250 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXIX.E. 



66. Thorax and basal half of the elytra pale reddish-brown; elytra with- 

 out erect setse; tarsal claws broadly swollen within toward base, 

 but not at all angulate. 367. DICHROUS. 



aa. Femora not toothed; beak of male with a large and very deep exca- 

 vation near the middle. 



g. Body wholly black; head sparsely punctate. 368. CAVIROSTRIS. 



gg. Body reddish-brown; elytra blackish except toward base; head 



coarsely and closely punctate. 369. POEYI. 



362 (10,966). OTIDOCEPHALTJS FLORIDANUS Casey, 1892, 433. 



Subcylindrical, slender. Black, shining; above bristling with long, 

 sparse, white and piceous erect setae, indiscriminately mingled, the piceous 

 ones longer and thinner. Head sparsely but distinctly punctate, without 

 frontal fovea. Beak short, thick, scarcely two-thirds as long as thorax, 

 striate near base, its sides coarsely and closely rugose-punctate. Thorax 

 much longer than wide, widest at middle, sides feebly curved, disc finely, 

 sparsely and unevenly punctate. Elytra more than twice as long, and be- 

 hind the middle twice as wide as thorax; intervals with minute and very 

 remote punctures. Length 4 mm. 



Jacksonville, Ormond, Sanford and Dnnedin, Fla. ; Feb. 17 

 Apr. 14. Beaten from oak. Known only from Florida. "A slen- 

 der species, somewhat resembling- nii/niic.r in form, but distinct 

 in the mixture of long white and blackish setee, the longer elytra 

 and in the snbcyliudrical and not obovate thorax." (Casey.} 



363 (8605). OTIDOCEPHAIAJS MYRJIEX Hbst, 1797, 56. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. strongly convex, the sides slightly compress- 

 ed. Black, shining, the upper surface with numerous long, erect, blackish 

 hairs; those on under surface and legs white, condensed in a narrow line 

 along the sides and on the scutellum. Beak short, stout, basal half bisul- 

 cate above. Head coarsely and sparsely punctate, frontal fovea very small. 

 Thorax obovate, strongly convex, slightly longer than wide, apex wider 

 than base; disc with sides almost smooth, the middle rather coarsely and 

 sparsely punctate, the hairs pointing forward. Elytra oblong, sides almost 

 parallel, widest at apical fourth; disc with rows of rather coarse, feebly 

 impressed, rather close-set punctures. Tibiae distinctly sinuate beneath. 

 Length 3.8 4.5 mm. 



Marion and Orange counties, Ind., scarce; May 30 June 1. 

 Beaten from oak and hickory. Abundant near New York on 

 hickory, grape, hazel, oak and other plants in June and July. 

 Ranges from Quebec and New England to Iowa, south to Georgia. 

 A common species, distinguished by its narrow form, long blackish 

 and somewhat abundant setae of the upper surface, and the large 

 triangular femoral tooth. 



364 (8608). OTIDOCEPHALUS L^VICOLLIS Horn, 1873, 451. 



Black, strongly shining; antennas and tarsi piceous; upper surface very 

 sparsely covered with moderately long, erect seta?, white in color but 

 becoming blackish on the front of disc of thorax, and shorter and denser 



