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SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONHSLSS. 



7G7 (8781). TYLODERMA FRAGARIJE Riley, 1871, 42. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Piceous, elytra and legs reddish-brown, the for- 

 mer with a transverse blackish 

 spot on each near base, a second 

 near middle and another small- 

 er at apical fourth; the basal one 

 often absent; pubescence very 

 sparse, yellowish, condensed near 

 middle of elytra in an oblique 

 band and again at apical third. 



Beak longer than head, both den- 

 Fig. 1 10 a, Laiva: b, side view of adult; 



c. beetle x f >- (After Riley.) sely and coarsely punctured. 



Thorax as long as wide, sides broadly rounded, disc coarsely, evenly and 

 densely punctured. Elytra at base not wider than middle of thorax, widest 

 at basal third; disc with rows of distant punctures, coarse toward base, 

 small toward apex; intervals feebly convex, minutely punctate. Length 

 3.5 4.2 mm. 



Tippecanoe, Floyd and Spencer counties, Tnd., scnrce; April 

 4 May 24. Arlington and Maplewood. N. J., under stones; Apr. 

 June. Ranges from New Jersey to northern Illinois, south to 

 District of Columbia. Known as the "strawberry crown-borer/' 

 the larvae breeding in the crowns and roots of strawberry, feeding 

 on the tissues and woody portions, so that the plant easily breaks 

 off and is heaved out of the ground by frost. (Riley.} Burning- 

 over the beds after the fruit is gathered is recommended as a 

 remedy. 



768 (8780). TYLODERMA VARIEGATA Horn, 1873, 4G8. 



Oblong. Piceous, shining; thorax feebly rufescent near apex; elytra 

 piceous with small, scattered reddish-brown patches, which are very sparsely 

 clothed with yellowish-white hair-like scales; sometimes reddish-brown 

 with piceous patches. Beak of female longer than head, narrower than in 

 foveolata, coarsely and sparsely punctate; frontal fovea small, faint or 

 obsolete. Thorax slightly longer than wide, sides broadly rounded, converg- 

 ing and feebly constricted toward apex; disc finely alutaceous, sparsely, 

 coarsely and rather unevenly punctate, the punctures finer toward apex 

 and on sides. Base of elytra one-third wider than that of thorax, 

 sides parallel and nearly straight to apical fourth; disc with regular rows 

 of larger distant punctures. Beneath coarsely and sparsely punctate. 

 Length 34.2 mm. 



Brown County, Ind. ; April 29, on apple trees. Lake Okee- 

 chobee and Baldwin, Fla., March 2 June 10; beneath drift on 

 sandy beach. Ranges from Michigan and Illinois to and through- 

 out the Gulf states. The two Okeechobee specimens both have 

 the elytra largely reddish-brown, with scattered piceous spots. 



