210 SUBFAMILY' X. CURCULIONINJE. 



numerous short, transverse lines on elytra; under surface densely clothed 

 with large white or yellowish-white scales; antennae and legs reddish-brown. 

 Beak of male slightly longer than head and thorax, densely punctured and 

 scaly from base to beyond middle; of female much longer and shining 

 towards apex. First joint of funicle stout, second very little longer than 

 third. Thorax slightly wider than long, narrowed in front, sides nearly 

 straight behind the middle, strongly rounded in front, densely and rather 

 coarsely punctate. Elytra oval, two-fifths wider at base than thorax, 

 widest at middle, humeri rounded, prominent; strife rather wide, coarsely 

 and remotely punctate; intervals flat, their setas indistinct, inclined. 

 Length 2 2.4 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana ; May 14 July 29. Taken from 

 the leaves of mullein and by sweeping. Known also from District 

 of Columbia and Texas. Differs from ocipeiinis by its more 

 mottled upper surface, less broadly oval elytra, less conspicuous 

 setie and shorter second joint of fuuicle. Casey's description of 

 ovipennis is evidently of this species as it does not agree with 

 LeConte's type. 



289 (10,906). SMICRONYX IMPRESSIROSTRIS Dietz, 1894, 135. 



Very close to tesseUatns. Differs in characters given in key, and in 

 being slightly larger and less convex; in having the pale scales of upper 

 surface smaller and irregularly scattered; second joint of funicle longer; 

 scutellum more evident. Length 2.5 mm. 



Kosciusko County, Indiana, rare; June 22. The types of Dietz 

 were from Southern Illinois. The pale mottliugs of elytra are 

 indistinct, so that the color of upper surface is a nearly uniform 

 brown. 



GROUP II. 



This group is represented in our eastern fauna by ten small, 

 oblong or elongate-oval species, all having the elytra more elon- 

 gate and less inflated than those of Group I, and the scales of 

 nearly uniform size and even distribution. 



KEY TO EASTERX SPECIES OF GROUP TI. 



a. Elytra pale brown with a large common quadrate median or subbasal 

 spot of velvety black. 290. QUADRIFER. 



oo. Elytra without quadrate spot as above. 



I). Elytra almost or wholly unicolorous, at most with a few widely 



scattered pale scales. 

 c. Elytra at least very nearly three times as long as thorax. 



<7. Scales very dense, widely imbricated; thorax wider than long, 

 its sides distinctly rounded; color grayish-brown. 



291. CORXICULATUS. 



dd. Scales barely contiguous, scattered over the elytra. 



e. Elytra largely reddish; form elongate, slender. 292. CASEYI. 

 ee. Elytra black; form oblong-oval. 293. SPARSUS. 



