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STT.FAMILY X. CURCTJLIONIN^E. 



almost entire. Elytra oval, one-third wider at base than thorax; intervals 

 nearly flat. Tarsi very stout, the tooth of claws large, broad, triangular. 

 Length 2.73.3 mm. (Fig. 81 o). 



A European species found near Plainfield, X. J. Hamilton 

 (18!>4, 404; IS!),"), 370) aiso records it as abundant on willow at 

 Hazelton and Allegheny, Pa. 



a 



Fig. Si. a, r.ilcschus scanicns Payk: h, Anthonotnus clcgaiis Lee.; c, 

 A. jnlichi Dietz; d, A. clongatns Lee. (After Dietz.) 



409 (8683). ELLESCHUS EPHIPPIATUS Say, 1831, 25; ibid, I, 293. 

 Elongate, subcylindrical. Reddish-brown, clothed with pale yellowish 



and fawn-colored pubescence; elytra with a large dark scutellar spot and 

 another somewhat rhomboidal one behind the middle, the two usually 

 connected along the suture; scutellum pale. Beak shorter than head and 

 thorax, finely, sparsely punctate. Thorax at middle one-half wider than 

 long, sides feebly rounded, disc finely, not densely punctate. Elytra 

 elongate-oval, at base nearly one-half wider than thorax; striae fine, their 

 punctures large, close-set; intervals flat. Length 1.8 3.3 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana; March 28 June 8. Occurs on 

 willow; mating May 13. Sanford, Fla., April 4. Ranges through- 

 out the United States and Canada. Extremely variable in size, 

 shape and hue of the dark spots on elytra. 15 red by Walsh from 

 the galls of l{Ii<ib<1(>i)Jt<t(/<i 8troliloi<lcx < ). S. on willow. 



VII. MACROUIIOPTUS Lee., 1870. ('(Jr., "long" -)- "club.") 

 Beak stout, cylindrical, densely scaly, nearly straight, as long- 

 as thorax, wider than the front; antennal grooves dee]), oblique, 

 directed beneath the eyes; antenna 1 rather short, stout, funicle 

 6-jointed, first joint short, robust, second slightly longer than 

 third, 2 (> gradually wider, closely connected, the sixth united 

 with club (Fig. 78, Ji) ; prosternum short, emarginate in front; 

 third and fourth ventral segments united one-third longer than 

 second; front femora armed with a long triangular tooth; tibi.-c 

 all with a small hook at apex. 



410 (8681). MACUORI-IOPTUS ESTRIATUS Lee., 1876, 209. 

 Elongate-oblong. Black, rather densely clothed with elongate, ash-gray 



scales; antennae and legs reddish-brown. Thorax wider than long, sides 



