150 



SUBFAMILi X. CURCULIOXIXJE. 



Known only from Chatham, and Nantucket and Martha's 

 Vineyard Islands, Massachusetts. Taken in June and July on 

 the common vetch, Ticifi sativa L. 



189 (- -). PHYTO.NOMUS MELES Fab., 1792, 466. 



Elongate-oval. Black or reddish-black, the thorax sparsely covered 

 with metallic gray or pale brown scales, a central line and sides often 

 paler; elytra nearly uniform in color, clothed with reddish-gray or greenish- 

 gray scales but sometimes tessellated with white and brown; antennae and 

 legs reddish-yellow or darker. Beak slender, cylindrical, longer than thorax 

 in female, carinate above, striate on the sides. Scape reaching eye, first fun- 

 icular joint twice as long as second, 4 7 wider than long. Thorax widest 

 at middle, disc almost flat, rather densely punctate. Elytra at base scarce- 

 ly wider than middle of thorax, nearly rectangular; stria? fine, punctate; 

 intervals feebly convex, bearing numerous short, scattered, recurved hairs. 

 Third ventral segment of male with a median shallow impression. Length 

 3.5 5 mm. 



West Point, N. Y., April 19 23. Occurs all over Europe ex- 

 cepting Spain ; also in parts of Asia and along the north coast 

 of Africa. In America it is known from Canada, New England, 

 New York and New Jersey. Occurs from May to July on clover. 

 The cocoon is ovoid, of an amber color and remarkable for its re- 

 ticulations. The P. castor of Smith's New Jersey list is this 

 species. 



190 (- -). PHYTONOMUS POLYGOXI Fab., 1801, 520. 



Form and size of meles. Pubescence of pale brownish and grayish 

 scales which are cleft almost to base, the gray ones forming a distinct 

 median and lateral stripes on thorax and covering portions of the alter- 

 nate intervals of elytra; suture from basal third to apex and basal portions 

 of third intervals fuscous black. Thorax narrower at middle than in 

 meles, the sides less rounded. Elytral intervals more convex. Length 5.2 

 mm. 



Two specimens in LeConte collection labeled "Southern Illi- 

 nois. 1 ' A European species which is liable to occur anywhere in 

 the Eastern United States. 



191 (8434). PiiYTo.vo.Mrs .\I(;IKOSTRIS Fab., 1775, 132. 



Elongate-oval. Reddish-brown to black, thickly clothed with greenish, 



rarely yellowish scale-like 

 hairs; head black; thorax 

 often with a narrow median 

 pale line; antenna? and legs 

 reddish-brown. Beak as long 

 as thorax, male, longer, fe- 

 male; curved, cylindrical, pol- 

 ished, with a median dorsal 

 carina its full length. Scape 

 Fig. 59, X 14- (After Webster.) reaching almost to middle of 



