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punctate; frontal fovea small, deep. Thorax one-half wider than long, 

 sides subparallel from base to beyond middle, thence strongly narrowed 

 to apex. Elytra one-third wider at base than thorax, sides subparallel to 

 apical third, then separately rounded to apex; disc shallowly striate, the 

 strial punctures finer and more close-set than in the next; intervals 

 almost flat, minutely wrinkled. Length 2.5 3 mm. 



Lake County, Indiana, scarce; May 21) August 0. Many 

 records near New York City, May, June and August. Rock City, 

 N. J., June 10; abundant on laurel. (Davis.) Ranges from Canada 

 and New England to Oregon and California on a line north of 

 the Ohio River. Breeds in galls made by saw-flies on willow. 

 (Walsli.) Although LeConte, Dietz and Fall have all expressed 

 the opinion that this species is a synonym of A. JivinotopHS Boh. 

 (1843, Pt. 2. 222), yet none of them have seen Boheman's type, 

 which was from Boston, and had the intervals of elytra ''angustis, 

 convexus, kevibus," a character which agrees far better with the 

 next species than with this. We therefore retain the name by 

 which it is best known until Boheman's type can be accurately 

 determined. 



429 (8642). AXTIIOXOMUS RUFIPEX.MS Lee., 1876, 200. 



Oblong-oval. Piceous, elytra reddish-brown, a small scutellar space 

 and the suture often slightly darker; antennae and legs pale reddish-brown, 

 club dusky. Beak striate and with several rows of remote punctures. 

 Second joint of funicle elongate. Thorax scarcely one-fourth wider than 

 long, broadly rounded on the sides, disc densely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tured. Elytra oblong, striae and punctures more strongly impressed than in 

 sycophant a; intervals slightly convex, each with a few scattered minute 

 punctures. Length 2.2 3 mm. 



Marshall Co., Ind., May 21. South Orange, N. J. Dunedin, 

 Fla., March 27 May 26. Described from Pennsylvania. Ranges 

 from New England and Canada to Wisconsin, south to Florida 

 and Texas. Very close to sycopltanta but form more narrow, 

 thoracic punctures finer and intervals more convex and shining. 

 The type does not show the second cusp or tooth mentioned by 

 Dietz, nor is it present in any of the five specimens at hand. 



430 (8643). AXTHONOMUS SUTURALIS Lee., J. E., 1824, 171. 



Form and size of sycoplianta. Pitchy black; apical half of elytra more 

 or less reddish-brown, upper surface shining, thinly pubescent; tibiae 

 piceous, tarsi paler; scutellum with dense white pubescence. Thorax with 

 sides more strongly rounded, and disc much less densely and more finely 

 punctured. Elytra! strife not deeply impressed, their punctures small, 

 rather distant; intervals flat, shining, finely rugose. Length 2.7 3 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana; April 2.1 June 11; taken by 

 sweeping. On hickory leaves, Framingliam, Mass., May 30. Not 



