24<i SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



broader, less densely incrusted with scales; elytra more elongate, a fourth 

 longer than wide, their vestiture more uniform, not so evidently mingled 

 with isolated glittering scales. Length 4 mm. 



Southern Piues, North Carolina. 



357 ( -). TYCHU*S PICIROSTRIS Fab., 1787, 101. 



Elongate-oval. Piceous to dark reddish-brown; above usually densely 

 and evenly clothed with narrow hair-like, yellowish-gray scales, beneath 

 with oval, silvery-white ones; antenna?, apical third of beak and legs pale 

 reddish-brown. Beak about as long as thorax, densely scaly from base 

 to insertion of antennas at apical third, female, or apical fourth, male, 

 beyond which it is smooth, shining, finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax 

 slightly longer than wide, sides feebly curved from base to middle, thence 

 rounded to apex which is scarcely constricted; disc densely and finely punc- 

 tured, the punctures hidden by scales. Elytra at base one-fifth wider than 

 thorax, sides feebly converging from base to apex, which is rather broadly 

 rounded; striae very fine, punctured; intervals flat, each with two rows of 

 scales. Length 2.3 2.5 mm. 



Ithaca, Batavia, Waterville and Mc"Lean, N. Y. ; April 1- 

 July 31; common locally, especially on pear trees. (Knif/Jit.) 

 "In extraordinary numbers at Lake Champlain/' (Casey.} Paris, 

 Maine, Mt. Washington, N. H., Sherborn and Framingham, 

 Mass. ; mating June 21 July 9. The pubescence varies much 

 in density, in thinly clothed specimens the apical half of elytra 

 showing dull red beneath the scales. Lives in Europe in cap- 

 sules of the red clover, Triform iu prate use L. This is the Miccotro- 

 gus picirostris of Europe. However, in the genus Miccotrogus 

 of Schonherr the funicle has but six joints, whereas the present 

 species has seven distinct ones. It is therefore retained in Ty- 

 cliius. It is also the Tycliius griscus of Schseffer (1008, 217.) 



358 ( ). TYCHIUS LILJEBLADI sp. nov. 



Form and size of arator. Color and vestiture much as there, the elytra 

 without scattered rounded scales. Beak very feebly tapering from base to 

 apex; antennae inserted at its apical third; second joint of funicle one-half 

 the length of first. Thorax one-fourth wider than long, sides almost 

 straight from base to middle, then strongly rounded to apex. Elytra as in 

 arator. Femora unarmed. Length 3.5 mm. (W .8. B.) 



Steuben County, Indiana, July 16. Resembles arator in 

 general appearance but the beak as in sonlirtits. from which it 

 differs by its smaller size, more narrowed form, shorter second 

 funicular joint and unarmed femora. Named for Euiil Liljeblad 

 of the Field Museum, Chicago, whose collection of Rhyncho- 

 phora placed at our service has furnished much valuable in- 

 formation for this work. 



