. Beak stout, curved, 

 longer than head and thorax, deeply striate. Thorax as wide as long, sides 

 feebly rounded, broadly constricted near apex; disc densely and coarsely 

 punctured, not cadnate. Elytra oblong-oval, humeri rounded, striae com- 

 posed of large punctures: third, fifth and seventh intervals moderately car- 

 inate, ninth carinate behind the middle. Beneath coarsely punctured, fifth 

 ventral broadly impressed. Length 2.5 2.7 mm. 



Orange County, Ind., rare; June 1. Taken by sweeping. 

 Near Providence. R. T. (Fall.} Enterprise and Lake Worth, 

 Florida. This and Irisjtidu* are our smallest species of the genus. 



745 (8730). COXOTRACIIELUS GEMIXATUS Dej., 1837, 322. 



Oval, robust. Dark reddish-brown, thinly clothed with very fine yel- 

 lowish pubescence; thorax with a small yellowish spot each side of middle: 

 elytra mottled with grayish bands and with a whitish spot at base of third 

 interval and rows of very short bristles; antennae, tibiae and tarsi pale red- 

 dish-brown. Beak stout, shorter than thorax, striate, densely punctate 

 male; one-fourth longer and shining toward tip, female. Thorax not wider 

 than long, sides almost parallel, disc coarsely, evenly and densely punctate. 

 Elytral stria? composed of large, quadrate punctures; intervals broad, flat, 

 the third and fifth slightly elevated near the declivity. Body beneath 

 coarsely punctured; thighs armed with a large obtuse tooth. Last ventral 

 of female with a large, well defined apical impression. Length 4 4.5 mm. 



Lake, Kosciusko, Vermillion and A T igo counties, Ind., fre- 

 quent; June 10 August 11. Common in Xew Jersey, August to 

 the following July. Ranges from Quebec and New England to 

 Iowa and Kansas, south to Florida. Taken by beating the great 

 rag-weed. Ambrosia trififla L. (Hamilton.} When the pubes- 

 cence is removed the elytra are seen to be reddish-brown mottled 

 with numerous small blackish spots. 



746 (8731). COXOTRACHELVS IXFECTOR Boh., Schn., 1845, 49. 



Similar to geminatus. but the pubescence more vellowish, not mixed 

 with gray. Thorax distinctly carinate, more coarsely sculptured, the crib- 

 rate punctures being confluent so as to leave longitudinal ridges; the quad- 



