TIM IS 10 XII. ANTI10NO.M INI. 



nearly straight behind, rounded in front, hind angles rectangular; disc 

 deeply, coarsely and densely punctate. Elytra oblong, very little wider at 

 oase than thorax; sides almost parallel, tips broadly conjointly rounded; 

 strire almost obsolete, disc densely punctured, each puncture bearing a 

 scale. Length 2.5 3 mm. 



Known from Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Califor- 

 nia. Pierce (1!M)7, 2(58) states that in Texas the eggs are laid in 

 spring or early summer, in the seed capsules of a mallow, CalJir- 

 rlnr inrolncr<it<i Gray, causing a wart, the larva? feeding between 

 the two carpels and forming a cell in which pupation takes place. 

 Taken also on the hollyhock, AltJiwi >-ONC<I Cav., and on the 

 prairie clover, Kulinixtcra iniiHifloru Xutt. 



VII F. TACIIYPTERT-S Dietz, 181)1. (Or., "swift" -f "wing.") 



Beak slender, feebly curved, as long as body, female, two- 

 thirds as long, male; antennal grooves dee]), linear, directed to- 

 ward but not reaching the eyes; antenna? slender, inserted one- 

 third from apex, male, just in front of middle, female, scape not 

 reaching eyes; funicle 7 -jointed (Fig. 78, (/. <), first joint as long 

 as the next four united, 2 7 short, club elongate, acuminate; 

 abdomen broadly ovate, first and second ventrals rather long, sub- 

 equal, third and fourth shorter, fifth longer; front femora two- 

 toothed, middle and hind ones with one tooth ; all the tibia 1 with 

 a small hook at tip; claws cleft, the teeth convergent. 



411 (8630). TACUI-PTKKI-S (jUADKKanm'.s Say, 1831, 15; ibid I, 277. 



Ovate, convex. Dark red, beak, antennae and legs paler; thorax and 

 basal half of elytra thinly clothed with hoary pubescence; thorax with three 

 lines of white pubescence; beneath the sides of sterna with a stripe of 

 dense yellowish hair. Thorax conical, base one-half wider than long, 

 nearly twice as wide as apex, disc densely and coarsely punctate. Elytra 

 transversely impressed behind the scutellum, each with a large tubercle 

 on third interval at declivity and another on fourth interval nearer the 

 apex. Length 3 4.5 mm. (Fig. 82.) 



Abundant throughout Indiana ; May 11 June 25. Beaten 



from flowers of the red haw, Cratcc- 

 ////.v, and leaves of hazel. Common 

 near Xew York City, April to Au- 

 gust, on shadbush, Cratcrf/us and 

 fruit trees. Ranges over the en- 

 tire United States and Canada. 

 Known as the "apple curculio," 

 the larva? feeding around the core 

 of apple, pear and haw, but rarely 



The apple curculio. Vs. 

 (After Riley.) vel . A H>,l mloll > s - 



